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Upcoming and Past Events
Friday - June 20th, 2008
Click here for more information.
Deposit: $500,
Due by March 29th, 2008
Click here for more information.
January 24th, 2008
Place: Young Life Center
Attractions: To honor Kingsburg’s finest.
Citizen, Jr. Citizen, Public Safety Employee and Educator of the Year,
along with other awards to be presented.
April
19th, 2008
Place: Swedish Village
Attractions: Pre-72 Automobiles, Food,
Kiddy Area and Entertainment
Roadsters, Antiques, Street Rods, Muscle Cars, T-Birds, Mopars and more
can be found at Kingsburg’s Car Show. We promise to be one of the
largest Pre-72
Car Shows in the Central Valley. We have great food, entertainment,
carnival and shopping. Vendors will be selling items specializing in
custom auto parts along with other special vendors. This all starts the
Friday before with a Pre Car Show Night in downtown Kingsburg. The Car
Show is free for the whole family to enjoy. Bring your family and
friends to come and see some great cars from around the valley.
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'06 pictures

Click
here for a downloadable
application.
Kingsburg's Swedish Festival
May
16th, 17th, & 18th, 2008
Place:
Swedish Village
Attractions: Parade, Smorgasbord, Swedish Pancake Breakfast, Arts &
Crafts Fair,
Entertainment, Music, Folk Dancing, Maypole, Sacred Concert and Vesper
Service
Additional
information can be found
on this two page flier.
Valkommen!
We invite you to a Scandinavian Vacation the third weekend in May. You
can experience and taste the rich culture of Sweden here in the San
Joaquin Valley. This three day event is filled with entertainment, food
and fun. It all begins on Friday night with a Swedish Smorgasbord.
Start your Saturday morning with a traditional Svenska Pancake (Swedish
Pancake) Breakfast. Our Swedish
Village is filled with specialty shops,
there you can also see more of the Swedish
Culture in the Swedish
Culture Village on Draper
and
discover many food
and
craft booths and
entertainment.


A printable application for the
Dala Trot
can be found here.
Click
here for information on our Bed Race!
You can also find the entry form
here.
Kingsburg Farmers Market - Great Pumpkin
August
8th, 2008
Place: Downtown Kingsburg
Thursdays—Mid-May thru November
Click
here for the
entry form!
"The Great Pumpkin"
arrives for the Oct. 30 Swedish Village Farmer’s Market in downtown
Kingsburg and with him comes a $1,000 prize. Selma Flea Market is
sponsoring that evening to include the prize for the area’s biggest
pumpkin, to be determined by the official weight certified at the Selma
Flea Market public scales, and a $100 prize for a “Pumpkin Pie Eating
Contest” winner. Area pumpkin growers are urged to keep their eyes out
for “The Great Pumpkin” in their fields. It will need to be portable
enough to get aboard a truck or trailer or other type of transportation
to be taken to the Selma Flea Market scales between the days of Oct. 27
and 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29. Once a winner is determined and
certified by officials at the scales, the winner will be notified. The
pumpkin will need to be available by 4 p.m., Thurs-day, Oct. 30 for
display at the Farmer’s Market downtown on Draper Street for the
evening. A special ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. Also planned for
the evening are a number of harvest season activities, including the
Second Annual Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest and the Second Annual “Best Pie
in Kingsburg” contest and more. Those attending the markets each week
are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and have a seat for the fun
each week from 5-8 p.m. through Nov 20.
Kingsburg Farmer's Market
Thursdays: 4 - 8 pm, May 15th - Nov 20th,
2007
Place: Swedish
Village
Attractions: Kingsburg area farm fresh produce, crafts & information
booths.
KINGSBURG—
Click
here for the new
printable flier, and
here you can
find the entry form for the Kingsburg Idol!
May 15th - Opening Ceremony for
Fruit Trail of Fresno County - more information can be found
here!
“While so many of the Valley’s farmer’s markets will be winding down,
we’re going to be uncorking some talent and entertainment and opening a
second season so to speak,” commented Jess Chambers, executive director
for the sponsoring Kingsburg District Chamber of Commerce.
For additional information on the Farmer’s Markets or to become a
vendor, contact the Kingsburg District Chamber of Commerce at (559)
897-1111.
Summer Band Concerts
Under the Stars
June
19th & 26th; July 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st,
2008
Place: Memorial Park
Attractions: City
Band, Food, and Arts and Crafts
Thursday Nights Only Event for 7 weeks
The mercury is rising, the days are
getting longer, and the fruit trees are almost ready to be harvested.
This can only be the prelude to “Summer Band Concerts Under the Stars.”
The City Band has emerged to become the longest running non-professional
community band west of the Mississippi.
This concert series is held for a seven-week period
every Thursday night in Kingsburg’s Memorial Park. Each night starts
with a Farmer’s Market, Food and Crafts from 5-8 p.m.,
followed by the concert from 8-9:30 PM.
Here’s an opportunity for you to slip back in
time to an old-fashioned outdoor Concert and Farmers’
Market.
July 3rd
Place: (To be determined)
Attractions: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment,
Food, Kiddy Area and Fireworks
-: Program
Cancelled :-
Please click here for more
information
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Crayfish and Jazz Festival
September 20th,
2008
Place: Swedish
Village
Attractions: Food, Music, Vendors and More in the quaint downtown
Swedish Village






$6 a piece, available at our
office:
1475 Draper Street
Kingsburg, CA 93631
(559) 897-1111
Julgransfest
Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
November 28th,
2008
Place: Swedish
Village
Just in time for the holiday season,
Kingsburg opens its Christmas Village (Swedish style) downtown with
lovely lights and festive trappings for the trek down Draper Street
singing carols and lighting the community Christmas tree. It’s something
right out of Dr. Seuss and his “Whoville” holiday classic. You won’t
want to miss this Christmas season kick-off. It starts at dusk on the
Friday after Thanksgiving Day.
Santa Lucia Festival
Christmas Village Celebration
December 6th,
2008
Place: Swedish
Village
Attractions: Parade, Food, Gingerbread House Competition, Caroling, Arts
and Crafts
Festival
of
Lights
Parade
5:30 p.m. on Draper Street
Santa
Lucia Day opens the Christmas season with the oldest daughter of the
household adorning herself in a long white gown, red sash and a glowing
crown of candles. She wakens the family members with the Lucia song and
serving saffron buns and coffee at their bedside. The Swedish Village of
Kingsburg has adopted this very special tradition. Kingsburg celebrates
Santa Lucia Day on the first Saturday in December. The sidewalks of
Draper Street will be filled with arts and crafts along with specialty
home baked goods, gourmet items, and Swedish entrees. There is a
Gingerbread House Competition at the library and the evening concludes
with a Festival of Lights Parade.

2007 Photos:

For a printable entry form, click
here.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kingsburg District Chamber of Commerce
1475 Draper Street
Kingsburg, CA 93631
559-897-1111 Home
559-897-4621 Fax
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