Water Tower Festival
2021 Theme: "Wild About Pipestone!"
***2021 Dates: Thursday, July 29 - Sunday, August 1, 2021***
Annually, we celebrate the Water Tower Festival. Residents and visitors turn out en masse for this community get together. The festival commemorates the restoration of the city's historic concrete water tower as a community landmark. Keep checking back as more gets added!
Monday, July 26 until Found (Water Tower Festival Medallion Hunt)
The annual hunt for the Water Tower Festival Medallion hunt begins Monday, July 26 at 7:00 am. Find the medallion and win $100 in Chamber bucks. The medallion will be on public land somewhere within the city of Pipestone. If you find the medallion, bring it to the Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce to claim your prize. Each day clues as to the location will be revealed. You can find them all right here, PipestoneStar.com, listen to KLOH radio, or check out the Pipestone Chamber of Commerce or Pipestone Star’s Facebook page.
Thursday, July 29 (Kids' Night Downtown in front of Museum):
- 5:00 - 8:00 pm ~ Pipestone Kiwanis Club Sno-Cone Fundraiser
- 5:30 - 6:00 pm ~ Registration for Kids Pedal Pull sponsored by C&B Operations (free)
- Ages 3 to 11. 3 year olds receive participation ribbon & a pop. Ages 4 to 11 get a can of pop and compete for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place.
- 6:00 pm ~ Kids Pedal Pull sponsored by C&B Operations (free)
- 7:15 pm (approximately) ~ Pipestone Jr. Ambassadors Contest sponsored by Pipestone Kiwanis Club
- following the Pedal Pull, two winners (1 boy & 1 girl) receive prizes and ride in Saturday's Parade as the Junior Grand Marshals. Ages 5 to completed 5th Grade compete by answering fun questions about themselves and Pipestone. It's FREE to enter. Child must reside in Pipestone County. Register your child by calling the Chamber at 825-3316.
- 5:00 - 8:00 pm ~ Community Dinner sponsored by Pipestone Veterinary Services
- 5:00 - 12:45 am ~ Beer Garden Open
- 6:00 pm ~ Bean Bag Tourney
- $20 / team - Cash Prizes! Limited to 16 teams. Pre-register at Chamber 507-825-3316
- 9:00 pm - 1:00 am ~ FREE Street Dance
- "Rewinder" will be performing the "Greatest Hits of the Cassette Era" in Historic Downtown Pipestone
- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm ~ Arts, Crafts, & Vendor Show and Food Vendors on Courthouse Lawn
- Vendors must pre-register with Chamber 507-825-3316
- 10:00 am ~ Parade starting on the 500 block of West Main Street to Hiawatha Ave and ends at Hiawatha Ave & 5th Street SE/SW
- Parade Entries must pre-register with Chamber 507-825-3316. Click HERE for Parade Entry Form .
- 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (Awards at 2:00 pm) ~ Pipestone Cruizers' Car Show (West side of Courthouse on 2nd Ave SW - enter from South)
- DC Dyno & Performance Testing!!!
- Boy's & Girl's Bike Giveaway
- Power Wheels Kid's Car Giveaway
- Over $1,500 in Cash Prizes awarded to registrants
- $10 Per Vehicle Registration starts at 9:00 am (there's no fee to come look at the cars!)
- Open to Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Tractors, & Rat Rods
- No Bicycles or Golf Carts allowed in the show area
- First 100 Entrants receive a Dash Plaque
- Tool Set awarded to all Class Winners
- All proceeds to be donated to charity
- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ~ Free Kids' Inflatables on Courthouse Lawn
- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ~ "Paper Plains" interactive activity - Meinders Community Library/"We Are Water MN" event on Courthouse Lawn
- 11:30 am ~ Groove Inc. Drumline performs by Big Tent on Courthouse Lawn
- 12:00 pm ~ Parade Winners announced under Big Tent
- 1:00 pm ~ Pipestone Fire Department "Water Fights" on the street in front of the Tank (3rd St SW in front of Courthouse)
Date and Time
Sunday Aug 1, 2021
Contact Information
Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB at 507-825-3316
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