Wayne Chicken Show
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.
Cottages, B&Bs and hotels near Wayne, Nebraska.
Some stay links are affiliate links. More
Add the free Villagly badge to your own website. It shows visitors you are listed with us and links them straight back to this page.
Get the free badge →Event details come from organisers and can change. Please check with the organiser before you travel.
"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
"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."
Kool-Aid 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
"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 full week of traditional county fair life in Coldwater -- livestock judging, 4-H competitions, carnival rides, and grandstand events -- anchoring the agricultural calendar of the small-farm communities of Branch County in southern Michigan."
Branch County Fair
"A beloved three-day community fair in its 49th year, held in the Adirondack foothills hamlet of Mayfield, serving as a true local gathering for Fulton County's rural communities."
Mayfield Bannertown Fair
"The westernmost UP county fair serves the iron-mining and logging heritage communities of Gogebic County and the Wisconsin border, gathering agricultural exhibits, livestock, and local traditions in Ironwood each August."
Gogebic County Fair
"Held on the shores of Lake Chatuge every August, this long-running Appalachian fair celebrates the mountain heritage of Towns County with craft demonstrations, old-time music, and a recreated pioneer village."
Georgia Mountain Fair
"The Alpena County Fair on Thunder Bay serves the agricultural and fishing communities of the northeast Lower Peninsula with a traditional week of livestock, 4-H exhibits, and fairground entertainment in a county known for its pristine Great Lakes waters."
Alpena County Fair
"The great rural gathering of the Upper Peninsula, held annually in Escanaba since the early 20th century, brings together agricultural exhibits, grandstand entertainment, carnival rides, and fair foods to serve the farming and forestry communities spread across Michigan's vast northern wilderness."
Upper Peninsula State Fair