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Calendar of Events
Algona Home & Health Show
Date: March 10, 2007
Food, demos, giveaways
Saint Patrick’s Association of Emmetsburg St. Patrick’s Day Events
Dates: March 11, 15, 16, 17, 2007
Activities include the Jr. Miss and Miss Shamrock Pageants, St. Pat’s Headquarters Open House, Irish dance and language lessons, Fish Fry, comedians, talent show, Round the Lock Scholarship Run, petting zoo, magic shows, parades and more!
Tel: 712-852-4326
Whittemore Fun Days
Dates: May 28 & 29, 2007 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Carnival rides, Pie & Ice Cream Social, and serving of the world-famous “Legion Burgers.”
Tel: 515-884-2253
Gospel Songfest
Date: June 10, 2007
Gospel Groups, Grotto Tours, Barbecue
Tel: 800-868-3641
Seventh Annual A.B.A.T.E. Poker Fun Run
Date: June 30th, 2007
Register at “Pitcher” in the beautiful downtown Whittemore between 10:00-11:30 AM. Return by 6:00 PM and cash prizes are awarded thereafter.
Tel: 515-884-2265
ABATE Freedom Rally
Date: June 30 - July 1, 2007
ABATE of Iowa campground—2507 160th Ave., Algona
For more information visit www.abateiowa.org
West Bend Fourth of July Celebration
Date: June 30 – July 1, 2007
Description: Barbecue, carnival games, volleyball tournament, tractor ride and tractor pull, street dance, food and entertainment, parade, fireworks.
Tel: 515-887-2181
Founder’s Day Annual Community Celebration
Date: July 5 – July 7, 2007
Free entertainment, trolley tours, inflatable games, garden tours, free street dance.
Tel: 515-295-7201
RAGBRAI
Date: July 22 – July 28, 2007
Watch Lance Armstrong and Team LIVESTRONG take on the competition in the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. This seven day race is in its 35th year and is the longest, largest, and oldest touring bicycle ride in the world. The route passes by West Bend on July 23rd!
Laurens Quasiquicentennial Celebration
Date: July 20 – 22, 2007
Wine seminars, food service, tractor rides, Ice Cream & Pie Social, contests, parade, festivals, car shows, golf, children’s activities, and more!
Fenton Sweet Corn Days
Date: July 28 - 29, 2007
City wide garage sales, kickball tournament, street dance, Community Wordship, Annual Sweet corn Dinner, games and Tractor Pull
Kossuth County Fair in Algona
Date: August 1-5, 2007
Mallard’s Quasquicentennial
Date: August 4th & 5th, 2007
Parade, games, school reunion, street dance
Info: email info@mallardiowa.com
Humboldt Polkafest
Date: August 29 – September 3, 2007 (Labor Day)
Humboldt, Iowa
Clay County Fair
Date: September 8 – 16, 2007
The world’s greatest county fair includes grandstand concerts and events, carnival, entertainment, livestock, and more.
Rotary Flight Breakfast
Date: September 9, 2007
Pancake Breakfast, fly-ins, plane rides; Algona
Sts. Peter and Paul Harvest Fest Carnival
Date: September 16, 2007
Description: Celebration of the harvest festival accompanied with carnival games, a country store, barbecue, pie and ice cream, and an auction.
Tel: 515-887-4542
59th Algona Band Festival Day
Date: September 29, 2007
Marching Band Festival afternoon parade with 25-30 bands and 150 units, evening competition; in Algona
Tel: 515-295-7201
Sixth Annual Oktoberfest Weekend
Date: October 13 & 14, 2007
Day 1: Fourth Annual “Impact Pro Wrestling” at the Whittemore Community Center.
Day 2: Festivities and live German music, salsa contest, hayrack rides, antique fire truck rides, pumpkin painting, keg toss, Sausage Eating Contest.
Tel: 515-884-0022
Autumnfest Craft Show
Date: October 27, 2007
145 booths of top quality crafters, prize give-aways, bake sales, lunch served all day; in Algona.
Holiday Open House
Date: November 24, 2007
Vendor demo and sales, bake sale, BBQ kickoff, homecoming parade and coronation.
Tel: 515-887-2181
Holiday Lighting of the Grotto
Date: Dec 1 –Dec 31, 2007
World-famous Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa is outlined in Christmas lights.
Tel: 515-887-2371
POW Nativity Scene
Date: Dec 2 –Dec 31, 2007
Scene built by German P.O.W. Began in 1944; Algona.
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