51st Annual Homestead Festival on September 9

By Press release submission

Sep 5, 2022

51st Homestead Festival

Friday Events

Window Displays - Take a stroll down our historic Main Street to view attractive window displays.

Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours - East Peru Street 1-4 PM

Bureau County Historical Society Tours - 109 Park Avenue West 1- 5 PM

Princeton Junior Women's Club - Pulled Pork BBQ and Ice Cream Social, Soldiers & Sailors Park 5-9 PM or when food runs out

Princeton High School Choir - Soldiers & Sailors Park 5-5:30 PM

Homestead Festival Announcements - Downtown 6 PM

Twilight Horse - Drawn Wagon Rides - Soldiers & Sailors Park 6-9 PM

Apollo Theater presents -

Saturday Events

Window Displays - Take a stroll down our historic Main Street to view attractive window displays.

Underground Railroad 5K race - Registration at 7AM. Race starts at 8:30AM

Free Kiddie Run - Bureau County Metro Center at 8:00

Children's Fun Fair - 9AM - 11AM, 606 South Main Street (Pleasant Street parking lot)

Pie Baking Contest - 9 AM at Soldiers & Sailors Park - Pie entries due, auction at noon, no entry fee, lard not required

Stamp Cancellation - 9 AM - 12 PM - Princeton Post Office

Beta Sigma Phi Arts & Crafts Show - 9 AM - 6 PM Bureau County Courthouse lawn

Princeton High School Tours - 9 to 11 AM

Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours - FREE tours available 10 AM to 12 PM and from 3 PM to 5 PM

Bureau County 4-H Clubs, Inc. and Bureau County Farm Bureau Young Leaders - 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Pork Chop sandwiches/meals served at Soldiers & Sailors Park, Drive thru across from Fairgrounds on West Peru Street from 11 AM to 4 PM

Helicopter Rides - Noon to Sunset - Sullivan's parking lot, $30 per person

Prairie Arts Center - 7:30 PM

Homestead Festival Parade - 1:30 PM South Shore Drill Team to perform at Pleasant Street parking lot following parade

Princeton Jaycees Bags Tournament - Registration is at 5:30 PM and bags fly at 6 PM - Rotary Park

Root Beer Float Garden/Outdoor Movie Night - 7:30 PM Evangelical Covenant Church 24 N. Main Street

Sunday Events

Window Displays - Take a stroll down our historic Main Street to view attractive window displays

Pancake and Sausage Breakfast - Princeton Moose Lodge 7 AM - 1 PM

Homestead Flea Market - Bureau County Fairgrounds 8 AM - 2 PM Admission is $1

39th Homestead Festival Car Show - S. Main Street 8 AM - NOON - Judging Noon to 1:30 PM Awards at 3 PM

Beta Sigma Phi Arts & Crafts Show - Bureau County Courthouse lawn 10 AM - 4 PM

Bureau County 4-H Clubs, Inc. and Bureau County Farm Bureau Young Leaders - 10:30 AM to 3 PM. Pork Chop sandwiches/meals served at Soldiers & Sailors Park

9th Annual BBQ Rib Cook - Off - 6 AM - 3:30 PM

Bureau County 4-H Extension - Pork Chop Sandwiches/meals served at Soldiers & Sailors Park 10:30AM - 3PM

Historic Home and Cemetery Trolley Tours - Start at BC Museum 12 pm

Bouncy House - Solders and Sailors Park 12 - 3 PM

Sculptured Balloons - Soldiers and Sailors Park 12 - 2 PM

Children's Tractor Pull - Registration at noon, 12:30 - 2:30 PM

Team USA Tug of War Competition - Alexander Park Tavern 12:30 PM

Homestead 50/50 Raffle. Approximately 3:30 PM

Date and Time

Friday Sep 9, 2022 Sunday Sep 11, 2022

Friday, September 9th until Sunday, September 11th, 2022

Location