The Sargent Fair and Chokecherry Jamboree is celebrating its favorite decade with lots of fun June 12 through June 14.
On Friday, June 12, the celebration kicks off in the evening with a hamburger feed and Nebraska Pedal Pullers at 5:30 p.m. At 6, the River City Carnival opens, and all rides are free. To end the night is music bingo at 8 p.m. in the park.
Saturday starts with the parade lineup at 9 a.m., while the parade starts at 10:30 a.m. At 11, the River City Carnival will open, Sargent FBLA will host a pickleball tournament, and there will be activities in the park. Some of the activities include Peter’s One-Man Danger Circus Spectacular, JD Bears chainsaw artist, axe throwing, cake walk, turtle races, and more.
Starting at 8 p.m., to end the night is the Jam in the Park and beer garden featuring live music from The Innocence. Kyla Stefka, Fair Board President, explained how they tried to keep everything at the park this year.
“We have the innocence coming, and they’ll be playing on the stage in the park. We invite everyone to bring their chairs and hang out, have conversation. We will have picnic tables and that kind of thing, but we thought, you know, what better way to hang out, sit in the park and enjoy some music. We’ve had street dances and that kind of thing in the past. If there is bad weather, it will be at the community center and probably turn into a dance instead of a jam. But thought, let’s keep it all down here. And it seems like a lot of people, instead of dancing lately, have been, you know, wanting a spot to hear music and mingle and chat and, you know, enjoy. So we thought, we’ll just bring it to the park,” stated Stefka.
Yoga in the Park at 7:45 a.m. kicks off the Sunday events. Participants should bring their own mat and accessories. At 10:30 a.m., there will be church and music in the park with the church service led by Pastor Andrew Laird from the Church of Christ and the music performed by the Zellmer Family. At 11:30 is the free-will donation pancake feed, and at noon is the main event, the pit spitting contest. Kyla Stefka said they are hoping to have a lot of contestants.
“We’ve got it for all ages. We have different brackets, and historically that’s how it’s been. So we’re hoping to get a big show up for that pit spitting contest this year. I think it’s one of the very few contests like that,” stated Stefka.
Kids’ water bounce houses will open at 12 on the south side of Main Street. To conclude the celebration, at 1 p.m., is the Dennis Seidel Memorial water fight on Main Street in front of the Veterans Memorial.
For more details about events, visit the Sargent Fair and Chokecherry Jamboree Facebook page.
