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Ox Cart Days - Crookston, MN

19th Annual Ox Cart Days Festival
August 14-17, 2008 | "Around the World "

Each August, Crookston celebrates its heritage with the Ox Cart Days Festival held in the city’s Central Park.

Featured Events
*Tentative Schedule & Subject to Change*

Get your Ox Cart Days Wristband >>>

Monday, August 11
Ox Cart Days Medallion Hunt
sponsored by REM North Star, Inc.
listen to KROX 1260 AM
watch the Crookston Daily Times
Clues given daily until the medallion is found  
 
Thursday, August 14
Kids Pedal Tractor Pull
sponsored by Dahlgren & Co. Inc.
2nd Street
register now >>>
4:30 pm
Kids Pedal Tractor Pull
Lions, Rotary & Kiwanis
Brats & Corn Feed

Ash & 2nd Street
5:00 pm
RiverView Bed Races
Ash Street
6:30 pm
Picture courtesy  of KROX -AM  www.kroxam.com
Athlete's Challenge
sponsored by Altru Health
Central Park
Following Bed Races
Picture courtesy  of KROX -AM  www.kroxam.com
Battle of the Bands
Central Park
register now >>>
8:00 pm

 

 

Friday, August 15
Fireman & Policeman's Pancake Breakfast
Fire Hall
6:00 -
10:00 am
University of Minnesota, Crookston
Ice Cream Social
UMC Mall
3:00 -
5:00 pm
Miss Crookston Scholarship Pageant
Crookston High School Auditorium
7:00 pm
Teen Dance - Class Act
Central Park
9:00 pm -
Midnight
Teen Dance

 

 

Saturday, August 16
Ox Cart Days
10K, 2 mile Run/Walk
& Little Tykes Race

sponsored by Crookston National Bank
Crookston High School Parking Lot
register now >>>
Little Tykes 8:30 am

10K/2 mile
9:00 am

Street Fair
American Federal Green Area

register now >>>
9:00 -
4:00 pm
Kid's Parade
Route: Around Villa St. Vincent
Registration: Cathedral Parking Lot

10:00 am
Classic Car Show
Central Park
10:00 -
5:00 pm
UMC Kid's Corner
Central Park
10:00 -
4:00 pm
Kids Corner
RentErtainment -
Inflatable Games

sponsored by American Federal Bank
Central Park

12:00 -
4:00 pm
RentErtainment

Stage Shows:
Central Park Main Tent

Hypnotist
Doug MacCraw

12:30 pm & 3:30 pm
doug maccraw

MSUM Drumline

2:00 pm
  
Beer & Wine Garden
Central Park
1:00 pm -
1:00 am
Canoe & Kayak Race
7.2 mile and 2 mile
Begin and End in Central Park
more info & registration form >>>
coming soon...
1:00 pm
Classic Car Parade 7:00 pm
Torchlight Parade
sponsored by Bremer Bank
Central Avenue to Barrette Street
register now >>>
Following Classic Car Parade
(7:15 pm)
Beach Party Dance with
Tommy Helgeson
sponsored by Widseth, Nolting & Associates
Central Park
9:00 pm -
1:00 am
Tommy Helgeson - Beach Party Dance

 

 

Sunday, August 17
UMC Kid's Corner
Central Park

1:00 -
5:00 pm
Kids Corner
RentErtainment -
Inflatable Games

sponsored by American Federal Bank
Central Park
 
1:00 -
5:00 pm
RentErtainment

Stage Shows:
Central Park Main Tent

Dance Studio Elite
1:00 pm & 3:15 pm  

No Better Cause
- A capella group

2:15 pm & 4:30 pm
No Better Cause

Lip Sync Contest
register now >>>

6:30 pm
Picture courtesy  of KROX -AM  www.kroxam.com

Deal or No Deal
Game Show

8:00 pm
 
Fireworks Finale
sponsored by Hugo's #4
University of Minnesota, Crookston
Football Field
10:00 pm

Note: Times and some events subject to change. Events in Crookston's Central Park, unless otherwise noted - Admission to most events FREE with Ox Cart Days Festival Wristband.


Picture courtesy  of KROX -AM  www.kroxam.com

Don't forget to get your Ox Cart Days
Festival Wristband and lawn chairs!

Festival Wristband prices are as follows:

In Advance  
Adults $8
Children 5 - 12
$3
4 and under FREE
 
At the Gate  
Adults $10
Children 5 - 12
$4
4 and under FREE

Advance Sale Outlets:

Chamber Office
American Federal Bank
Bremer Bank
City Hall
Crookston National Bank
Curves
Four Season's Clothing
Happy Joe's
Hugo's

Advance-sale pricing
starts August 1st and ends August 13th.

 

Ox Cart Days Sponsors

Altru Health
American Crystal Sugar Company
American Federal Bank
Bremer Bank
Crookston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Crookston National Bank
Crookston Pontiac
D&D's Thomforde Garden Center
Dahlgren & Company Inc.
Drees, Riskey & Vallager, LTD. CPA's
Leighton Broadcasting
Mid-Valley Grain Co-op
REM North Star, Inc.
Shooting Star Casino
Widseth, Smith & Nolting and Associates
Hugo's #4
Villa St. Vincent
VFW
Ziegler Inc.




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