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Events in Hannibal & Hannibal Festivals

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Start: 2019-11-30T00-00-05-00
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Location: Downtown Hannibal

Looking for year-round fun? You don’t have to look any further than Hannibal, MO. There are great events in Hannibal scheduled throughout the year, with Missouri festivals for every occasion.

Annual Hannibal Festivals

Looking for fun the whole family can enjoy? Hannibal hosts a variety of annual festivals each year. Kick off your summer with the Twain on Main Festival each May during Memorial Day weekend. This weekend of fun features art, crafts, great food, and entertainment for the whole family. Meet your favorite characters, shop local artisans and experience some of the best food in the Midwest.

Hannibal is also the proud host of National Tom Sawyer Days for more than 60 years. Our free street festival includes a huge Missouri craft festival, carnival rides, and fun children’s events. No Fourth of July would be complete without fireworks, and this Hannibal event delivers with fireworks over the Mississippi! Celebrate Mark Twain and Hannibal’s rich local history. Unique Hannibal events can easily be found as well. The Big River Steampunk Festival, held each Labor Day Weekend, has to be seen to be believed! The annual Victorian Festival of Christmas in December offers Holiday cheer for everyone.

Browse our calendar for a complete list of upcoming festivals hosted in Hannibal.

Hannibal, Missouri Events

Hannibal plays host to a number of exciting events each year. Discover car shows, live entertainment, exhibits, sporting events, and more in our annual calendar. New events are constantly added in this scenic Mississippi river town.

View upcoming events in Hannibal below!

november, 2019

30novAll DayMark Twain’s Annual Birthday Bash

Saturday, November 30th

The Mark Twain Museum invites you to Mark Twain’s Annual Birthday Bash!

We’re celebrating Mark Twain’s Birthday with an old-fashioned Birthday Party for children, and a Mustache Competition!

Birthday Party

Children are invited to join Tom and Becky ambassadors for Twain’s 184th Birthday Party. Tom and Becky will be celebrating Sam’s Birthday with old-fashioned games, crafts, story-telling and cupcakes! Twain’s Birthday Party will be held on the main floor of the Museum Gallery at 120 N. Main, Hannibal from 1:00 -3:00 p.m. Free for children to attend and must be accompanied by an adult.

Mustache Competition

Think you have the perfect mustache? Then enter your “stache” in the Museum’s 5th Annual Mustache Competition beginning at 3:00 pm in the Museum Gallery. In honor of No-Shave November, the Museum will again host the Mustache Competition bringing together mustaches of every shape, size, color and artistic flare.

Categories in the 4th Annual Mustache Competition include:
1. The Dapper Stache, which is full of character and artistic impression. If your stache is creative and full of originality, then this is the category for you. Styling aids are acceptable and encouraged, including the use of mustache /hair wax, hair spray, hair lacquer, hair gel and styling foam.

2. The Manliest Stache, which represents the most impressive of the mustaches and will be selected by a panel of judges.

3. The Mark Twain Stache, which bears a striking resemblance to Samuel Clemens’ famous witty mustache, referred to as the Walrus. It is bushy, and full, drooping over the mouth and also extending downward at each corner.

A $5 entry fee and registration per category is required and prizes awarded to the winners of each category. No-Shave November strives to raise awareness of cancer by encouraging men to “put down those razors”. Proceeds from the Museum’s Mustache Competition will be donated to the James E. Cary Cancer Center in Hannibal, MO.

For more information on all the festivities for Mark Twain’s Annual Birthday Bash contact Melissa at 573-221-9010 ext. 404.