2009 Summer Celebrations & fun things to do! (Flandreau: live, price)

[MJ1986]

Debey, you always think of the best topics for threads.
I did a search on siouxfallsevents.com. Here's a few that caught my eye:

Downtown First Fridays are the 1st Friday of each month from April to December. It begins at 5 PM.

Falls Park Farmers Market - May 2-October 31 - 8 AM-1 PM - 6th & Weber (new location due to renovation of the old location)

June 13 @ 6 AM & 6:30 PM - Great Plains Hot Air Balloon Race @ Kenny Anderson Park (Free)

June 17 @ 5 PM - Automania (Classic/Muscle Hot Rod display) on Phillips Avenue Downtown (Free)

June 19-June 24 - US Youth Midwest Region (13 states) Soccer Tournament @ Yankton Trail Park (Free)

June 20 - MDA Poker Run - 11 AM @ J&L Harley Davidson on 60th Street North ($20-$25)

June 20 - Sioux Falls Festival of Cultures - 11 AM @ Falls Park (Free)

June 27-June 29 - Sioux Falls Flea Market & Antique Sale - 9 AM @ W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds (Free)

July 2 - 4th of July Parade Prep for Kids (Bring your bike/trike/wagon and they provide decorations. Then bring your decorated bike/wagon on July 4th to march in the parade) - Heritage Park (7th & Weber) @ 9 AM ($5 charge)

June 5, July 3, & August 7 - Downtown Block Parties - 5 PM @ 8th & Railroad Center parking lot (Free)

July 4 - 4th of July Parade & Picnic - Parade @ 10:30 AM, Picnic @ 11 AM, as well as games and entertainment (First 5,000 no charge for picnic) - Picnic @ Falls Park

July 10-July 12 - Hot Harley Nights (live music, silent & live auction, raffle, casino run, motorcycle show and parade) - All proceeds go to Make A Wish of SD (Advice to SF residents: Try to avoid the motorcycle parade route, or you'll be cussing like me in the past years of it... I've ended up in the parade before )

July 17-July 18 - Downtown Crazy Days - 10 AM

July 17 (5 PM)-July 18 (11 AM) - JazzFest - Yankton Trail Park (Free)

July 25 - Dakota Irish Fair - 2 PM @ 5th & Phillips near Falls Park

August 11-August 16 - 70th Annual Sioux Empire Fair - W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds ($5 admission)

There are many more events/celebrations/classes, etc during the summer. Welcome to Sioux FallsEvents.com is a great resource!

Ok... I'm sick of typing now!

[leroyleroux]

AberdeenNews.com

A little blurb on the Lebanon celebration.

[debey]

South Dakota's second annual Outdoor Expo will be held June 13-14 at the State Fairgrounds. Admission is free and Expo hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The Expo features hands-on activities for kids and adults. You will have the opportunity to try kayaking, Dutch oven cooking, fly fishing, retriever training, geo-cache adventures, State Park activities, and many more fishing, hunting and other outdoor experiences. Vendors, including food vendors, will also be present.

Bring the entire family and make a day-long adventure at the South Dakota State Fairgounds in Huron for the Outdoor Expo. For more information, visit the Expo Web site at: http://www.sdoutdoorexpo.com/

[Jammie]

AHHH, the site is finally up and running again. For fellow concert lovers~

Royal River Casino - Events Calendar

[SD snowbird]

We don't do much since I have to work every other weekend, but 4th of July is always in Aberdeen with family. Hubby spends way too much money on fireworks, we eat too much and enjoy being with the family. Thinking of buying the hubby a new tent for father's day and maybe we can go camping somewhere close and not have the long drive home on Sunday. Fishing at every opportunity, in fact, I'm at work and my guys are out fishing right now.

[dpf]

Czech Days in Tabor SD are next weekend.....they're always a fun time. Tabor Czech Days Home Page

[debey]

July 11 & 12, 2009
Brookings Summer Arts Festival - BSAF - Brookings, South Dakota

[jmgg]

Originally Posted by dpf

Czech Days in Tabor SD are next weekend.....they're always a fun time. Tabor Czech Days Home Page

I'm sure that would be crazy. During my younger years, I played in a band. One of the wildest wedding dances I ever played for was in Tabor at the hall on main street. I knew we were in for quite a night when I was doing our microphone checks. I was saying "check one, check two" etc. and the people in the crowd were yelling back "I'm Czech", "yea me too, count me".

This was one of those nights where we played well past the originally posted quitting time.

[debey]

Sioux Falls Air Show

[GI_Mark]

Debey, my family went up to the Brookings Arts Festival last year and were really impressed. Tons of food and crafts that my wife love and it was a really nice day on top of that. We are looking forward to heading back up there again this year as there were also a bunch of neat things for the kids.

I didn't see it anywhere here, but for those of you are are fans of the 80's hairbands, there is also the dakotarockfest at the SF Fairgrounds 24-25 July. They have a website with the lineup for each day. We went out last year to have some fun and it was a pretty fun crowd and just a good time in general. A real relaxed crowd overall.

Journey is WAAAY overpriced for the Steve Perry wanna be from the Phillipenes or whatever, but he sure does sing the songs well. I just can't bring myself to spend that much for them. There was a journey cover band at Rockfest last year that was pretty fun (maybe not the best) but fun...

Anyway, enjoy the summer...