BOXELDER BUG DAYS

September 8-10, 2023

Mark your calendars!

Minneota, MN Town Celebration!

The Boxelder Bug Days Team is hard at work to bring you another fabulous celebration.

Look who is booked for 2023!

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Vendor and Craft Show

Johnny Tillemans Memorial Chili Cook-Off

Community Worship Service  

Bean Bag Tournament

Petal Tractor Pull (Kids & Adults)

SHOVE THE BUG (Kids & Adults)

Grand Parade - 2023 Info

Kiddie Parade & Boxelder Bug Races

Craft Vendor Sale

Golf: 3 Person Scramble

Educational Exhibits

A Tribute to Bill Holm

Barrel Race and so much more…

There’s always something for EVERYONE at Bug Days!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, September 8 

7PM Football vs. YME (K.P. Kompelien Field)

7PM Bill Holm Tribute at St. Paulie Lutheran Ghureh: musical performance & PBS documentary screening  

8-midnight Kick-off Dance featuring the Wapsi River Ramblers sponsored by City Hall Bar & Grill

Saturday, September 9

6AM 25th Annual Johnny Tillemans Memoarial Chili Cook-Off cooking begins (Bug Square)

Hosted by Prairie Home Hospice & Community Care 

7:45AM Registration for Family Fun Run (Bethel church parking lot)

8AM Barricades and Detour in place

8:30AM Fun Run begins

BOXELDER BUG DAYS

FAMILY FUN 5K 

Run the Bug has a new look with fun stops and activities for everyone along the way.

All ages are encouraged to participate.

The traditional Run the Bug is not being held in 2023

(This is NOT A TIMED EVENT.)

More information 

9AM Golf tournament begins (Countryside Golf Club son scramble)

9AM-3PM  Craft/Vendor Sale (Veterans Park west lot)

9AM-3PM Opera Hall open

10AM Fun run prize drawings (grass square)

10AM-2PM Bloody Mary bar

10AM-6PM Vietnam Memorial & History Center open

10:30AM Kiddie Parade registration (small stage)

11AM Bill Holm Tribute (@pera Hall)

11AM Kiddie Parade sponsored by Bethel Fellowship

11AM Chili Cook-Off Judging (Bug Square)

11AM Pedal Tractor Pull registration (behind Gislason Ace Hardware)

11AM-2PM Salad Luncheon, Minnecota Senior Center.

11AM-4PM Caricaturist (behind Gislason Ace Hardware) sponsored by Gislason’s Hardware, proceeds ge to Minneota Fire ;

11:30AM Pedal Tractor: Pull (behind Gislason Ace Hardware)

11:30AM Chili Cook-Off Tasting (City Office parking lot)

12PM Boxelder Bug Races (small stage)

12-4PM Educational Exhibits open (Minneota Public Library)

12-6PM FREE inflatables on Jefferson St. sponsored by EDF Renewables  

12-6PM Snow Cones—free will donation sponsored by Minneota first

12:30PM Kayla Daniels (Main Stage) responders

1PM Minneota Barrel Racing Series (Silver Spur Arena)

1:15PM Kindred Spirits (Main Stage) Aa

1:30PM Bean Bag Tournament Registration on Highway 68 (32 team bracket, 100% payout)  

2PM Bean Bag Tournament on Highway 68

2PM Kayla Daniels (Main Stage)

2:45PM Kindred Spirits (Main Stage)

3:30PM Ali Gray's Country Jamboree (Main Stage)

4:30PM Up South (Main Stage) 

5:30PM Ali Gray (Main Stage) 

6:30PM Up South (Main Stage) 

7:30PM Queen Coronation (Main Stage)

8PM Shove the Bug/Adult Pedal Pull behind Gislason Ace Hardware

8:30PM-1AM Street Dance featuring Avenger Joe (Main Stage)

Courtesy ven rides will be provided Saturday night  

Sunday, September 10 

8-11AM Firemen’s Pancake Breakfast (Fire Hall) 

8-11AM Bloody Mary Bar (City Hall Bar & Grill)

10AM Community Worship Service

10AM-5PM Vietnam Memorial & History Center Open

11AM Ali Gray's Country Jamboree (Main Stage) di

11AM Minneota Area Mission Trip Meal

11AM Friends of the Library Pie Sale

1PM Grand Parade

Sunday, September 10, 2023; 1:00 PM

Lineup at the intersection of North Jefferson St. and 5th Street

Lineup Begins at 12:00 pm. Please come early

The parade will take place rain or shine

Parade Register

12:30PM Captain Jack Sparrow (following parade)

2:30PM Ali Gray's Country Jamboree (Main Stage)

2:30PM Sharon Cartway Wagon Rides

3PM Golf Ball Roll

Queens Meet and Greet will take place following the golf ball roll

Date: September 8-10, 2023

Location: Various locations in Minneota, MN 

Click here for more information