June 2017
Springfield Days
Springfield Days will be bigger than ever this year as the community celebrates Nebraska's sesquicentennial. Ice cream and runza-eating contests, a grand parade, and vendors will return to downtown. Special for this year, there will also be a pie parlor, bingo, children's activities and 1860s-era craft projects like yarn dolls. The Cherokee Ridge Runners, a living history group, will put on demonstrations and reenactments.
Find out more »Ainsworth’s Carnival Days
Ainsworth’s big community event will feature an ice cream social, carnival rides and a rib fest.
Find out more »Milligan’s June Jubilee
Milligan is jubilant this June at the June Jubilee. Country music’s Phil Vassar headlines the concert, and the event also features dances, parades and a sweet road rally.
Find out more »Great American Comedy Festival
Martin Short and Robert Klein are two of the funny men scheduled to keep audiences in stitches during this 10th annual celebration of American comedy. The Great American Comedy Festival was founded in 2008 to honor hometown comedy hero Johnny Carson. The four-day comedy festival event brings world-class entertainment to Norfolk and preserves Carson’s memory for newer generations every June. The Johnny Carson Theatre at Norfolk Senior High School is center stage for the hilarity.
Find out more »Swedish Midsommar Festival
Swedish heritage comes alive for three days in June with Stromsburg’s Swedish Midsommar Festival. Residents don costumes of yellow and blue – the colors of the Swedish flag – and welcome thousands of visitors to town. Local residents really get into it. Leather vests, chainmail armor and steel helmets of the Skaldborg Vikings are not uncommon… neither are sword battles on town square. The Swedish Tractor Pull is a hoot to watch, as teams of four people race (if you…
Find out more »Beatrice’s Homestead Days
In a delightfully silly tradition, Beatrice breaks out a shop vac and an inflatable swimming pool to create massive amounts of bubbles for children to play with at the Foam Party in Charles Park. There’s fun for all ages, with a huge birthday cake saluting Nebraska’s 150th year of statehood and a parade, car show, beard contest and live music rounding out this fun-filled weekend.
Find out more »July 2017
Wayne Chicken Show
Thousands of chickens raised in Wayne County and surrounding communities lay millions of eggs each year. This important industry is the inspiration for the world-famous Wayne Chicken Show. The July event features plucky contestants imitating barnyard fowl in its National Cluck-Off and challenging their capacity for fun in the hard-boiled egg eating contest. The event heats up with the hot wing-eating competition and cools during the wine tasting.
Find out more »“Do the Trail” in Springfield
Attention all walkers, bicyclists & fun seekers - join us in Springfield for games, festivities and food! Bring your bike and pedal the MoPac Trail, or bring a friend and enjoy a leisurely walk in our beautiful part of Nebraska.
Find out more »Nebraska Rocks!
Musicians crank up the volume when bands reunite. Nebraska Music Hall of Fame inductions honor regional musicians.
Find out more »August 2017
Nebraska Sandhills Barbed Wire Super Show
This free public event features tables and tables of barbed wire, fencing tools, wire and tool books, historic displays, cowboy art, Western crafts and merchandise. Wire collectors and historic experts will be on hand to talk about all things barbed wire. Bring in your pieces of odd wire or old tools to be identified. All kinds of trading, bartering, selling and buying are welcome. Don't miss the public auction Saturday, August 19 at 3 p.m. The auction itself is great…
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