When the Town REALLY Shuts Down!

Oh sure, things may slow down a bit around here when we get the occasional snowpocalypse in winter or an ice storm here and there. Sometimes even the stores will close early. But, if you REALLY want to see Kewanee pretty much come to a standstill (for about 90 minutes anyway), be here to witness the annual Hog Days parade! Several thousand parade watchers line a route over a mile long that crosses right through the middle of Kewanee with well over a hundred marching bands, military and float entries taking part in this lynchpin event of Hog Fest weekend. You might as well take a time out wherever you happen to be because while the parade is on, all bets on anything else moving in town are off!

		Visitors come from miles around to watch this two hour event with most claiming their bit of view-watching space before dawn with lawn chairs and blankets placed along the route. Expertly organized for the past 36 years by the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce Ambassador's Club, prizes are awarded to the best entries in several categories. Look over the scrapbook to the left for a glance at the 2011 parade. Originally a Labor Day event held on Monday for many years, in the early 1970s the parade moved to Saturday to become the Hog Days Parade. The Hog Days Parade. Hey baseball, hot dogs and apple pie...move over!
*The 2011 Parade - Theme: Any Way U Slice It, Kewanee Hog Days!*