Events & Programs

Sweet Corn Serenade

Thursday, July 24, 2025 12-9 PM

Craft + Vendor Fair

2025 Craft + Vendor Fair Registration Fillable

2025 Craft + Vendor Fair Registration Print Form

Early Bird Deadline: June 16, 2025

Final Deadline: July 8, 2025

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!

Barnyard Tenderloin Xpress
Eatery Island
Grubby's Kettle Korn
My Eatzz
Nina's Tacos
Rural Revival
SnoBiz
Sweet Henry's Ice Cream Sammies
Wild Hogz

Interested in Being a Food Vendor?

Food Vendor Inquiry

Food Vendor Applications closed on April 4, 2025. Please email for 2026 inquiries.

For the Kids

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Farm Bureau's Kid's Zone, open 4-8 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 - 2025 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

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:

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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