Villages of Van Buren - Event Calendar

Mark Your Calendar for 2023 

• Jun 9th-11th ~ Farmington Strawberry Festival
• Jun 10th ~ Fly Van Buren
• Jun 10th ~ Pearson House Heritage Day
• Jun 17th ~ Douds Field Day
• Jun 24th-25th ~ Iowa Barn Foundation Van Buren County Barn Tour
• Jun 24th ~ Bentonsport Heritage Day
• Jul 1st ~ Bonaparte Independence Day Celebration
• Jul 4th ~ Keosauqua 4th of July Celebration
• Jul 15th-24th ~ Van Buren County Fair
• Aug 12th ~ J40 Farm Crawl
• Aug 19th-20th ~ Bike Van Buren XXXVII
• Sep 1st-2nd ~ Stockport Lions BBQ Days
• Oct 13th-15th ~ Scenic Drive Festival
• Nov 3rd ~ Villages Folk School’s Bottomless Soup Supper
• Nov 25th-Dec 31st ~ Christmas in the Villages
• Dec 1st-3rd ~ Festival of Trees

The Keosauqua Lions will be serving an All-You-Can-Eat pancake and sausage breakfast for a free-will donation.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 27th from 9am-4pm for Bonaparte’s City-Wide Yard Sales and their first-ever Truck, Trailer & Trunk Sale!

If you have items you want to sell (new or used) and need a place to sell them, then load your items on a trailer, truck, or in your vehicle’s trunk and come down to 1st and Washington Street in Bonaparte, IA.

There are three (3) lots behind The Furniture More Store, formerly known as the Odd Fellows Lodge. Bring your own tables or you can sell your items off your trailer, truck, or out of your vehicle’s trunk. The selling of animals will be prohibited! 

Selling items is open to the public and everyone is welcome! There is NO CHARGE for the usage of the lots.

All shops will also be open! If you get hungry while in town, Simply Irresistible carries baked goods and other food items and will be open from 8-4, Bonaparte Retreat will be open for lunch from 11-1 and Jet Stop will be open for food.

For more information, please contact Dana Mabe at Waterfront Place Antiques, at 319-592-3773, or City Hall at 319-592-3400.

Bentonsport Historic District will be having its annual Spring Flea Market and Craft Show during Memorial weekend.

Observe the local blacksmith and other demonstrations. Wine tasting by Wooden Wheel Vineyards will be there, fresh Amish baked goods (Sat. only) and local honey from the Honey War Bee Company.

There will be free horse-drawn covered wagon rides for the family to enjoy, and the shops will be open with antiques, locally made fudge, crafts, pottery, quilting, and Indian Artifact Museum.

The park will have food vendors, antiques, wood crafts, natural soaps, lotions, holy whistles, hand-crafted furniture, garden art, and flea market items.

No need to drive to the movie theater! Bring the family out to Lake Sugema Campgrounds. Remember to bring your lawn chair, blankets, and snacks. This movie will be shown at the shelter house near the playground. Bug spray is recommended. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by a guardian.

Registration is encouraged.
Registration: MyCountyParks.com

Enjoy a day full of fun, drinks, food, and music with the whole family at the Riverfront Amphitheater! Free to the public.

• 1pm ~ Class Reunion
• 3pm ~ Chickadees
• 5pm ~ Big Guitars
• 7pm ~ Jake Mcvey

Enjoy an evening program of music and stories honoring all Veterans who gave their lives to protect our country.

No admission fee. Everyone welcome.

Milton American Legion Post 483 will present and retire the colors and perform Twenty-one Gun Salute on the church lawn. Larry Shipley officiates. "If You're Reading This," sung by Tom Allen. Readings from Civil War diary. Historical and popular patriotic songs, official songs of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, famous patriotic songs, and the Star Spangled Banner.