Kool-Aid Days
Hastings, the birthplace of Kool-Aid, marks the drink's invention with three days of live music, fireworks, Kardboard Boat Races, and a spirited Kool-Aid drinking contest pitting flavour against flavour.
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"Nebraska's longest continuously running festival since 1901, this village of 250 gives away 700 to 800 pounds of free popcorn over the weekend while hosting a carnival, parade, and the crowning of the Popcorn Queen."
Popcorn Days
"The self-proclaimed Czech Capital of the USA hosts its 65th annual celebration with polka bands, roast-pork-and-dumplings dinners, a Czech royalty pageant, and the Nebraska Czech Costume Pageant in a lovingly preserved small-town setting."
Wilber Czech Festival
"One of the nation's premier dark-sky stargazing gatherings, held for six nights at the Merritt Reservoir International Dark Sky Park deep in the Nebraska Sandhills, combining astronomy education with the raw beauty of the Great Plains night sky."
Nebraska Star Party
"A beloved Nebraska tradition since 1980, this irreverent summer festival pits competitors in the National Cluck-Off, egg-drop contest, and rubber-chicken chuck alongside a full parade and car show."
Wayne Chicken Show
"Since 1977, Chadron has relived its role as a key fur-trade crossroads with a three-day encampment of buckskinners re-enacting mountain-man and trader life, a car show, parade, and the self-proclaimed World Championship Buffalo Chip Toss."
Chadron Fur Trade Days
"A five-day dockside celebration in the small shrimping village of Delcambre where the fleet is blessed, fresh Gulf shrimp is served every style imaginable, and Cajun and zydeco bands play into the bayou night."
Delcambre Shrimp Festival
"The 66th edition of this small-town festival celebrates the Howell cantaloupe -- a variety grown nowhere else on earth -- with arts and crafts vendors, a classic car show, train rides, and the legendary once-a-year Rotary Howell Melon Ice Cream that sells out fast."
Howell Melon Festival
"Marking its 50th anniversary in 2026, this beloved Downeast Maine festival rolls out the blue carpet for the native wild blueberry with a musical, baking and eating contests, food vendors, and public suppers in the small county-seat town of Machias."
Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
"The tiny Bedford County village of Imler gathers its community each August for an old-fashioned whole-ox roast and festival, a vanishingly rare American food custom that draws visitors from across south-central Pennsylvania."
Imler Ox Roast Festival
"Main Street Calumet's beloved celebration of the Cornish pasty -- the hand-crimped pastry that fuelled the Copper Country's immigrant miners -- brings a parade, live music, street food, and a visit from Cousin Jack to the UNESCO-listed mining village downtown."
PastyFest
"The small UP gateway village of Paradise, near Tahquamenon Falls, celebrates the wild blueberries of the eastern Upper Peninsula with a community festival that draws visitors combining berry picking, local food, and access to one of Michigan's most dramatic waterfalls."
Wild Blueberry Festival