Looking for your excuse to visit Kirksville? Then mark your calendars because Kirksville hosts a festival for just about anything you’d want to celebrate! Foodie? Music Lover? Artisan or Craftsman? Look no further than Missouri’s North Star!
May 30-June 2, 2013
SPBGMA Blue Grass Festival
NEMO Fairgrounds, 2700 East Illinois Street
Join the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) and enjoy days of Bluegrass music from many of your favorite bluegrass bands and artists!
www.spbgma.com
Click here for the flier!
July 4-6, 2013
All American Red, White and Blue Festival
Downtown Kirksville, 304 South Franklin Street
This festival is in its 9th year and brings service clubs, businesses, and locals together for a great Independence Day Celebration! Join us for an Apple Pie Contest, Red, White and Blue Pancake Breakfast, Bicycle Ride, Cemetery Theater, and of course- a Fireworks Display!
http://www.visitkirksville.com/event/all-american-red-white-and-blue-festival/
July 15-20, 2013
65th Annual NEMO Fair
NEMO Fairgrounds, 2700 East Illinois Street
This week long event includes grand stand entertainment: Dustin Lynch, Neal McCoy, and Jerrod Neimann. There will be fun for everyone with the Lowery carnival, FFA Exhibits, Truck and Tractor Pull, Livestock shows, Demolition Derby, Fair Queen pageant, Bull Rides and a Butterfly House.
www.nemofair.net
September 2013
The Smoke at Stokes: Barbeque, Blues, and Bulldogs
Stokes Stadium, Franklin Street and Patterson Street
This festival celebrates barbeque, blues, and the Truman State University Bulldog Football Team! This competition is Truman State Football’s inaugural KCBS Sanctioned BBQ cook-off and will coincide with Truman State Football’s home game opener.
www.trumanbulldogs.com
September 8, 2013
Kirksville Air Festival
Kirksville Regional Airport, 27161 Airport Trail
The Kirksville Air Festival features stunt flying as well as parachute jumps and helicopter rides available to the public! Come out the Regional Airport with the whole family to enjoy food, live music, and stunning in-air performances!
www.kvairfest.com
September 21, 2013
Red Barn Arts and Crafts Festival
Downtown Kirksville, 117 South Franklin Street
This juried festival attracts more than 9,000 people to more than 100 artisan booths to Downtown Kirksville. It brings together individuals involved in visual art, performing arts and crafts. Artisans from many around the US participate! Enjoy Red Barn with food, arts, awards, and entertainment all day long!
www.kirksvillearts.com
Click here for flier!
September 28, 2013
Round Barn Blues
Round Barn, Route P
Round Barn Blues is a bi-annual blues fest which features Royal Southern Brotherhood as the Headliner this year! Blues legends and newcomers from across the country converge to perform at the historic round barn built in 1913. Barbeque, burgers and refreshments are available in the concession area on the lower floor of the barn.
www.roundbarnblues.com
September 28, 2013
Kirksville Bacon Festival
Downtown Kirksville, 106 West Washington Street
The Kirksville Bacon Festival is back for the 3rd year! This year will bring back the fan favorite- Free BLTs for lunch! A cooking contest with bacon as the prize-winning ingredient, a pageant to choose a new Miss Sizzle and Young Miss Sizzle and Little Miss Bacon Bits, live music, a food drive for the local food pantries, will round out the event bringing fun for the whole family!
http://www.kirksvillechamber.com/event/3rd-annual-kirksville-bacon-fest/
October 5, 2013
Scottish Highland Games
Faith Lutheran Church, 1820 South Baltimore Street
These annual games feature competitions in Scotland’s traditional feats of strength, such as tossing the caber and the Braemar stone. Bring your whole family out to enjoy the kilts and the bagpipes!
http://www.jacksonweightliftingclub.com/
660-341-1755
December 6-7, 2013
Missouri Livestock Symposium
Kirksville Middle School, 1515 South Cottage Grove Avenue
The Missouri Livestock Symposium is an agriculture education event that is free to the public. The event features a trade show, free dinners, and speakers and educators from across the country and the globe.
http://www.missourilivestock.com/