Mark your calendars because the Wathena Fall Festival will be happening Labor Day, September 3-5, weekend this year!

This year’s theme is “COME TOGETHER” (Music of the Beatles).

 

If you are interested in vendor booth space or food vendor spaces please contact Janie at 816-752-1338 for more details.

Stay tuned for more updates throughout the summer. Find the most updated information on Facebook.

 

Wathena Fall Festival Event Schedule:

Friday

5:00 pm

• Local Entertainment Begins: Bridgewater Trio

5:30 pm

• Booths Open
• Dinner East Side of City Hall
• Quilt Show Opens
• Voting for Royalty Opens @ Info booth
• Honor Guard: American Legion
• Welcome: Mayor
• Invocation
• Star Spangled Banner:

6:00 pm

• Carnival Opens
• Local Entertainment: Bridgewater Trio

7:00 pm

• Announce Winners of Senior Art Show

8:00 pm

• Beer Garden at the Place Opens

10:00 pm

• Carnival Closes for the evening

Saturday

7:00 am

• Registration for 10K and 5k Run/Walk (FCA)
• Mason’s Biscuits & Gravy B-fast at City Hall

8:00 am

• 10K and 5K Run/Walk

9:00 am

• Antique Tractor Show (Raymond Miller’s Yard)

11:00 am

• Line Up Children’s Parade @ Third and Jessie Streets

11:30 am

• Children’s Parade

12:00 pm

• Booths Open
• Carnival Rides Open
• Senior Art Show @ Wathena Nursing and Rehab continues
• Quilt Show Opens
• Kids Pedal-Tractor Pull Registration begins
• Local Entertainment begins

1:00 pm

• Deadline to drop off pies/breads at Wathena City Hall

1:30 pm

• Kids Pedal Power Tractor Pull: for children 11 years old and younger

3:00 pm

• Tractor Pull at Grain Company begins

4:00 pm

• Local Entertainment

5:00 pm

• Dinner East Side of City Hall
• Dog Show/Tricks

6:00 pm

• Minute to Win it

7:00 pm

• Pie & Bread Judging Winners and Auction begins

8:00 pm

• Soca Juke Box

8:30 pm

• Voting Closes for Royalty Contest

10:00 pm

• Carnival Closes for the evening

Sunday

7:00 am

• KOC Pancake Feed @ Catholic Church

9:00 am

• Community Church (one hour)

10:30 am

• Royalty Contestants/winners

11:00 am

• Men’s Horseshoe Tournament begins (west of bridge)
• Dodgeball Tournament

12:00 pm

• Booths Open for Lunch
• Carnival Rides Open
• Quilt Show Opens
• Senior Art Show @ Wathena Nursing and Rehab
• Local Entertainment

2:15 pm

• Line up for General Parade; little ballpark near Pizza Hut and school

3:00 pm

• General Parade

4:00 pm

• Local Entertainment

5:00 pm

• Greased Pig Contest

6:00 pm

• Ice Cream Social

6:30 pm

• Soul Harvest

7:30 pm

• Drawings
• Announcements & Thank You
• Quilt Show Winners
• 50/50 Raffle Drawing
• General Parade CASH PRIZES

8:00 pm

• Fall Festival Ends
• Carnival Ends See Less