🎆 Patriotic Fest – A Day of Community & Creativity
📅 Saturday, June 28, 2025
📍 NewBo/Czech Village District
🎟 FREE to attend!
NEW for 2025! Spend the day celebrating community, creativity, and local talent in the NewBo area!
🎉 Event Highlights:
🧒 Imagination Square (11:30 AM – 3:30 PM)
Presented by Tanager Place
• Spin art with Iowa Ceramics Center
• Curiosity Path & Prairie Robotics
• Iowa Total Care fresh produce
• Tanager art station + book giveaway
• Yard games & hands-on booths
🎶 Volta Youth Music & Art Festival (11:30 AM – 4:00 PM)
By Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
• Youth bands led by local musicians
• Student art displays & sales
• Performances on the NewBo stage
🛍️ Veteran-Owned Vendor Market (11:30 AM – 3:30 PM)
Shop local and support veterans!
🍔 All Day Fun (11:30 AM – 8:00 PM)
• Food trucks
• Kids Zone
• Live performances
• Indoor Build Fest & local shopping
🎈 DON’T MISS THE PARADE!
🕓 4:00 PM – The Freedom Festival Parade marches through NewBo!
This energetic, family-favorite parade is a can’t-miss moment of the day—full of music, performers, and patriotic fun!
🎵 Evening Entertainment
🎸 5:30 PM – Schmidt Brothers Live on the NewBo Stage!
Grab your friends and family and make a day of it!
Big thanks to Tanager Place and Eastern Iowa Arts Academy for helping make it all possible.
🙌 A Huge Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Kirkwood, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust, Wimmer’s, Lil' Drug Store, Dupaco Credit Union, Fox Pest Control, Hy-Vee, and GreenState Credit Union
Your support helps make this celebration possible!
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