Tulip Festival Schedule of Events

Tulip Festival 2023 schedule (below) and
Thursday afternoon parade broadcast on KLEM thanks to…

Thursday, Friday & Saturday,  May 18^th-20^th

9:00 a.m.
Antique Tractor Show (begins)
Children’s Art Exhibit (opens)
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours (begin)
Pedicabs (begin)
Private Tours Dutch American Heritage Museum
Stadscentrum (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Vogel Old Mill (opens)

9:30 a.m.
Century Home (opens)

10:00 a.m.
Antique Model Tractor Display
Craft Show (opens)
De Straatwinkel (opens)
Dutch American Heritage Museum (Opens)
Straatmarkt (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

10:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ

11:00 a.m.
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park

11:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
12:00 p.m.
Carnival Rides (open) (Note:rides begin 10am on Saturday)
Fietsen Zangers

1:00 p.m.
Straat Feest, Street Scrubbing, and Volksparade
$5 reserved seating recommended or bring your own lawn chair

3:30 p.m.
Band Awards and Drum Line Performances
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours
Pedicab Rides

4:00 p.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

5:30 p.m.
Entertainment in the Street

6:00 p.m.
Volksparade

8:00 p.m.
Night Show: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Additional Fun:

Friday – May 19

10:00 a.m.
ArtBurst (opens)

Sat – May 20

7:00 a.m.
Fly-In Breakfast – Sioux County Regional Airport

7:50 a.m.
Tulip Festival Road Race

8:00 a.m.
Children’s Art Exhibit

8:30 a.m.
Tour de Tulips Bicycle Ride

10:00 a.m.
ArtBurst (opens)
Carnival Rides (open)

11:00 a.m.
Petting Zoo