As the 66th Annual Chuckwagon Days kicks-off in Adair today, there will be even more stuff to do tomorrow.

Friday’s festivities start with a John Deere Day of Play from 1-3pm in the city park. Then at 6pm will be the Adair Fire Department serving a dinner with musical entertainment from Kyle Jorgensen from 7-10pm, along with a variety of kids games. Those activities include a kiddie parade, baby crawl, a Little Mister and Miss Adair contest, followed by Mickayla Oz as a magician. The day rounds out at 7:30pm with a bags contest for adults on Main Street, with proceeds to benefit Kids Zone in Adair.

Adair Chamber Board President Brenna Westergaard explains that this event has grown to include four days and she describes the planning that went into hosting this year’s Chuckwagon Days after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.

“Two years ago when we actually had Chuckwagon Days I had a little notebook that I walked around (and thought), ‘Oh we should do this and we should do this.’ And then last year we didn’t get to have those. So then we brought it to this year and I think I started planning Chuckwagon starting about February. Then it just kind of took off and all the things aligned and here we have our schedule jam packed.” 

The Little Mister and Miss contest is for kids 5-9 years old and the winners will be in the Saturday parade, no registration is necessary. The bags tournament is $30 per team and there will be prizes for 1st-3rd place.