Area Attractions & Events

The Boone County Fair is celebrating its 126th year with a full slate of events appealing to all ages! The fair kicks off on Saturday, July 10th, 2010 with a Gun Show, Golf-on-the-Go (Putt Putt Golf), Grill-off, and a Rock Concert featuring the The Long Run (an Eagles tribute band) and Tate Stevens. The week continues to offer many traditional fair features including the annual Parade, Open Class Exhibits, Antiques tractor show, 4-H Animal Shows, Team Penning, Junior Rodeo, Working Ranch Rodeo, Bingo, ASCS Sprint Car Races, a Combine Demo-Derby, School Bus Races, D.C. Lynch Carnival, and much, much more! Go to www.boonecountyfair.net for the full schedule of events! See you there!

Albion Chamber Golf Event August 1, 2010 the Albion Chamber is putting on the 1st annual event at the Albion Country Club. Event will include a Scramble format tournament, the Million Dollar Challenge, Wine Tasting, and a Dinner.

Rhythm & Ribs 2010 The Albion Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Downtwon RibFest type event to be held on August 28th, 2010. More details soon!

The Boone County Historical Museum, located on West Fairview Street in Albion, houses many articles from Boone County displayed at the museum.

Boone County Raceway, “THE FASTEST TRACK IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA”, presents racing action at its finest every Friday night from May to September. Weekly racing shows boast four classes – Hobby Stock, Street Stock, IMCA Modified, and Limited Late Model – and is a regular stop for traveling Sprint Car, Special Late Model, and WDRL Late Model series. Located at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Albion, the Boone County Raceway was featured in Dirt Late Model Magazine as “the Best Little Track You’ve Never Seen” and has a National reputation for track preparation, providing a family-friendly atmosphere, and downright old-school dirt track racing action! www.boonecountyraceway.com

The Nebraska State Antique Tractor & Horse Plowing Bee is held in Petersburg every August. For more information on this visit their website at www.raevalley.org or contact:

Larry Petsche
1249 State Hwy. 14
Petersburg, NE 68652
Telephone: 402-386-5334
Show Date Telephone: 402-386-5366
Email: rvalley@megavision.com

OLSON NATURE PRESERVE being dedicated to preservation of native prairie, this preserve has hiking trails along with abundant native flora and fauna. Its unique characteristics are derived from being a junction of multiple ecosystems. It lies at the easternmost tip of the sandhills and includes more than a half-mile stretch of Beaver Creek, a perennial spring-fed stream that forms the geological boundary between the sandhills and the rolling loess hardlands to the east. It is also historically significant as the site where Logan Fontenelle, a chief of the Omaha people, died at the hands of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Crazy Horse was about 15 years old and a member of the Sioux war party.

The Olson Nature Preserve is truly a unique little corner of the world! Tucked into an area of approximately 140 acres, several interesting ecosystems invite further exploration. The eastern edge of the Nebraska sandhills, complete with characteristic blowouts and gullies, comprise the western edge of the Preserve. A bur oak grove, clinging to the steep slope borders the eastern edge of the sand hills. A person may observe typical prairie plants on the hot, dry sand hills and walk just 100 meters or so and be viewing ferns growing in the moist, cool forest. Wetlands, which fill the area at the base of the oak grove, abound with typical wetland plants and animals. More information is available on this at http://www.prairieplains.org/olson_nature_preserve.htm

City Parks Area residents enjoy family picnics and gatherings at Albion's Fuller Park where there are four large shelters available for your enjoyment. After the picnic, the whole family can enjoy the basketball courts, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer fields, swimming pool, and playground equipment. Rest rooms and RV hookups are also available. The Albion Public Pool is also located next to Fuller Park and is open 1pm to 8pm from Memorial Day until school starts. Plan your next family outing in Albion!

The Albion Sports Complex, in the Northwest part of Albion includes four ball diamonds, one basketball court, tennis courts, soccer fields and a concession stand.

Camp Grounds Clean & Conveniently located, the City of Albion campgrounds currently have twenty-six (26) RV hookups: fourteen (14) with Electricity, Water, and Sewer; and, twelve (12) with Electricity and Water only. A satellite sewer dump station is also available on the grounds. There are also clean rest rooms and showers located adjacent to the site. CLICK HERE for a map of facility !

Cultural activities, including lecture and theatre series, are provided by the Albion Arts Council, Cedar Valley Art Guild, and Piecing Pals Quilt Guild. Other cultural activities including Friends of Music, Community Concert Association, and Community Theater Group are available within a one-hour drive.

Past Events this Year:

Albion's Memorial Day services are held each year at the Mini-Park located in downtown Albion. Other May events include the Beef-O-Rama located at the fairgrounds. For more information on the Beef-ORama contact Steve Pritchard at (402) 395-2781 or visit their website at: www.boone-nance.unl.edu . In June the Quarter Horse Show takes center stage and in July the annual Boone County Fair and Rodeo is always worth attending. Albion offers many wholesome and fun activities to keep the whole family entertained.

BRAN (Bike Ride Across Nebraska) Albion will be hosting several hundred BRAN participants on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the Boone County Fairgrounds and Fuller Park. BRAN is a charitable Nebraska non-profit corporation whose main intent is to provide a fun, safe way for participants to experience the great state of Nebraska, but also uses its excess revenues to provide scholarships to Nebraska high school graduates to Nebraska Colleges and Universities. This marks the 30th year of the event and this year's theme is "SPACE COWBOY." Albion was voted teh "BEST HOST COMMUNITY" by riders this year! Go to www.bran-inc.org for more info!

Boone Central/Albion Alumni Weekend is held every Father’s Day weekend and provides the community with many recreational events that are held in conjunction with the Alumni Banquet. This year’s event will be June 18-20, 2010 and include the SMOKE n CHROME on MAIN car show on June 19th, Karaoke/Beer Garden at the Junction Restaurant, Cardinal Run (5k or 2 mile Fun Run/Walk), 4-man Scramble Golf Tournament, Coed Sand Volleyball Tournament, Downtown sales events, 94Rock Home-Run Derby, the Alumni Banquet, and a Dance to raise funds for the Alumni Scholarship fund! Contact cardinalalumni@yahoo.com for Banquet/Dance tickets or more event information!

SMOKE n CHROME on MAIN This show & shine event, sponsored by Cornerstone Bank - Albion, Albion Thrifty-Way, Schalk Auto Inc., LoCo's Designer T's, and Frontier Communications - was held on June 19, 2010 from 9am to 2pm. Many came downtown and see all the rides and bikes! Free will donations raised $588.25 to help pay for the Fourth of July Fireworks display.

Fourth of July 2010 Albion is excited to kickoff the July 4th weekend this year on Friday, July 2nd with patriotic promotional events downtown, and then building upon an established community tradition with a new & improved community FIREWORKS display at the fairgrounds following the races! Display is open to the public!

Annual FFA Alumni Bull-Ride Event is scheduled for Saturday July 3rd, 2010 at the Boone County Fairgrounds. 6:30pm Calcutta / 7:30pm Ride. There will be a Miniature Brahma ride and Money Scramble for the kids during the event. FIREWORKS and dance afterwords. Contact Lonnie Rasmussen with any question you have about the event at 402-741-1844.

Albion Chamber of Commerce • 420 West Market St. • Albion, NE 68620 • 402-395-6012 • ccalbn@hotmail.com