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Events & Programs

Sweet Corn Serenade

Oskaloosa Main Street's annual Sweet Corn Serenade brings 3,000 people to downtown Oskaloosa for fresh-cooked sweet corn and live music. This year's festival will happen July 25 from 12-9 PM, and will include a craft and vendor fair, food trucks, children's activities, and more! Sweet Corn Serenade will take place in Oskaloosa's City Square Park. The rain location is Penn Central Mall.

Thursday, July 25, 2024 12-9 PM

 Craft + Vendor Fair

2024 Craft + Vendor Fair Registration Fillable 

2024 Craft + Vendor Fair Registration Print Form 

Early Bird Deadline: June 17, 2024

Final Deadline: July 15, 2024

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to make this year's event a success! Looking to join?

Sign Up Here!

 

Coloring Contest!

The children's coloring contest is back!  Age divisions are 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14. Prizes will be awarded to winners. Pick up a coloring sheet at Mahaska Drug, Bank Iowa, and the Mahaska Chamber Office. Submit completed coloring pages to the Mahaska Chamber office by 5 pm on Monday, July 29 Click here to download the coloring sheet. 

 

Let's Eat!

Burgers, Sweet Corn, Pie, & Drinks will be served from 4:00 p.m. until it runs out.
Costs:
    - Meal (hamburger, corn, drink) - $8.00
    - Pie only - $2.00 Served at Pie Only Tent
    - Extra Corn - $1.00 Served at Extra Corn Tent
Hamburgers grilled by Mahaska County Cattlemen's Association.
Pie options: Apple
Drink options: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Root Beer, & Bottled Water


Food Vendors will be set up around the Square

  • The Barnyard Tenderloin Xpress
  • Eatery Island
  • My Eatzz
  • Pho-T
  • Sno Biz 
  • Grubby's Kettle Korn 
  • Tacos Jalisco 

Interested in Being a Food Vendor? 

Food Vendor Inquiry

Food Vendor Applications close on April 5, 2024. Please email for 2025 Inquires. 

 

For the Kids

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Farm Bureau's Kid's Zone, open 5-8 PM
Ag in the Classroom table
Petting Zoo
Face painting
Iowa Corn trailer
NRCS Soil Tunnel
Many Little Farm Hands 
Photo (face cut-out) Board
 

Ohana Pedal Pull - register at 5:30 PM, starts at 6:00 PM.
Located on High Avenue.  Open to any child aged 4-11, will follow state sanctions.

StoryWalk® provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - Mahaska County (on Square)
Go on a short walk and read "Jack's Garden" by Henry Cole and "The House that Jack Built" between 5-8 PM.

Coloring Area - available all day at the Farm Bureau table.

Map of Event - 2024 Map Coming Soon! 

Parking

High Avenue East, South 1st Street, and 1st Avenue East surrounding City Square Park will be closed for event activities. 

Street parking will be available along South Market Street, in the Penn Central Mall parking lots, and nearby street parking (including 1st Avenue East between True Value & MidWestOne Bank and farther east - this is the best option for handicapped parking making it less than half a block from the stage and food), and in the American Legion Post 34 parking lot. 

Please be aware of local street projects that may cause temporary street closures in the area.

Creative Stations & Other Main Street District Happenings

  • LuRoo & Co Boutique - Old fashioned ice cold sodas, rack sales, and more! 
  • Oskaloosa Public Library - Coloring Pages on the library's second floor will be available and a photo op station in the Big Red Chair at the Reading Garden. 12 pm-6 pm
  • Lion's Club - Free Popcorn and Spin Art 
  • United Way of Mahaska County will offer a 9-square game in City Square Park (northeast corner lawn) from 12 pm-7:00 pm.  FREE
  • YMCA's Imagination Blocks 5 pm-8 pm

THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS:
American Family Insurance, Kristi Tarr Agency
Bank Iowa
Clow Valve Company
Farm Credit Services of America
First State Bank of Lynnville

Garden & Associates
Hy-Vee
Imagine the Possibilities
Kraig Ford
Mahaska Drug
Mahaska Communication Group
MidWestOne Bank
Musco
Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa Vision Center
Southern Iowa Fair Association
TDT CPAs and Advisors
Town Square Dental Care
TruBank
Twin Cedars Bank

Thank you to the following businesses for donating supplies & prizes:

Brown's Shoe Fit - Oskaloosa
Fareway - Oskaloosa
Hy-Vee - Oskaloosa
Mahaska - Oskaloosa
Sno Biz - Oskaloosa

FlagStix - Oskaloosa
Wendy's - Oskaloosa
Maid-Rite - Oskalooosa 

Ohana Pedal Pull Sponsors:

Corteva Agriscience
Farm Credit Services of America
McKim Tractor Service

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 Musical Entertainment

4:30-7:30 PM - Neil Hewitt  - Facebook                  

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8:00-9:00 PM - Oskaloosa City Band - Facebook          

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