🎉 40th Annual Puckerbrush Days 2026 🎉
🎉 40th Annual Puckerbrush Days 2026 🎉
📅 July 17, 18 & 19
📍 Forest City, Iowa
Get ready, Forest City! Puckerbrush Days is back for its 40th Annual Celebration with three full days of food, fun, music, contests, family activities, fireworks, and community tradition! 🎡✨
Bring the whole family and join us Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19 for one of the biggest summer celebrations of the year! 🌞🎶
🌟 Friday, July 17
Kick off the weekend with food, fun, and music! 🍔🎤
🍻 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Food Trucks & Beverage Garden Open
🇺🇸 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Flag Disposal Ceremony
🍉 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Free Watermelon Sponsored by MBT Bank
👑 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM
Little Mr. & Miss Puckerbrush
👧🧒 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Battle of the Kids
🏆 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM
Battle of the Businesses
🎸 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Not Quite Brothers Concert
🎟️ $20 Admission
🎈 Saturday, July 18
Saturday is packed with activities all day long! 🥳
🏃♀️🌈 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
5K Color Run & Walk
📍 Corner of J & Clark St.
🛍️ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Craft & Vendor Show
🚗🎉 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Puckerbrush Parade
🚜 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Kid Pedal Tractor Pull
📍 WCTA
Registration until 11:30 AM
🥧🍦 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Pie & Ice Cream Social
📍 United Methodist Church
🎨 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Coloring Activity
📍 The Daily Grind
🔥🍔 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Grease Showing & Grill Out
📍 The Forest Theatre
🏰🫧 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Bouncy House
📍 Diamond Spray Foam
🎶 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Live Music
📍 Courthouse Gazebo
⛳ 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Mini Golf
📍 Friends of Pilot Knob
🎺 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Forest City Municipal Band
📍 Courthouse Gazebo
🏀 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Dunk Tank
📍 First Baptist Church
🌿 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Nature Crafts
📍 Hanson Nature Center
🚘 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Car Show
📍 N Clark St.
📣 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Face Painting
📍 Waldorf University Cheer
🥤 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Bags Tournament
📍 Beverage Garden
🫧 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Foam Party
📍 Diamond Spray Foam | Courthouse Lawn
👗 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Vintage Clothing Contest
📍 Mansion Museum
🦆 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Duck Derby
📍 Aquatic Center
🍦 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Ice Cream Eating Contest
📍 Sweet Emmylu’s
🥎 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Police vs. Fireman Softball Game
🤠🎶 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
River City Rodeo Concert
🎆 9:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Firework Show
📍 Pammel Park
☀️ Sunday, July 19
Wrap up the weekend with breakfast and pickleball! 🍳🏓
🍳 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Omelette Breakfast
📍 Police Station
🏓 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Pickleball Tournament
📍 Pickleball Courts
🎶 Featured Entertainment
🎸 Friday Night: Not Quite Brothers
🤠 Saturday Night: River City Rodeo
🎆 Saturday Night Finale: Fireworks at Pammel Park
Mark your calendars now for July 17, 18 & 19 and come celebrate 40 years of Puckerbrush Days! 🎉💚
Food trucks, concerts, contests, kids’ activities, vendors, fireworks, and so much more are waiting for you. We’ll see you there! 🙌✨