Celebrate the beginning of summer with great craft beer, live music and summer fun in Central Park! This annual event will be sure to get you in the mood for summer! Fiesta del Sol is a day-long music festival that celebrates the summer solstice with live music, food, and craft beer.

Brews by Boulevard & Kraft and Live Music 

Tickets $5 for ages 18 and up. $10 for beer sampling. Children 17 and under are free.

For information and tickets visit https://www.hannibalfiestadelsol.com/ or please call 573-221-1656.

A Hannibal tradition for over 60 years, the National Tom Sawyer Days festival offers something for all ages and interests. Contests include the National Fence Painting Competition, the frog-jump contest and the Tom & Becky Contest. 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 fireworks display over the Mississippi River on the 4^th of July. 573-795-6233

National Tom Sawyer Days website 

2018 NTSD Schedule

Saturday, June 30th
8:00 am                Baby Contest by Barbara Stewart @ Admiral Coontz Armory

9:00 am                Horseshoe Tournament Qualifying by Hannibal POPS Club @ Ringer Park
10:00 am              Cornhole Tournament by Hannibal Jaycees/Them Guys Cornhole @ Tanyard Gardens

2:00 pm                Carnival Grand Opening
5:30 pm                Gates Open @ Tanyard Gardens:

                              National Recording Artist “Dylan Scott” with special guest “Feudin’ Hillbillys”

Sunday, July 1st

10:00 am              Horseshoe Tournament by Hannibal POPS Club @ Ringer Park

2:00 pm                Carnival Opens – Family Day ($20 Armbands 3-8pm)

Monday, July 2nd
5:00 pm                Carnival Opens – Buddy Day (Buy One Set of Tickets, Get Another Ride Free)

Tuesday, July 3rd
12:00 pm              Carnival Opens for Special Needs ONLY 

                              (Special Needs Individuals Ride Free with Parent or Guardian Until 3pm)

1:00 pm                46th Annual Pet Show by F&M Bank @ Central Park

5:00 pm                Carnival Opens to Everyone

Wednesday, July 4th

9:00 am                Arts and Crafts by Kiwanis @ Central Park
10:00 am              Jaycee’s Annual  4th of July Parade

10:00 am              Carnival Opens

12:00 pm              2018 Tom and Becky Announcement
2:00 pm                Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s  Junior Teams practice/Beer Sales 2-5 pm @ Y Men’s Pavilion

9:30 pm                Fireworks

Thursday, July 5th

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

10:00 am              Carnival Opens ($20 Armbands 5pm-?)
2:00 pm                Talent Show by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens
4:00 pm                Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s Junior Tournament/Youth Games @ Y Men’s Pavilion
5:00 pm                Tomboy Sawyer Competition by Business Women of Missouri @ Cardiff Hill Overlook
6:00 pm                Teen Night by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens
9:30 pm                Fire Juggling Show by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens

Friday, July 6th

9:00 am                Arts and Crafts by Kiwanis @ Central Park
10:00 am              Carnival Opens
2:00 pm                Local, Pee-wee, & Girls Fence Painting by Hannibal Jaycees @ N. Main & Hill St. (Reg. @ 1)
4:00 pm                Mud Volleyball Tournament by Y Men’s @ Y Men’s Pavilion
5:00 pm                Gates Open @ Tanyard Gardens for Happy Hour:

                              Local Act “Capisce”

Saturday, July 7th

7:00 am                Hannibal Cannibal by Hannibal Regional Foundation @ Tom & Huck Statue (5:30 am Reg.)
7:30 am                Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s @ Y Men’s Pavilion
10:00 am              Washers Tournament by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens
10:00 am              Carnival Opens – Kids Day ($20 Matinee Armbands 1-5pm)
12:00 pm              Frog Jump by Boy Scouts of America in Lot next to Carnival (Registration @ 10 am)
2:00 pm                Trike Races by Kiwanis in Lot next to Carnival
2:00 pm                State, National, Over 30 Fence Painting by Hannibal Jaycees @ N. Main & Hill St. (Reg. @ 1)

6:00 pm                Gates Open @ Tanyard Gardens for 80’s Throwback Night:

                              “Shoot to Thrill” and “Motley Crucial”

Saturday June 30th

9:00 am                Horseshoe Tournament Qualifying by Hannibal POPS Club @ Ringer Park
10:00 am              Cornhole Tournament by Hannibal Jaycees/Them Guys Cornhole @ Tanyard Gardens
5:30 pm                Gates open @ Tanyard Gardens – National Recording Artist “Dylan Scott” with special guest “The Feudin’ Hillbillies”

Get your tickets at hannibaljaycees.org and now available at County Market in Hannibal, Palmyra and Quincy.

A Hannibal tradition for over 60 years, the National Tom Sawyer Days festival offers something for all ages and interests. Contests include the National Fence Painting Competition, the frog-jump contest and the Tom & Becky Contest. 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 fireworks display over the Mississippi River on the 4^th of July. 573-795-6233

National Tom Sawyer Days website 

2018 NTSD Schedule

Saturday, June 30th
8:00 am                Baby Contest by Barbara Stewart @ Admiral Coontz Armory

9:00 am                Horseshoe Tournament Qualifying by Hannibal POPS Club @ Ringer Park
10:00 am              Cornhole Tournament by Hannibal Jaycees/Them Guys Cornhole @ Tanyard Gardens

2:00 pm                Carnival Grand Opening
5:30 pm                Gates Open @ Tanyard Gardens:

                              National Recording Artist “Dylan Scott” with special guest “Feudin’ Hillbillys”

Sunday, July 1st

10:00 am              Horseshoe Tournament by Hannibal POPS Club @ Ringer Park

2:00 pm                Carnival Opens – Family Day ($20 Armbands 3-8pm)

Monday, July 2nd
5:00 pm                Carnival Opens – Buddy Day (Buy One Set of Tickets, Get Another Ride Free)

Tuesday, July 3rd
12:00 pm              Carnival Opens for Special Needs ONLY 

                              (Special Needs Individuals Ride Free with Parent or Guardian Until 3pm)

1:00 pm                46th Annual Pet Show by F&M Bank @ Central Park

5:00 pm                Carnival Opens to Everyone

Wednesday, July 4th

9:00 am                Arts and Crafts by Kiwanis @ Central Park
10:00 am              Jaycee’s Annual  4th of July Parade

10:00 am              Carnival Opens

12:00 pm              2018 Tom and Becky Announcement
2:00 pm                Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s  Junior Teams practice/Beer Sales 2-5 pm @ Y Men’s Pavilion

9:30 pm                Fireworks

Thursday, July 5th

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

10:00 am              Carnival Opens ($20 Armbands 5pm-?)
2:00 pm                Talent Show by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens
4:00 pm                Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s Junior Tournament/Youth Games @ Y Men’s Pavilion
5:00 pm                Tomboy Sawyer Competition by Business Women of Missouri @ Cardiff Hill Overlook
6:00 pm                Teen Night by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens
9:30 pm                Fire Juggling Show by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens

Friday, July 6th

9:00 am                Arts and Crafts by Kiwanis @ Central Park
10:00 am              Carnival Opens
2:00 pm                Local, Pee-wee, & Girls Fence Painting by Hannibal Jaycees @ N. Main & Hill St. (Reg. @ 1)
4:00 pm                Mud Volleyball Tournament by Y Men’s @ Y Men’s Pavilion
5:00 pm                Gates Open @ Tanyard Gardens for Happy Hour:

                              Local Act “Capisce”

Saturday, July 7th

7:00 am                Hannibal Cannibal by Hannibal Regional Foundation @ Tom & Huck Statue (5:30 am Reg.)
7:30 am                Mud Volleyball by Y Men’s @ Y Men’s Pavilion
10:00 am              Washers Tournament by Hannibal Jaycees @ Tanyard Gardens
10:00 am              Carnival Opens – Kids Day ($20 Matinee Armbands 1-5pm)
12:00 pm              Frog Jump by Boy Scouts of America in Lot next to Carnival (Registration @ 10 am)
2:00 pm                Trike Races by Kiwanis in Lot next to Carnival
2:00 pm                State, National, Over 30 Fence Painting by Hannibal Jaycees @ N. Main & Hill St. (Reg. @ 1)

6:00 pm                Gates Open @ Tanyard Gardens for 80’s Throwback Night:

                              “Shoot to Thrill” and “Motley Crucial”

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. 11, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, 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.

573-221-1656

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. 11, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, 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.

573-221-1656

(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Don your goggles and celebrate the Victorian inventions, industry & architecture of Hannibal’s Gilded Age! Cosplay, costume contests, historic homes tour, live music, vaudeville show, tea with Queen Victoria and more! 573-248-1819

There are waaaaaay too many fun events to list here, but all the FREE events and PREMIUM Steampunk Festival events can be found on the Big River Steampunk Festival website – www.bigriversteampunkfestival.com

Enjoy the fun and fantasy of this unique festival!