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Local Calendar of Events 2008
January
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Jan 25-27 28th Annual Universtiy of Okoboji Winter Games,
Join the fun on Smith's Bay, on West Lake Okoboji, the last full weekend in January
and see why the University of Okoboji Winter Games is the most anticipated annual
winter event in the Iowa Great Lakes. Many exciting activities are slated for each
year's extravaganza with events such as a broom ball tournament, bike rides, chili
cook-off, talent shows, ice fishing for the kids, 5K & 10K Road Race & Walk, ice
mini-golf, dog sled rides, snowball football & softball, a Christmas tree bonfire,
and a big fireworks display on Saturday nights.
May
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May 3 & 4 26th Annual Great Walleye Weekend,
Dust off your reel and check your line! Kick off the 2008 walleye season at the Iowa
Great Lakes during the 26th Annual Great Walleye Weekend, May 3 and 4. This two-day
fishing tournament benefits Easter Seals, a statewide non-profit organization that
provides programming and services to children and adults with disabilities or other
special needs and their families. A record number of anglers cast their line in last
years Great Walleye Weekend, attempting to land one of six specially tagged walleye.
The specially tagged walleye are distributed in West and East Okoboji Lakes and Big
Spirit Lake by the Department of Natural Resources. A tagged walleye is worth $10,000
if caught by a registered contestant during the contest hours. If more than one of
the tagged walleye is caught, the $10,000 is equally divided.
July
July 3 Fireworks Display, Big Spirit Lake July 4 4th of July Fireworks, West Lake Okoboji
August
September
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Sept. 6-14 Clay County Fair,
What began as a four-day county fair which attracted 28,000 people in 1918 has evolved
into the "world's greatest county fair." Best known for its agribusiness machinery displays,
the fair devotes 35 acres to agricultural equipment, making it the largest and most
comprehensive agribusiness display in the country. The fair also features big name
entertainment, 4-H and FFA displays and events, chuckwagon and harness racing, truck
and tractor pulls, a rodeo, car races and a carnival. There are approximately 500
commercial exhibit booths. Cattle, horses and sheep are available for viewing all nine
days of the fair. Poultry are displayed the first four days and rabbits are on exhibit
the last five days.
October
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