Homestead Festival - Saturday events

45th Annual Bureau County Homestead Festival

Saturday events 

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

Underground Railroad 5K Race - Registration at 7 AM and race starts at 8:30 AM, Kiddie Fun Run (Free) starts at 8 AM - Bureau County Metro Center 837 Park Avenue West - Sponsored by the Princeton Park District and WZOE Radio

Children's Fun Fair - 9 - 11 AM 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.

Princeton High School Tours - 9 - 11 AM Sponsored by Princeton Public Schools Foundation

Bureau County 4-H Extension - 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 - 4 PM

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

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

Stamp cancellation  - 9 AM - 12 PM  Princeton Post Office

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

Princeton Public Library Tours - 10 AM - 2 PM 698 East Peru Street

Helicopter Rides - Noon to sunset - Sullivan's Parking Lot, Sponsored by Nelson Enterprises $30 per person

Homestead Festival Parade - 1:30 PM South Shore Drill team to perform at Pleasant Street Parking Lot following the parade

Blues Concert - 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Featuring "Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang" - Alexander Park, food, beverages and spirits provided by Princeton Park District.  Sponsored by Heartland Bank and Trust Co.

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

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

Princeton Jaycees Beer Garden - featuring "Lounge Puppets"  Darius Miller Park 5 PM - 1 AM
music from 8:39 PM - 12:30 AM