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The 2013 Schedule of Hog Days Events! |
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Leading Up to Hog Days! |
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| Event | Place | Time | Additional Details | Contact/Entry Information |
| 26th Annual Little Miss, Junior Miss & World Miss Queen Pageants! | Petersen Auditorium at Kewanee High School. | Saturday, August 3 @ 12 Noon and 4 PM (4 PM start time approximate following end of Little Miss Pageant) | $5 Admission fee. $5 full color souvenir program books. | Phone 309 540-9571 or email: kaye@kewaneehogdays.com |
| Hog Capital Barrow Show! | Black Hawk East College Agriculture Arena. | Wednesday, August 29. Weigh-ins begin @ 3 PM. Show underway @ 6:30 PM. Food concession available. | THE oldest event of Hog Days! | For more information or sign-up, email: Hoged@bhc.edu or Craigk@bhc.edu. For background info: kewaneehogdays.com/barrow_show.htm |
All Weekend Long...Friday, August 30 thru Monday, September 2, 2013! |
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| Event | Place | Time | Additional Details | Contact/Entry Information |
| C.D.A.C. Carnival & Concessions! | Downtown Kewanee Streets | Friday 5 PM-11 PM; Saturday/Sunday 11 AM-10 PM; Monday 11 AM-5 PM. | Ride tickets available in a family pack of 20 for $20 or $1.25 per ticket. Rides require 2-4 tickets. | For more information: www.cdacamusements.com. |
| The World's Largest Outdoor Pork Barbecue! | On the green space at Third & Tremont Streets in downtown Kewanee. | Friday 5 PM-9 PM; Saturday/Sunday 11 AM-9 PM; Monday 11 AM-5 PM (or earlier if we run out!) | LONG serving lines at lunch & supper time each day. PATIENCE needed. Sandwich prices determined August 14 and posted here at that time. | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/The_Big_Q. |
| Hog Days Craft Show & Flea Market! | West Park in Kewanee, IL. | Friday afternoon until dusk; Saturday/Sunday 9 AM until dusk; Monday 9 AM until 5 PM. | Allow plenty of browse time. Over 100 vendors take part in this show. | For more information: 309 525-2537. Email: anne@kewaneehogdays.com or janie@kewaneehogdays.com. |
| Kewanee Historical Society's Robert & Marcella Richards Museum! | 211 North Chestnut Street in downtown Kewanee. | Saturday/Sunday/Monday 10 AM-5 PM. | "I never knew that!" said here a lot! | For more information: 309 854-9701 or www.kewaneehistory.com. |
Friday, August 30, 2013! |
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| Event | Place | Time | Additional Details | Contact/Entry Information |
| Shelley Kinzer on Stage! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 6 PM | All stage shows are free of charge. Bring your own lawn chairs for seating. | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Entertainment. |
| The Jim Cummings Band! | 7:30 PM | |||
Saturday, August 31, 2013! |
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| Event | Place | Time | Additional Details | Contact/Entry Information |
| Kewanee Library Book Sale! | Johnson Appliance lot at First and Chestnut Streets | 7 AM-11 AM (or so!) | Some day they'll write a book on this fantastic sale! | For more information: 309 852-4505 or http://www.kewaneelibrary.org |
| Breakfast with the Seniors! | Senior Center at 219 West 2nd Street, downtown Kewanee | 7 AM-10 AM | Enjoy some fantastic food and help the senior citizens center all at the same time! $5 suggested donation. | For more information: 309 853-8831. |
| Masonic Lodge #159 Breakfast | Lodge building at 112 South Chestnut Street, downtown Kewanee | 7 AM-10:30 AM | Adults $6; children $3. | |
| Boss Manufacturing/Excelled Leather LetOut all the stops OutLet Sale! | Boss Community Center, 120 South Chestnut Street, downtown Kewanee | 7 AM-11 AM (or so!) | Outlet sale prices on top quality merchandise. Two floors of merchandise! People will be standing in line waiting to get in when the doors open at 7 AM. | |
| 37th Annual Hog Days Stampede & Fitness Run! | The YMCA on West First Street |
8 AM-4 mile fitness run 9:30 AM-kids 7 & under fun run 9:45 AM-1 mile run |
Free drinks and light energy snacks along & at the end of the race route. Competitive for those wanting prizes; healthy for those just wanting to walk/stroll/jog the course. | For more information: 309 852-2175 or www.kewaneehogdays.com/stampede.htm |
| 21st Annual Kewanee Hog Days Car Show! | Green space on East Third Street across from City Hall | 8 AM-4 PM | The muscle car of your youth will be making an appearance here! | For more information: 309 525-0552 or 309 847-4178. Entry form at: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Downloads |
| Kewanee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Open House! | 610 Park Avenue (across the street from West Park to the north) | 1 PM-4 PM | This was the very first house ever built in Kewanee still standing and restored to mint condition. Come see how we lived in 1854! | A small donation at the end of your tour would be nice but not required. |
| The Hog Days Parade! | Begins at East & 2nd Streets, moves west on 2nd Street to Main Street, south on Main Street to Central Boulevard and west on Central Boulevard to Grove Street where the parade ends. | 2 PM | Bring your lawn chairs for seating anywhere along the parade route. Remember last year? Start praying to the hurricane gods NOW! | For more information: 309 852-2175. Entry form at: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Downloads or www.kewanee-il.com. |
| Western Illinois University Marching Leathernecks Perform! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 4:30 PM | WIU is marching in this year's parade and this will be a special post parade concert on and in front of the Main Stage. Don't miss this opportunity to see and hear the Leathernecks up close and personal! | All stage shows are free of charge. Bring your own lawn chairs
for seating. For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Entertainment. |
| Vinyl Jacket! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 7:30 PM | All stage shows are free of charge. Bring your own lawn chairs for seating. | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Entertainment. |
Sunday, September 1, 2013! |
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| Event | Place | Time | Additional Details | Contact/Entry Information |
| Tour of Hog Heaven Fitness Ride! | The YMCA on West First Street | 7 AM | 28, 53 and 64 mile bike ride competitions. Prizes awarded. Or bike just for the health of it! | For more information: www.kewaneeymca.org. Entry form at: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Downloads. |
| The Hog Wallow Classic! | Chautauqua Park on the west side of Kewanee | 8 AM Sunday (continues all day Sunday and wraps up on Monday) | It's wall to wall mud with some volleyball thrown in! | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Mud_Volleyball Entry form at: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Downloads. |
| Hogg Country 102.5 WJRE presents The Texaco Country Music Showdown! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 11 AM | The largest & longest running national country music talent search with a grand prize of 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS! Are you in? | For more information: www.countryshowdown.com/index.php or contact WJRE radio at 309 853-4471. |
| 45th Annual Ray Behnke Model T and Model A Road Rally! | Midland Plaza in Kewanee | 12 Noon | An exhibit of all the cars will be held in front of the Elk's Club in the 100 block of North Tremont Street immediately following the rally (approximately 4 PM). | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/ |
| 34th Annual 102.5 Hogg Country WJRE Hog Days Pet Show! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 12 Noon | It's when the Hog Days crowd turns into a bunch of animals! Prizes for prettiest, cutest, strangest and weirdest pet trick! | For more information: 309 853 4471. |
| Garden Tractor Pull! | Held at Galva Memorial Park, Galva, IL 10 miles southwest of Kewanee | 1 PM | Hosted by the Tri-County Tractor Pullers. | For more information: 309 853-7750 |
| Kewanee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Open House! | 610 Park Avenue (across the street from West Park to the north) | 1 PM-4 PM | This was the very first house ever built in Kewanee still standing and restored to mint condition. Come see how we lived in 1854! | A small donation at the end of your tour would be nice but not required. |
| Jazz On the Side! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 2 PM | All stage shows are free of charge. Bring your own lawn chairs for seating. | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Entertainment. |
| Stephanie Foster Sings! | 3:45 PM | |||
| Charissa Mrowka & The Country Cross Band! | 7:30 PM | |||
Monday, September 2, 2013! |
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| Event | Place | Time | Additional Details | Contact/Entry Information |
| 40th Annual Fly-in/Drive-in Pancake Breakfast! | Kewanee Municipal Airport | 7 AM-11 AM (or so!) | Hosted by the Kewanee Community Volunteer Fire Department. Your hunger fire gets extinguished here! Adults $5; kids under 5 eat free. | For more information: 309 852-3979 |
| The Cavern Beat - The World's BEST Beatles Tribute Band! | Main Stage at the People's National Bank lot, Third & Tremont Streets. | 1 PM | All stage shows are free of charge. Bring your own lawn chairs for seating. | For more information: www.kewaneehogdays.com/Entertainment. |
