46th Annual Homestead Festival

Thursday Events
Max Hallberg Sr. Memorial Golf Tournament
Wyaton Hills Golf Course
2 player scramble - 9 or 18 holes

Down on Main Street concert - featuring the Silver Bullet Band STL 5 - 8 PM Music starts at 6PM...FREE admission...between Main Street & Marion Street.......presented by Princeton Tourism

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

Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours - East Peru Street 1-4PM
​Bureau County Historical Society Tours - 109 Park Avenue West 1-5PM
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Princeton Junior Women's Club - Pulled Pork BBQ and Ice Cream Social, Soldiers & Sailors Park 5-9PM or when food runs out.

Princeton High School Choir - Soldiers & Sailors Park 5-5:30PM. Sponsored by Princeton Flighting

Homestead Festival Announcements - Princeton Junior Women's Club Baby Contest Winners, Window Display Contest Winners, Steering Committee Introdcutions and Grand Marshall Introduction - Soldiers & Sailors Park 5:30PM
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Twilight Horse - Drawn Wagon Rides - Soldiers & Sailors Park 6-9PM. Sponsored by Princeton and Utica Pioneer Production Plants

Rodeo Drive - Soldiers & Sailors Park 6:30 - 8:30PM. Sponsored by Jaycees. Beer tent available.

Princeton Jaycees Beer Garden featuring "Snap Shot" - Darius Miller Park 8PM - 1AM music from 9PM - 12:30AM
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Apollo Theater presents - "Kiss of Death" 9PM Doors open at 8PM - A 1958 Western drama starring Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark. Wear or buy a Widmark t-shirt for free admission.

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. Kiddie fun run starts (FREE) at 8:30AM - Bureau County Metro Center , 837 Park Ave West. Sponsored by Princeton Park District and WZOE Radio.

Children's Fun Fair - 9AM - 11AM, 606 South Main Street (Pleasant Street parking lot) Princeton Fire Department in conjunction with Safe Kids USA will be providing car seat checks. Sponsored by Heartland Bank and Trust Co.

Pie Baking Contest - 9AM at Soldiers & Sailors Park - Pie entries due, auction at noon, no entry fee, lard not required. Sponsored by Bureau County Home and Community Education.

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

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

Princeton High School Tours - 9 to 11AM, Celebrating 150 years. Sponsored by Princeton Public Schools Foundation

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

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

Helicopter Rides - Noon to Sunset - Sullivan's parking lot, $30 per person. Sponsored by Nelson Enterprises

Prairie Arts Center - Photography exhibit by Paula Gutilla 1-4PM
Homestead Festival Parade - 1:30PM South Shore Drill Team to perform at Pleasant Street parking lot following parade.

Blues Concert - 4:30 - 6:30PM Featuring John Primer - Alexander Park , food, beverages and spirits provided by Princeton Park District. Sponsored by Heartland Bank & Trust Co.

Princeton Jaycees Bags Tournament - Registration is at 5:30PM and bags fly at 6PM. Details on website - Darius Miller Park

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

Princeton Jaycees Beer Garden - Featuring Abby Normal - Darius Miller Park 5PM to 1AM Music from 8:30PM to 12:30AM

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

Country Breakfast - Princeton Elks Lodge - 1105 E. Peru Street 7AM - 1PM $10 buffet style

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

37th Homestead Festival Car Show - S. Main Street 8AM - NOON - Judging Noon to 1:30PM Awards at 3PM

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

Jazz Worship Service - St. Matthew's Lutheran Church - Jimmy Valentine Jazz Quartet 416 Dover Road 10:30AM
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7th Annual BBQ Rib Cook - Off - Central Bank parking lot 10:30AM - 3PM
Bureau County 4-H Extension - Pork Chop Sandwiches/meals served at Soldiers & Sailors Park 10:30AM - 3PM

Tri-County Humane Society Pet Fest - Princeton Animal Care Clinic 1616 N. Main Street 11AM - 3PM

Miller's Petting Zoo - Soldiers & Sailors Park Noon to 3PM. Sponsored by Perry Memorial Hospital and juniper & Mae and The Milk Moustache
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Prairie Arts Center - Photography exhibit by Paula Gutilla 1-4PM
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Children's Tractor Pull - Soldiers & Sailors Park. Registration Noon. Pulls start at 12:30PM and run until approxmiately 2:30PM. Sponsored by Diller-Rod and Bureau County Farm Bureau. Ages 4-12

Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours - 1 - 4PM

Homestead 50/50 Raffle. Approximately 3:30PM