Tilden Prairie Days – Fun for Everyone – All Weekend Long!

Join us in Tilden for a jam-packed weekend of family fun, food, live music, and hometown pride! From the Friday night Golden Ticket Challenge and street dance to Saturday’s parade, food trucks, pie eating contest, and teen dance - there’s something for all ages. Don’t miss Saturday night’s featured BJ Jamison fundraising concert at Horseshoe Bend Park, with a Beer Garden and Fireworks to follow! Sunday wraps up with a kiddie parade, yoga, a quilt show, and pancake breakfast.

Live music, street vendors, games, beer garden, antique show, bouncy houses & more!

Schedule of Events:

Friday July 25, 2025:

9 am - 6 pm -- Pieces of the Good Life Quilt Show $3
Tilden Public Library Lied Auditorium
202 S. Center St.

11am -- Free Throw Competition $1
3rd—8th grade
School Playground

1 pm -- Ruler Demonstration with Betz Quincy Library meeting room

1 pm - 4 pm -- Pool Party at the City Pool
308 W 2nd St

4 pm -- Street Food Vendors at
Madison & 2nd St.

5:30 pm -- Dinosaur Hunt
Ages groups 3-5 and 6-8 to follow
School Playground

6 pm -- Tilden Golden Ticket Challenge
Sponsored by Tilden Young Mens Club
Downtown

8 pm - 12am -- Street Dance Kenny K and the Dead Cowboys $10
Gates open at 7pm
Sponsored by Tilden Legion
207 E 2nd St.

Saturday, July 26, 2025

All Day - Street Food Vendors - Madison & 2nd Street

9am - all day -- Junk in the Trunk
2nd street between Madison & Oak Street

9am - all day -- Antique Machinery Show
Across from Fire Station on Center Street

9am - 5pm -- Pieces of the Good Life Quilt Show $3
Tilden Public Library Lied Auditorium
202 S. Center St.
Sponsored by the Tilden Library Foundation

9am - 6pm -- Antiques & Crafts
Antiques, Crafts, 2nd Hand & Repurposed Items
Located City Auditorium

10am -- Tilden Prairie Days Family Parade
Line up 1 block West of pool by 9am
2nd St. Route-2nd St. to Oak St.
Prizes awarded

After Parade -- Cake Walk Fundraiser
West Side of City Auditorium Sponsored by Little Lambs Daycare

11am—1 pm -- Sloppy Joe Feed
at the City Auditorium

11am until keg is gone! -- Root Beer Floats
County Line Insurance Customer Appreciation

12pm - 4pm -- Beauty and the Beast Car Show
Beer Garden & Food Truck First Street downtown

1:30pm -- Pie Eating Contest
at Quick Serve Shop
Sponsored by TCA

2 pm -- Bucket Pong Tournament $20 team at Richie Ashburn Ball Field - $ prizes
Sponsored by TYMC
Adult & Youth Bracket

2pm - Midnight -- Beer Garden
Richie Ashburn Ball Field
Hosted by Tilden Legion

2pm - 3pm -- Presentation in the Tilden Library
Jeff Barnes—”Forts of the Missouri River Valley”
Funding by Humanities Nebraska & Tilden Library Foundation

2pm - 6pm -- Bouncy Houses
at Richie Ashburn Ball Field
Sponsored by TYMC

3pm - 5pm -- Oakdale Country Club Pitch Tournament $5 at Legion Post 170

5pm -- Youth Punt, Pass, Kick Contest
Sign Up at 4:30 Richie Ashburn Ball Field
Sponsored by TYMC
4 divisions in each Boys and Girls, Ages 5-13
Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd

6 pm - 10 pm -- Pull N Smoke & Reiman Coffee Company
Available to Concert Ticket Holders Only

7 pm - 10 pm -- BJ Jamison Concert $20 at gate
Horseshoe Bend Park
Bring Your Lawn Chairs
• NO COOLERS

7 pm - 10 pm -- Beer Garden for the BJ Jamison Concert
Horseshoe Bend Park
Hosted by the Players Club

At Dark -- Prairie Days Fireworks Display
at Richie Ashburn Ball Field
Sponsored by the TYMC

After Fireworks - 12am -- Teen Dance at the Tennis Courts
Sponsored by Elkhorn Valley Booster Club
West of City Auditorium

Sunday, July 27, 2025

8am - 8:40 am -- Family Friendly Yoga
Richie Ashburn Ball Field
All Ages Welcome

9am - 10am -- Community Church Service
w/ Pastor John Petersen. Bring your own chairs
East side of Prairie View Assisted Living Center

9am - 2pm -- Antiques & Crafts
Antiques, Crafts, 2nd Hand & Repurposed Items
Located at the City Auditorium

9am - All day -- Antique Machinery Show
Across from the Fire Station on Center St.

10am - 1pm -- Pancake Feed at Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Sponsored by the Elkhorn Valley Teammates

11am -- Street Food Vendors
at Madison & 2nd St.

12 pm - 2:30pm -- Pieces of the Good Life Quilt Show
Buy tickets at Tilden Public Library Foundation Fundraiser
202 S. Center St.

3pm - 4pm -- Quilt Trunk Show at the Library
with Stephanie Stueckrath
Tilden Library Lied Auditorium
202 S Center St

5 pm -- Kiddie Parade
Ages 3-5
Meet at Catholic Parish Hall
809 S. Center St

After Kiddie Parade -- Kid’s Ping Pong Ball Drop
at Richie Ashburn Ball Field

6pm -- John Petersen Concert
Church of Christ
809 S. Center St

Dates: July 25 - 27, 2025

Venue: Various Locations in Tilden, NE

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