![]() There’s just one festival to keep in mind if you want to experience Mexico: South Omaha’s Cinco de Mayo festival. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Omaha, including a parade. Omaha also has a pretty decent celebration planned each year for St. Patrick’s Day Festival every September and it’s so popular, the population nearly quadruples for the day. Patrick’s Day festival with the claim to fame of having the world’s largest shamrock and their own 13,410-pound O’Neill Blarney Stone. What can you expect from the Irish Capital of Nebraska, O’Neill? O’Neill has a huge St. There are a lot of Irish in Nebraska, so you can bet there are big Irish celebrations. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church puts on a Greek festival for three days every August. ![]() Find other Oktoberfest celebrations in Norfolk.įor more than 90 years, Bridgeport has held an annual Greek Festival every August. Okotoberfest is big in Omaha, and you can find celebrations at Crescent Moon and the German-American Society. Another “capital” is the Danish Capital of Nebraska, Dennebrog, where they celebrate the town’s heritage one weekend in June during Grundlov fest.įor a taste of Germany, Henderson is home to the German Smorgasbord every March. ![]() It’s self-proclaimed the Czech Capital of the U.S.A. Wilbur has a festival called Czech Days in August. Experience the world at Nebraska ethnic festivals For the daring, you can take part in the ball eating contest. Featuring live music and a beer garden like any decent festival, with the real draw being a chance to try fried bull testicles. ![]() Testicle Festival – Held every Father’s Day weekend at the Ashland restaurant, Around The Bend, the Testicle Festival is a big event. The festival takes place every April in Burwell, and as you can imagine, involves quite a bit of bird-watching. So, obviously, there needs to be a weekend dedicated to it. Nebraska Prairie Chicken Festival – Male prairie chickens are known to do a pretty interesting dance to attract a mate. Kool-Aid Days is held the second full weekend of August each year in Hastings, Neb., and it features an assortment of fun events and games like a Kool-Aid drinking contest, rides, and the world’s largest Kool-Aid stand. Kool-Aid Days – Since Kool-Aid was invented in Nebraska, it makes sense that we’d celebrate it each year. There’s an unusual egg judging contest, the world’s largest chicken dance, and the Wayne Chicken Show National Cluck-Off…to name just a few things planned. The theme is always chickens, and from that, all things are planned (with a lot of humor). Wayne Chicken Show – The Wayne Chicken Show is held on the second weekend of July in Wayne, Neb. That’s right, real ducks race across ice. Being January in Nebraska, the race is on ice. Quirky Nebraska festivals and annual eventsĪvoca Duck Races – On the last Saturday in January, the town of Avoca holds the annual Avoca Duck Races as a fundraiser for the volunteer fire department. Held each June in North Platte, the weekend is packed with the usual fair events like a parade, as well as big name music acts and the Buffalo Bill Rodeo. NEBRASKAland Days – NEBRASKAland Days is part music festival, part rodeo. Some of geared toward kids, like Lil’ Scientist Day, some are for adults (usually involving chemistry and booze), but overall, most events are for the entire family. NE SciFest – For most of April each year, locations around Nebraska hold special events as part of Nebraska Science Festival. Some of the biggest names currently touring play on the MAHA stages each August. MAHA Music Festival – MAHA Music Festival is Omaha’s largest multi-day music festival. The AppleJack Festival also a craft fair, parade, carnival. ![]() Think apple cider donuts, candy apples, apple pie…you get the idea. Photo courtesy Maya Festival/Photo by Ben SemischĪppleJack Festival – Every September, 60,000 to 80,000 people flock to Nebraska City for a weekend of, well, apples. ![]()
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