Villages of Van Buren - Event Calendar

Have a blast with your family and friends this 4th of July!

Great fun all day for the entire family in downtown Keosauqua!

• All-you-can-eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast from 7-10am. Freewill Donation.
• Pedal Pull (free) signup - 2:30pm. The Pedal Pull begins at 3pm.
• Kids' Games - 4pm (or after pedal pull)
• Mercer's Crazy Train - 5-9pm
• Street dance with the Harvest Band courtesy of Engage Keosauqua on Front Street - 6pm-dark
•  Amazing Firework display over the Des Moines River at dark.

Come join us in the backyard of the Mason House Inn for the $5 double feature Backyard Movie Series! Bring your chairs or blankets, plenty of bug spray, and your friends! Concessions will be available.
Showing Friday 7/5:
DESPICABLE ME - Rated PG - A man who delights in all things wicked, supervillain Gru (Chris Renaud) hatches a plan to steal the moon. Surrounded by an army of little yellow minions and his impenetrable arsenal of weapons and war machines, Gru makes ready to vanquish all who stand in his way.
DESPICABLE ME 2 - Rated PG - Now that Gru has forsaken a life of crime to raise Margo, Agnes and Edith, he's trying to figure out how to provide for his new family. As he struggles with his responsibilities as a father, the Anti-Villain League, an organization dedicated to fighting evil, comes calling. The AVL sends Gru on a mission to capture the perpetrator of a spectacular heist, for who would be better than the world's greatest ex-villain to capture the individual who seeks to usurp his power.
Showing Saturday 7/6:
STEP BROTHERS - Rated R - Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) have one thing in common: they are both lazy, unemployed leeches who still live with their parents. When Brennan's mother and Dale's father marry and move in together, it turns the overgrown boys' world upside down. Their insane rivalry and narcissism pull the new family apart, forcing them to work together to reunite their parents.
JUST FRIENDS - Rated PG13 - High school student Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) loves his best friend, Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart). He finally confesses his feelings, but she tells him that she just wants to be friends, and he leaves town in shame. Ten years later, Chris is a successful record executive and involved with self-absorbed pop star Samantha James (Anna Faris). He still pines for Jamie, though, and when his plans to go to Paris for the holidays fall through, he returns to his hometown to try and win her heart