52nd Annual WILD RICE DAYS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, Sept. 2 –
Sunday, Sept. 4
Friday, September 2 – Kick off!
8:30am-5pm Indoor sidewalk sales (Thrifty White)
9am-5pm Four-day open house-sales & sampling of wines, jellies, pepper jams, fudge, honeys, wild rice soup and pan breads.
Sales on clothing, stoneware, books, birdhouses and more (Minnestalgia Winery & Gifts)
10am-4pm HUGE used book sale by Friends of the McGregor Area Public Library (McGregor Library) 12
pm
ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS OPEN
5pm
McGregor Sings! Pre-register by calling the chamber office (must be amateur singers ages 15-25)
5pm-10pm Walleye Dinner Special $12.95 (Fisherman’s Bay)
9pm
LIVE music by Bryan Olds with Arctic Citizens Band (Buckhorn Bar)
9pm
LIVE music by Tim Haussner (Bann’s Bar)
Saturday, September 3
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47 Annual Wild Rice Pancake Breakfast (VFW)
8a.m.
Registration for Just Move Family Fun Walk/Run (DQ parking lot). Free event featuring door prizes and healthy
snacks. (Event starts at 8:30 a.m.)
8am-10am Open for breakfast and bottomless Bloody Marys or Screwdrivers until 10am for $10 (Buckhorn Bar)
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8am-1pm 28 Annual Car Show - $10 entry fee. Voting ends at noon. Awards at 1:00. Nostalgic music by Ben’s Hot Country
Karaoke (Grand Timber Bank)
8am-4pm Log Home Wood Fired Pizza
8:30am-5pm Indoor sidewalk sales (Thrifty White)
9am-1pm HUGE used book sale (McGregor Public Library)
9am-1pm Digital Scavenger Hunt – register at Chamber by 9am, find landmarks, participation prizes, grand prize 9am3pm
Sloppy Joe luncheon, bake sale, silent auction & raffle with $300 prize (Holy Family Catholic Church)
9am-5pm Open house, sales and samplings (Minnestalgia Winery & Gifts)
10am-2pm Wild Rice Education Tent – learn about wild rice harvesting and history (tentative schedule subject to change)
10am-4pm CRAFT AND FOOD VENDORS OPEN
10am-4pm Button Wagon - WRD buttons for sale for $3 for your chance at cash and other prizes. Check often to see if your number
was called
10am
Beer garden, pizza by the slice, wild rice soup, walking tacos (Buckhorn Bar)
10am-4pm Gunner’s Paintball Blast
10am-4pm Bungee Trampoline and Kids Klimb Tower
10am-4pm NEW! Water Wars Challenger (water balloon competition) – For all ages!
10am-4pm NEW! Century 21 Twin Lakes Realty Dog Park (Pine Rail Park)
11am-1pm LIVE music by Mike and Jan Cherry (Pine Rail Park)
11am
Beer garden and outside grilling specials (VFW)
11am
Mud volleyball tournament (Buckhorn Bar)
11am-1pm Meatball luncheon with fixings, wild rice salad and dessert, crafts and silent auction (United Methodist Church)
1:30-5pm Live music by Lyzander (Zorbaz)
1pm
Parade line-up (Co. Rd. 8, shortcut road)
2pm
GRAND DAY PARADE on Maddy Street – Grand Marshal – David ‘Niib’ Aubid
After parade FROZEN T-shirt contest! $200 grand prize! Must be 18 or older. Register at button wagon. Meet in front of
Buckhorn immediately following parade
After parade Wild rice burgers and soup, tacos in a bag (Mark’s Bar)
After parade Open House - McGregor Fire Dept. and Ambulance Service (City Hall)
After parade LIVE music TBA (Buckhorn)
4pm
Wild Rice Days button CASH prize winners announced (button wagon/platform) Have your buttons with you!
5pm-10pm Steak & Shrimp Dinner $12.95 (Fisherman’s Bay)
7:30-12:30 LIVE music by Mudcat Melby & the Old Dogs (Buckhorn Bar)
8:30pm-1am Ben’s Hot Country Karaoke (Bann’s Bar)
7-11:00am
Sunday, September 4
10am-noon
10am-4pm
10am-4pm
12pm-5pm
1:30-5pm
4pm-6pm
6:30pm
Bottomless Bloody Marys and Screwdrivers $10 (Buckhorn Bar)
Open house, sales and samplings (Minnestalgia)
Log Home Wood Fired Pizza(Minnestalgia)
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50 ANNUAL LIONS CORN FEED – door prizes, cash prize drawing, bingo, kids’ games and activities, Ben’s Hot
Country Karaoke and contest for all ages (McGregor Community Center)
LIVE music by Tim Haussner (Zorbaz)
Sunday Funday Happy Hour (Fisherman’s Bay)
Ben’s Hot Country Karaoke (Buckhorn Bar)