Water Tower Festival 2024

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Name: Water Tower Festival 2024
Date: June 30, 2024
Groove, Inc. drumline performing at annual Water Tower Festival (photo by Erica Volkir)
Event Description:
~BREAKING NEWS~
After 5 nights of clues & zealous searching, the 2024 Water Tower Festival Medallion has been FOUND on Day 5 of the Hunt in the pouring rain no less!!! Morgan Guardado of Pipestone, MN is the LUCKY Winner of the 35th Annual Water Tower Medallion Hunt! She WINS both the coveted pipestone medallion (handmade by local pipestone carver Pam Tellinghuisen) and $100 in Pipestone Area Chamber Checks sponsored by the Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce! (see
Chamber's fb page for photos). It was hidden in the bark of a cottonwood tree along a mowed path west of the concrete parking lot at Hiawatha Pageant Park. Click HERE for the clues.





Friday Evening Downtown Grill-Out & Kids Night! (on Hiawatha Ave)
  • 5:00 pm until gone!:  JBS Community Burger Feed Fundraiser
  • 5:30 pm:  Registration for Kids' Pedal Pull. Ages 3-11
  • 6:00 pm:  Free Kids' Pedal Pull. Ages 3-11.
  • 7:30 pm (Approximately): Pipestone Jr. Ambassadors Contest (ages 5 through completed 5th grade).
  • 7:30 pm: Calumet Players - "The Addams Family" (A Musical Comedy) at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center (Tickets).
​Saturday Parade Day & Events on Courthouse Lawn!
  • 10:00 am:  Parade (West Main St & South Hiawatha Ave)
  •  9:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Arts, Crafts, & Vendor Fair (Click HERE for List of Shopping Vendors )
    • Vendor Registration is closed
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm:  ​Free Live Music Under the Big Tent
    • Groove, Inc. Drumline (approx. 11:30 am)
    • Su Fu Du Drumline (approx. 11:45 am)
    • Elisabeth Hunstad (11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
  • ​10:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Car Show (9 am Registration $15 vehicle entry fee)
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Food Vendors (Click HERE for List of Food Vendors )
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Free Kids Inflatables
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Free 605 Magic Art Bus, Art Games, & Activities
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Free Face Painting (next to 605 Magic Art Bus)
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm:  Free Petting Zoo
​Courthouse Lawn Events end at 3:00 pm.

Saturday Night - Downtown Block Party! (on Hiawatha Ave)
  • 7:30 pm: Calumet Players - "The Addams Family" (A Musical Comedy) at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center (Tickets).
  • 9:00 pm - 1:00 am: Free Live Music (Block Party on Hiawatha with Funk-Uh-Fried)
    • ​Beer Garden
    • Taqueria El Tarasco Food Truck
    • Class Reunions
​Sunday:
  • 10:00 am:  Prairie Riders Saddle Club Fun Show (at Pipestone County Fairgrounds)
  • 10:30 am Community Church Service (under the Big Tent in front of the Courthouse)
  • 2:00 pm: Calumet Players - "The Addams Family" (A Musical Comedy) at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center (Tickets).

*For planning purposes, a change has been made in future dates from the 4th Saturday in June to the last Saturday of June. This only affects years where there are 5 Saturdays, such as 2024.
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Date/Time Information:
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, June 28-30, 2024
Contact Information:
Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce, 507-825-3316
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