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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/16/2024
3:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Downtown Atwood
Categories
Atwood’s Apple Dumpling Festival honoring 150 years of Atwood will be held August 16 and 17. The street will be lined with vendors, and there will be entertainment going on throughout the day. Admission to the festival is free but certain activities will have a charge.
Tentative Schedule of Events
Friday, August 16, 2024
12-8pm A-H Rajah Alumni Gathering Tent
12-8pm Craft/Food Vendors/Inflatables Open
All Day-3pm Dog Show Registration at Top Knot Pet Grooming
5pm Official Welcome by Village President Bill Fleming (Main Stage)
5:10pm Star Spangled Banner sung by Sarah Rawlins
5:30-7pm “Mackville” (Bluegrass/Gospel)
7-7:30pm Apple Dessert Augtion
7:30-9:30pm “Battle Creek”
8-10pm Jack Daniel (In Beer Garden at Michael’s Tavern)
Saturday, August 17, 2024
6:30-9:30am United Church of Atwood Apple Dumpling Breakfast
All Day Rajah Alumni Gathering Tent
All Day-3pm Dog Show Registration at Top Knot Pet Grooming
8:30am-12:30pm Frank Bragg Memorial Antique Tractor Show
9-11am Bags Tournament Sign up at Michael’s Tavern
9am-8pm Craft/Food Vendors/Inflatables Open
9-9:45am Baby Pageant Registration
10am Apple Dumpling Baby Pageant
10-11am Kiddie Tractor Pull Registration
10am-1pm Community Blood Services of Illinois Bloodmobile
11am Kiddie Tractor Pull Begins
12:30pm Parade Registration
1pm “Keenager Kitchen Band”
2pm 30th Anniversary Apple Dumpling Parade
3pm Registration for Car Show
3-4pm “Collage of Faith”
3-7pm Car Show/Awards
4-5pm “Hometown Boys”
5pm Dog Show
7-9:30pm “Zone Status”
8pm Miscellaneous Drawings
8-11pm Those 3 Guys Band
Visit the Apple Dumpling Festival Facebook page for more info.
