34th Annual Abraham Lincoln

National

 

 

Contest & Crafts Festival

 

 

"A Whole New Look At Our Past"

 

September 18th
9:00am – 10:00pm

September 19th
9:00am – 5:00pm

 
Text Box: Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau Of Logan County
 
217-732-TOUR (8687)

 

 

Logan County Fairgrounds

 Lincoln, IL

 
 

Admission: $2/ages 13 and up
Free/ages 12 and under

 

 

FEATURE EVENTS

Saturday, September 18th 

   

FREE RODEO - Sponsored by: Lincoln IGA; State Farm - Rick Hamm; State Farm - Chris Coyne

Grandstand Track  7:00 pm

 

BUS TOURS "Enhancing the A. Lincoln Experience"

Bus Tour Ticket Sales - 9am to 4pm - $2/person/tour - Information Booth

 

BUS TOUR #1: Lincoln Area Sites [Postville Courthouse, Lincoln College Museum, Scully Estate]

BUS TOUR #2: Logan County Sites [Middletown, Elkhart, Mt. Pulaski]                                                

 

Sunday, September 19th 

   
Railsplitting Parade - Main Street - 2:30 pm Christening reenactment - Grandstand - 3:00 pm
Nat'l Championship Split - Grandstand - 3:15 pm
   
 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

(refer to Fairgrounds map)

Saturday, September 18th 

TENT 1 NE Side of Oval
   
11:00 am "High Cotton"
11:45 am "The Bottom Line"
12:30 "McGee Creek"
  1:15 "Harman Family"
  2:00 "D.J. & Pat"
  2:45 "Lost Mill"
  3:30 "The Bankesters"
  4:15 "Cambric Gardens"
TENT 2 W Side of Oval
11:00 am "D.J. & Pat"
11:45 am "Lost Mill"
12:30 "The Bankesters"
  1:15 "Cambric Gardens"
  2:00 "High Cotton"
  2:45 "The Bottom Line"
  3:30 "McGee Creek"
  4:15 "Harman Family"
TENT 3 SW Side of Oval
  2:00 "Prairie Aires"
  4:00 "Prairie Aires"
RAIL Information/Tickets
  4:30 Attendance Prize Drawing
 
GRAND Grandstand/Track
  9:00 am Opening Ceremony
  9:30 am Women's Firewood Split
10:00 am Fire Fighters' Water fight
10:30 am Log Rolling Contest
11:00 am Cross Cut Saw Contest
12:00 am Hero Tug-Of-War
  1:00 Rail Toss
  2:00 Team Splitting Contest
  3:00 Junior Railsplitting Contest
  4:00 Amateur Railsplitting
MAIN Grandstand Street
10:00 am "The Flying Feet Cloggers"

FAIRGROUNDS MAP

 

ALL DAY EVENTS

 

Saturday, September 18th 

TENT #

Time

Event

4

9 am - 4 pm

Attendance/Voting Cards Pick-Up; Bus tours tickets; Rodeo Registration; Children's Games
     
7 9 am - 5 pm Frontier Land: Chuck Wagon; Flea Market; Food Concessions
     
8 9 am - 6 pm Handmade Crafts; Historical Display; Quilt Display.
     
6 9 am - 10 pm Food Concessions
     
Sunday, September 19th
4 9 am - 4 pm Attendance/Voting Cards Pick-Up
     
7 9 am - 5 pm Frontier Land: Chuck Wagon; Flea Market; Food Concessions
     
8 9 am - 5 pm Handmade Crafts; Historical Display; Quilt Display
     
6 9 am - 5 pm Food Concessions
     

Sunday, September 19th

TENT 1 NE Side of Oval
  1:00 "Bement Country Opry"
TENT 2 W Side of Oval
12:00 pm "Prairie Aires"
  2:00 "Prairie Aires"
TENT 3 SW Side of Oval
10:00 am Community Church Service
12:00 "Heartbreak Mountain"
  2:00 Barbershop Quartet
RAIL Information/Tickets
  4:30 Attendance Prize Drawing
GRAND Grandstand/Track
10:00 am Dean Tibbs Tomahawk Throw  
11:30 am Pioneer Games  
12:00 Raymond Begolka Corn Shelling  
12:30 Water Boil Contest  
  1:00 33rd IL Volunteer Regiment Band