2008

Date	Event	Location
February		Top
February 8-24	"The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940"	Beatrice
Feb. 15 - Mar. 1	South Pacific	Beatrice
February 17	Lions Club Auction	Orleans
February 23-24	Headlong Dance Troop	Brownville
March		Top
March 6	4-H Family Fun Night, Ag Center	Orleans
March 15	The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) Theatre of the American West	Republican City
March 15-16	Spring Craft Show	Beatrice
March 15	Chili Cook-off	Orleans
March 22	Easter Egg Hunt at City Park 1:00 Each Sunday before Easter	Orleans
April		Top
April 4-20	"Alone Together Again"	Beatrice
April 5-6	Land of Dreams - Homesteading America Events	Beatrice
April 11-13, 18-20	Over the Tavern	Beatrice
April 19	Spoon River Anthology Theatre of the American West	Republican City
April 20-26	National Park Week Celebration at Homestead National Monument	Beatrice
April 25-27	Wine, Writers and Song Festival	Brownville
April 26-27	The Great Nebraska Mushroom Festival	Peru
April 27	Industry Day at Homestead National Monument	Beatrice
April TBA	Cornhusker Motocross 11:00 A.M. south of Orleans on Highway 89 approximately 8 miles	Orleans
May		Top
May 1-2	10th Annual Heartland Storytelling Festival	Beatrice
May 10-11	Nebraska Renaissance Faire	Beatrice
May 17-18 & 24-25	The Call of the Woods Theatre of the American West	Republican City
May 20-June 22	Spring Berry Picking at Bellevue Berry Farm & Pumpkin Ranch	Beatrice
May 23-24	17th Annual Victorian Festival	Superior
May 24	10th Annual Monumental Fiddling Championship and Acoustic Band	Beatrice
May 24-25	Heritage Days	Tecumseh
May 24-26	51st Annual Spring Flea Market	Brownville
May 30-June 15	"Patience"	Beatrice
May 31	Music in the Park-Bikes, Blues, and BBQ	Auburn
June		Top
June 1-Aug 31	Quilt Show & Exhibit	Red Cloud
June 1	Nebraska Rod and Custom Cars	Franklin
June 7-8	Filley's Q125 Celebration	Filley
June 7-8	Rock Creek Trail Days	Fairbury
June 9	Orleans Alumni Banquet- Harlan County Ag Center 6:30 P.M.	Orleans
June 12-Sep 8	Keeping it Clean-Aprons and Items to do with Cleaning	Beatrice
June 13-15	A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre of the American West	Republican City
June 13-15	Deshler Daze	Deshler
June 13-15	Father's Day Chicken BBQ Celebration	Johnson
June 13-15	Homestead Days	Beatrice
June 14	Run, Row, Rock and Roll Adventure Race	Fairbury
June 20-22	Bargains on Byways-Garage Sales, Pick up maps	Orleans
June 20-22	Queen of Bingo Theatre of the American West	Republican City
June 20 and each Friday (through September)	Orleans Farmers Market	Orleans
June 27-July 6	Pippin Theatre of the American West	Republican City
June-Aug	Farmers Market	Beatrice
June 28	Laughter & Libations Festival	Pawnee City
June-Aug	Brownville Village Theatre's 42nd Summer Season	Brownville
July		Top
July 4	Prairie Pioneer Days	Arapahoe
July 4-5	Annual Shriner's Flea Market	Fairbury
July 4-Aug 23	Campfire Programs	Beatrice
July 4	Hebron's Fourth of July Celebration	Hebron
July 4	Freedom Celebration	Brownville
July 6	4-H Biycle Rodeo, Fairgrounds, Registration 9:00 A.M., Rodeo 9:30 A.M.	Orleans
July 16-20	Gage County Fair and Expo	Beatrice
July 19	Fifth Street Germanfest	Syracuse
July 18-19	RiverFest 2008-Red, White & Que	Beatrice
July 19-20	Windmill Days	Cook
July 22	County Horse Show, Fairgrounds 8:00 A.M.	Orleans
July 22-26	4-H Harlan County Jr. Fair (last weekend in July)	Orleans
July 25-27	Pay Daze Bellevue	Beatrice
July 25-Aug 3	Grease Theatre of the American West	Republican City
July 25	Bog Hog Wrestling Tournament (Connected with Fair)	Orleans
August		Top
Aug 2	Cars for a Cause Show and Shine	Arapahoe
Aug 10	Deer Creek Sodbusters Show	Sterling
Aug 10-13	Otoe County Fair	Syracuse
Aug 16-17	Defenders of Freedom Air Show	Beatrice
Aug 22-31	The Follies Theatre of the American West	Republican City
Aug	Arrows to Aerospace	Beatrice
August TBA	Jeep Jamboree-Paddington Station, 308-473-3135	Orleans
September		Top
Sept 13	Milo Day Celebration	Carleton
Sept 12-14	FairburyFest Little Blue BBQ	Fairbury
Sept 13-28	A Thurber Carnival Theatre of the American West	Republican City
Sept 27-Oct 31	Great Pumpkin Round-Up	Beatrice
Sept TBA	Cornhusker Motor cross, 11:00 A.M., Approximately 8 miles south of Orleans	Orleans
Sept 27-28	50th Annual Fall Flea Market	Brownville
October		Top
Oct 1-31	Fangmeier Farms Pumpkin Patch	Gilead
Oct 4-5	Thayer County Arts and Craft Fair	Belvidere
Oct 3-4	Apple Fest City Park and fairgrounds, food, fun, carnival rides and car show	Orleans
Oct 4	Classic Car Show	Auburn
Oct 11	Holiday Highlights Craft and Gift Show	Arapahoe
Oct 11-12	Old Time Autumn and Quilt Show	Brownville
Oct 11-26	Count Dracula Theatre of the American West	Republican City
Oct 12	Harvest Festival	Filley
Oct 12	Lea Penman Festival	Red Cloud
Oct 18-19	Fall Craft Show	Beatrice
Oct 25	Howling Homestead	Beatrice
Oct 30-31	The Haunted Theatre Theatre of the American West	Republican City
October 31	An Orleans Halloween	Orleans
Oct TBA	Garage Sales, Pick up maps	Orleans
Oct TBA	Cornhusker Motor Cross 11:00 A.M., Approximately 8 miles south of Orleans	Orleans
November		Top
Nov 2	4-H Harlan County Achievement Banquet, Ag Center	Orleans
Nov 8	Nebraska's Official Veterans Day Parade	Beatrice
Nov 14	End of Harvest Celebration	Franklin
Nov 22	Parade of Lights	Franklin
Nov 22-Dec 7	Seussical, the Musical Theatre of the American West	Republican City
Nov 23	Christmas Fair	Hebron
Nov 28-29	Christmas Kick-Off	Arapahoe
Nov 28-Dec 31	Winter Festival of Prairie Cultures Beemer	Beatrice
December		Top
Dec 1-31	Christmas at the Museum	Beatrice
Dec 6	Tannenebaum	Syracuse
Dec 13-21	A Christmas Carol Theatre of the American West	Republican City
Dec 6-7	Tree Lighting Ceremony and Tour of Homes	Brownville
Dec 6-14	Festival of Trees	Red Cloud
Dec 14	Country Christmas, Ag Center	Orleans

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