Download the Schedule HERE! Available for download in July!

2026 Tentative schedule - subject to change
THURSDAY July 30th
4:30 - 6:30pm Downtown Market
5pm  Bags Tournament - $20 Team Entry Fee. Cash Prizes!
5-6pm  Author Event - Estherville Public Library. Meet a variety of authors during this free event.
5:30pm Presentation of the Flames and Opening Ceremony - Hosted by Excel Arts and Culture in Library Square
5:35pm  Burning of the Cobs - Library Square
5:45 FREE Smore's roast them yourself over a bonfire! Library Square
6:30pm Kids Fishing Competition - Riverside Park - Swinging Bridge - Children 15 and under. All kids must be accompanied by an adult! Bring your own poles and equipment. 

FRIDAY July 31st

1pm:Sweet Corn Days Golf Tournament 4 person Scramble tournament with 1pm shotgun start! More information and registration coming soon!
5-9:30pm Food Vendors: options include desserts, BBQ, Fair Foods, Pie and so much more
5:30-8pm Sweet Cars Cruise - North 7th Street. Hosted by the Black Knights
5:30pm Little Miss and Mr. Sweet Corn Pageant - Center Stage

6-8pm  Hometown Heroes - Touch a Truck. North 6th Street. Meet your hometown heroes and tour their trucks! 
6:30pm Kids Games: FREE to all kids, Old fashioned games divided up by age categories. Hosted by Employees Credit Union
7:45pm Family Game Show - Center Stage. Do you have what it takes to win it? fun audience participation games!
8:45pm Hula Hoop Show Down: We've got the hoops ready! Categories for all ages! Prizes for winners
After dark/9:30pm FIREWORKS: brought to you by Excel Estherville!
After Fireworks/approximately 10pm Free family movie in the park! Bring your lawn chairs or blanket and settle in for The Minecraft Movie with the family in Library Square! 

SATURDAY AUGUST 1st
10am-4pm Merchant Market! Vendors selling all types of goods including handmade crafts! Located on the Court House Square

              -Register to be a vendor HERE!
10am-4pm Food Vendors:  Food includes: Kettle Corn, Cheesecake, Cupcakes, BBQ, grilled food, fried food, hot dogs, pie, snow cones, mini donuts and so much more! Located on 7th Street!

10:30am  Parade: runs along Central Avenue from 18th street to 5th street. Bring some lawn chairs and check out the biggest parade in NW Iowa! Sponsored by Estherville Communications!
        - Float Decorating Competition - Design the best float for a chance to win a first place prize!

- Register for the Parade

12pm SHARP FREE SWEETCORN! Over 6,000 ears of corn are given out! Located on 1st Avenue N. Sponsored by Avera Holy Family Hospital!
12-2pm  Bubbles Giant Bubble Show and Hands on Bubble Stations in Library Square

12-3pm Balloon Animals: Free, in Library Square

12 - 3pm Rock'n the Square - bring a lawn chair or find a picnic table and enjoy music!

12:30-3:30pm Kids Barrell Train Free train rides for kids around downtown, takes off from the Courthouse Block of North 6th Street
12-4pm Sweet Cars Show: Black Knights Car Club show off the sweetest cars around! Located on 1st Ave N and N 8th Street!
12-4pm Inflatable Fun! 7 huge inflatables for all ages! Only $15 for an all day play wristband! Located on N 6th Street
12-4pm Face Painting - $5 per design by a professional artist. Library Square
12-4pm IZAAK Walton 5 Stand Sporting Clays - Come and Go. Located at IZAAK Walton, $15 for 50 rounds prizes for both youth and adults
1pm Firefighter Water Competition: Watch the fireman compete in this fun contest! Located on N 7th Street
2pm Sidewalk Chalk Contest - South section of Library Square. Age categories of 8 and under, 9-14 and 15 and up includes adults! Pre-registration encouraged but not required. Prizes for winners. Chalk supplied but welcome to bring your own. 
2pm Golf Ball Race - Corner of 1st Avenue North and North 6th Street, buy your golf ball for $10, 600 golf balls will roll down the hill the first place wins $1000 cash, second place wins $500 cash, third through seventh place wins $100 cash. Do not need to be present to win! (Purchase Golf Balls at the Chamber office or tent prior to the race)

4pm -Mud Volleyball Tournament hosted by the Estherville Fire Department. Teams of 6 play round robin style in Joe Hoye Park at the Swinging Bridge. 

              -Registration Open Soon! Registration due by August 1st. contact Ryan Van Wye at 712-209-4673 with questions. 
9pm-1am Street Dance, Live Band, Schmidt Brothers, playing your favorites from past and present! 21+ for beer but ages 19-20 allowed entry! $10 cover charge! Food Vendors available during the Street Dance! Rain location is the Eagle Lake Building at the Emmet County Fairgrounds.

SUNDAY AUGUST 2nd
9am-noon Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast. Located in the Duhigg Center
10am Disc Golf Throwdown: 8:30-9:30am check in. Registration fee based on division, 18 hole tournament with cash prizes. Half of proceeds will go to course expansion. Joe Hoye Park Frisbee Golf Course.

• Quick players meeting before start, first round begins at 10am with a 1 hour lunch break between rounds, second round to follow
• Register Open Soon

1pm Des Moines River Fun Float: Drop boats at A17 Bridge Access. Park at 4th Street Bridge Access. Bus available to take you to the start for a small fee. Boats launch at 1pm. Free will donation dinner at the end of float. Please use caution and float at your own risk. Must provide your own boat/float. Hosted by the Emmet County Water Trails Association!
​Float at your own risk! Subject to river conditions!
Kayak Rental Available HERE
1-7pm Free Swim & Pool Party - Estherville Aquatic Center. Your chance to check out Estherville's outdoor pool at no cost! Slide down the big water slide, give the rock walls a climb and so much more! Concessions available for purchase. 

 Ace Hardware - Black Hills Energy
Daybreak - Henry Olson Funeral Home
​ Mediacom - Pro-Cooperative

Blum and Leonard Agency - Citizens Community Credit Union 
Friends of the Estherville Public Library - Iowa Lakes Community College

Moveero - New 2U Consignment

Christensen Farms -  Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative

KC Nielsen LTD - Kiwanis - Mystic Arts Tattoo