National Trout Festival
80th Anniversary
Kalkaska's Annual National Trout Festival
Bump and Run Demo Derby
It is time for the Spring Fling!
Gates open at 4 PM for a 5 o'clock SHOW on Trout Saturday, April 30! The Kalkaska County Fair Board has got one heck of a show for your family's entertainment- the classic BUMP-n-RUN and we've got CHAIN & WIRE DERBY back again! See you there!
Saturday, Apr 30, 2016, 05:00 PM
Fairgrounds Road, Kalkaska, MI, United States
Friday, April 29
-10:00 AM - Carnival Opens - Fairgrounds
-10:00 AM to Closing - Whispering Pines Animal Kingdom Reptile Display and Petting Zoo
- Fairgrounds (Camel rides will be available).
-10:30 to 2:30 PM - Brunch at the Senior Center
- Entertainment - Music - Prizes
- Crowning of the Senior King and Queen
-11:00 AM to 10:00 PM - Shady Bell Food and Entertainment - Civic Center - Fairgrounds
-1:00 PM - Don Root Memorial Pool Tournament - Senior Center $5.00 - 50 years and over
-1:00 PM - Pantry Bingo - Senior Center
-2:00 PM - Youth Parade Starts - Downtown Kalkaska - Sponsored by Terra
-5:00 PM to 10:00 PM - Troutzilla Music stage (at entertainment tent - Fairgrounds)
-6:00 PM - Horse Pull - rocking Horse Arena - Sponsored by Northland Food and Family Center
Saturday, April 30
-12:01 AM - Jack's Sports Shop Native Trout Fishing Contest starts
-7:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Arbor Day Enduro - Snow Packers on Island Lake Rd - Sponsored by Lansing Motorcycle Club
- 7:00 AM to 11:30 AM - Registration for Enduro
- 12:00 PM - Race starts
-8:00 AM to 11:00 AM - Trout Festival Fundraiser Pancake breakfast $6.00 per person
-8:30 AM - Registration for Rotary- Wood Memorial Race (American Legion Hall, 408 Hyde Street
- 10:00 AM - Rotary-Wood Memorial Race starts
-9:00 AM - Winterfest Craft Show opens in the upstairs of the Kaliseum
-9:00 AM to 1:00 PM - United Methodist Church Men's inside yardsale, United Methodist Church
-9:00 AM - Kid's Fishing Contest starts- At CC Well Drilling, 377 M66 SE, intersection of M72 and M66
(ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT) Sponsored in part by McLeans Hardware and Catt Development
-9:00 AM - Flea Market opens (weather permitting)
-9:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Trout Town Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet, at the Kaliseum
-10:00 AM - Carnival opens - Fairgrounds
-10:00 AM to Closing - Whispering Pines Animal Kingdom and Reptile Display- Fairgrounds (Camel rides will be available)
-10:00 AM - Registration starts for the Great Lakes Grand Royal Parade - At the Birch Street Elementary School on Birch Street
Must be registered and in line up by 12:30 PM to be judged,
If not being judged must be registered and in line up by 1:30 PM - Parade starts at 2:00 PM
-11:00 AM - Timber Wolf Trout Fest Golf Outing - Timber Wolf Golf Club, 5646 M72 SE, Kalkaska
-11:00 AM to 10:00 PM - Shady Bell Food and Entertainment - Civic Center - Fairgrounds
-11:00 AM - Queen's Luncheon - Kalkaska Church of Christ (On Kalkaska Rd across from Middle School)
-11:00 AM - Mutt March starts by the Kaliseum
-2:00 PM - Great Lakes Energy Grand Royal Parade starts, Downtown Kalkaska
Sponsored by Great Lakes Energy
Following Parade Scottville Clowns will be performing at Shady Bell - Civic Center - Fair Grounds sponsored by Voice Motors
-3:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Pig Roast VFW Hall- 408 Hyde Street
-3:30 PM - Jack and the bean stalk puppet show at the Shady Bell - civic Center - Fair Grounds
-4:00 PM - Chute Dogging At Rocking Horse Arena followed by Cowboy Mounted Shooting
-5:00 PM to 10:00 PM - Troutzilla Music Stage - At entertainment tent - Fairgrounds
-5:00 PM - Bump and run Demo Derby put on by the County Fair Board
-Dusk - Special Fireworks Display - Fairgrounds - Sponsored in part by Forest Area Credit Union
Sunday, May 1
-8:00AM - Coldsprings - Excelsior Fire Department Pancake Breakfast - Ceta Hall 6615 County RD 612 NE
-8:00 AM - Family Fare Supermarkets Classic Auto Show registration begins
- inside tent located at Railroad Square behind Trout statue
-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Children's open fishing at CC Well Drilling - 337 M66 SE - intersection of M72 and M66
- Handicap Accessible (CHILDREN MUST BEE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT)
-9:00 AM - Tree Planting - Snow Packers on Island Lake Rd - Sponsored by the Lansing Motorcycle Club
-10:00 AM - Classic Auto Show Starts - Railroad Square behind Trout statue
-10:00 AM - Carnival opens - Fairgrounds
-10:00 AM - Flea Market opens - Fairground
-10:00 AM - Whispering Pines Animal Kingdom and Reptile Display open - Fairgrounds
-1:00 PM - Pizza Eating Contest - Held at the Classic Auto Show - Sponsored by Backside Parlor
-1:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Kamps fun fly air show - Beebe Rd (weather permitting)
-3:00 PM - Jack's Sport Shop Native Trout Fishing Contest ends