ItinerariesVisit Hannibal2019-04-25T19:06:32+00:00

Itineraries

Name: Fiesta Del Sol
Start: 2019-6-28T16-16-00-00
End: 2019-6-28T23-23-00-00
Location: Central Park

The Hannibal Convention & Visitors Bureau is happy to create custom itineraries for your groups, conventions and reunions. Every tour group is different, and here are a few ideas to get you started.

A Hauntingly Fun Group Tour

Take your group on a unique tour to the ‘other’ side of Hannibal.

An Experiential Group Day Trip

Some things have to be truly experienced to be enjoyed.

Hannibal’s Hometown Christmas Group Tour

Enjoy Hannibal during the holidays with this unique group opportunity.

Mark Twain’s History in Hannibal

Enjoy what Hannibal is most known for – Mark Twain.

Three Day Itinerary

Your group will have tons of fun during this magical trip!

Tom Sawyer Days Group Trip

This itinerary is focused around Hannibal’s biggest annual festival; National Tom Sawyer Days.

Featured Events

june

22jun11:00 am12:00 pmFeaturedBicentennial Parade featuring World-Renowned Budweiser Clydesdales

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The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the symbol of quality and tradition for Anheuser-Busch since 1933, are scheduled to appear in a special Bicentennial parade celebrating Hannibal’s 200^th birthday on Saturday, June 22^nd. The parade begins at 11:00a.m.

The eight-horse hitch of “Gentle Giants,” as they are often referred to, will be harnessed and hitched to the famous red beer wagon at the Save-A-Lot parking area on June 22nd from 9:30a.m. to 11:00am. The parade will commence at 11:00a.m.

The horses will make several appearances in Hannibal through June 21^st and June 22^nd as their schedule allows.

The Clydesdales’ appearance in Hannibal is one of hundreds made annually by the traveling hitches. Canadians of Scottish descent brought the first Clydesdales to America in the mid-1800’s. Today, the giant draft horses are used primarily for breeding and show.

Horses chosen for the Budweiser Clydesdale hitch must be at least three years of age, stand approximately 18 hands – or six feet – at the shoulder, weigh an average of 2,000 pounds, must be bay in color, have four white legs, and a blaze of white on the face and black mane and tail. A gentle temperament is very important as hitch horses meet millions of people each year.

A single Clydesdale hitch horse will consume as much as 20-25 quarts of feed, 40-50 pounds of hay and 30 gallons of water per day.

Each hitch travels with a Dalmatian. In the early days of brewing, Dalmatians were bred and trained to protect the horses and guard the wagon when the driver went inside to make deliveries.

The Budweiser Clydesdales can be viewed at the Anheuser-Busch breweries in St. Louis, Mo.; Merrimack, N.H.; and Ft. Collins, Colo. They also may be viewed at Grant’s Farm in St. Louis and at Warm Springs Ranch, the 300-plus acre Clydesdale breeding farm located near Boonville, Mo.

PARADE ENTRY REGISTRATION HERE

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(Saturday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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28jun4:00 pm11:00 pmFeaturedFiesta Del Sol

29jun01julFeaturedJaycees Concert Series - "Jerrod Niemann" with Special Guest "Feudin' Hillbillys"

july

29jun01julFeaturedJaycees Concert Series - "Jerrod Niemann" with Special Guest "Feudin' Hillbillys"

03julAll Day06Featured64th Annual National Tom Sawyer Days

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A Hannibal tradition for over 60 years, the National Tom Sawyer Days festival offers something for all ages and interests. Celebrate Mark Twain’s most famous creation with a weekend of family fun. Sign up now to compete in the annual Hannibal Cannibal, volleyball tournament, and cornhole tournament!

Annual Tom Sawyer Days contests include the National Fence Painting Competition, the frog-jump contest and the Tom & Becky Contest. Come help us highlight Hannibal’s unique history through reenactments, arts & crafts, and more.

Other activities include a huge craft festival, a mud volleyball tournament, horseshoe tournament, carnival rides, live music every night in the beer garden, and a spectacular firework display over the Mississippi River on the 4^th of July.

National Tom Sawyer Days website

2019 NTSD Schedule

Saturday June 29^th

10:00 am Registration opens @Tanyard Gardens for Hannibal Jaycees Cornhole Tournament

11:00 am Hannibal Jaycees Cornhole Tournament begins @ Tanyard Gardens

5:30 pm Tanyard Gardens opens for National Recording Artist Jerrod Niemann with special guest Feuding Hillbillies

Wednesday July 3^rd

TBA pm Carnival Opens

1:00 pm 47^th Annual Pet Show by F&M Bank @ Central Park

2:00 pm Talent Show by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens

5:30 pm Tanyard Gardens opens for Rhonda Vincent concert – get tickets here

Thursday July 4^th

9:00 am Arts and Crafts by Evening Kiwanis @ Central Park

10:00 am Jaycee’s Annual 4^th of July Parade

12:00 pm Youth Mud Volleyball tournament

12:00 pm 2019 Tom and Becky Announcement

TBA pm Carnival Opens

9:30 pm Fireworks

Friday July 5^th

9:00 am Arts and Crafts by Evening Kiwanis @ Central Park

TBA pm Carnival Opens

1:00 pm Registration opens for Jaycees Local, Pee-Wee and Girls Fence Painting @ N. Main and Hill St.

2:00 pm Local, Pee-wee, & Girls Fence Painting by Hannibal Jaycees @ N. Main & Hill St.

2:00 pm Trike Races by Evening Kiwanis in Lot next to Carnival

5:00 pm Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s Tournament @ Y Men’s Pavilion

5:30 pm Tanyard Gardens gates open for The American Standard Band

Saturday July 6^th

7:00 am Hannibal Cannibal

7:00 am Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s @ Y Men’s Pavilion

9:00 am Arts and Crafts by Evening Kiwanis @ Central Park

9:00 am Horseshoe Tournament by Hannibal POPS Club @ Ringer Park

10:00 am Registration opens @Tanyard Gardens for Hannibal Jaycees Washers Tournament

11:00 am Hannibal Jaycees Washers Tournament begins @ Tanyard Gardens

11:00 am Tomboy Sawyer Competition by Business Women of Missouri @ Cardiff Hill Overlook

12:00 pm Frog Jump by Boy Scouts of America in Lot next to Carnival (Registration @ 10 am)

TBA pm Carnival Opens

2:00 pm State, National, Over 30 Fence Painting by Hannibal Jaycees @ N. Main & Hill St. (Reg. @ 1)

5:30 pm Gates open @ Tanyard Gardens for Throwback Night with Killer Queen and SuperJam

Time

july 3 (Wednesday) - 6 (Saturday)

Location

Downtown Hannibal

Main Street, Hannibal

Organizer

Hannibal Jayceeshannibaljaycees.org

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03jul7:00 pm10:00 pmFeaturedRhonda Vincent & The Rage Concert

august

10augAll Day11Featured5th Annual Bear Creek Rendezvous

Event Details

Relive the early 1800s and experience Native American culture by visiting the third annual Bear Creek Rendezvous, to be held 9 a.m. to dusk Saturday, Aug. 10, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Mark Twain Cave Complex, 300 Cave Hollow Road, in Hannibal.

The event, sponsored by Standing Bear Council, aims to educate attendees about tribal history and culture.

Coleberd is not Native American, she said, but having grown up in Wyoming, she does have an interest in the culture. To bring awareness of the Native American way of life, she enlisted the help of the Keokuk, Iowa, nonprofit Standing Bear Council, the mission of which is to educate about Native Americans.

The event will include demonstrations of primitive knife and tomahawk throwing, woodworking, flint napping, gun-ball making, tanning, pottery making and Native American cooking. Children’s games will be played, and Native American genealogy will be shared.

There also will be an open-air market and tribal music and dancing.

Teepees will be set up, too.

“There’s always at least one teepee. This is a family-oriented event, and my first goal for it was to have a teepee and have children ask questions about it,” Coleberd said.

Each year, the Bear Creek Rendezvous grows, as do Coleberd’s ideas for what else can be done the following year.

“This is still a small event, and although I think it will grow bigger each year, being small is OK because that’s the way it was back then,” Coleberd explained.

“Rendezvous” was 1800s trapper jargon for the sale and trade of furs, hides and other goods. Representatives of fur companies announced each spring or summer where they would drive their mule trains, and trappers then would set out with their skins and hides to meet the fur companies at those locations.

A rendezvous was known as a lively place where trappers, Native Americans and others would gather to dance, play music, feast, compete in contests of skill and, of course, trade and sell goods.

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Time

august 10 (Saturday) - 11 (Sunday)

Location

Mark Twain Cave Complex

300 Cave Hollow Rd # 7097 County Road 453, Hannibal, MO 63401

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30augAll Day02sepFeatured6th Annual Big River Steampunk Festival

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A Hauntingly Fun Group Tour

An Experiential Group Day Trip

Hannibal’s Hometown Christmas Group Tour

Mark Twain’s History in Hannibal

Three Day Itinerary

Tom Sawyer Days Group Trip

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