The Lebanon Route 66 Festival is coming to Boswell Park this Saturday.
Lebanon Tourism Director Nicole McGinnis said the event has been going on for 13 years, not counting a hiatus when the festival was not held.
“This is the third consecutive year the festival has been back in place,” she said. “We’re on a good roll and we just didn’t want to miss out on an opportunity to be outdoors and take advantage of the weather.”
McGinnis said participants will be asked to practice social distancing.
“We will have hand sanitation stations and restrooms and additional port-a-potties will be available also,” she said.
Hourly gift card giveaways on the hour begin at noon along with the kid’s bike parade, followed by a live performance from Dawson Hollow.
Food trucks, craft vendors, obstacle course, corn hole tournament, cruise in car show, bounce houses, face painting and more will be available.
This will be Lebanon’s 13th Route 66 Festival and will take place in Boswell Park.The event will include a parade from 10 until 11 a.m. McGinnis said the parade will involve classic cars and the State Cruisers. The parade starts at the Munger-Moss Hotel and comes down Route 66 and ending at Boswell Park, the site of the festival.
Line up for the parade across from Laclede Electric on Route 66 is at 9:30 a.m.
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler will be present to serve as Grand Marshal of the parade and is scheduled to speak.
A Bike Parade begins at noon.
A Car Cruise Spoof Trophy Presentation set for 2:30 p.m.
The City of Lebanon Tourism Department, the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and the Lebanon Parks and Recreation department are hosting the event.
The complete schedule for the day:
8:30 a.m. Cars line up at Wyota Drive right past Laclede Electric
10-11 a.m. Parade starts and runs down Route 66 to Boswell Park
11 a.m. Color Guard Presentation of Arms, Invocation
11 a.m.-noon KJEL Live Remote
11-noon Sign up for Corn Hole Tournaments will be taken $10/person
11:15-11:45 a.m. Surprise performance
11:45 a.m.-noon Congresswoman Hartzler speaks
Noon-12:15 p.m. 1st hourly giveaway
12:15-2:30 p.m. Dawson Hollow performs
1 p.m. 2nd hourly giveaway
2 p.m. 3rd hourly giveaway
2:30 p.m.Car Show Spoof Trophy presentation
