Event Category: Family Friendly

  • Farmers Market in the Park

    Farmers Market in the Park

    Your Saturday morning routine!  Spend your Saturday mornings at the park with family, friends live music, local vendors, and more! Visit by boat, bike, vehicle or foot!  Enjoy live music, food fresh produce and goods from local vendors, shopping, children’s activities and yoga on the pier every weekend throughout the extended summer!

  • Milford Pioneer Days

    Milford Pioneer Days

    Join us for a great community celebration in Milford, IA – the gateway to the Iowa Great Lakes Area! The entire family will enjoy the parade, inflatables, music, and other entertainment. Click Here to learn more!

  • Okoboji Bible Conference

    Okoboji Bible Conference

    Since 1935, the Okoboji Bible Conference has been an annual late-summer gathering that has served countless participants by encouraging Christian growth and global vision for people of all ages. This year’s Okoboji Bible Conference, themed “Endless Joy!”, will be August 1st through August 7th.  There is deep refreshing in ancient truth from contemporary Christian leaders.…

  • Okoboji Winter Games – Boji Kite Festival

    Okoboji Winter Games – Boji Kite Festival

    Join us on the ice of West Lake Okoboji while we fill the sky with color for Iowa’s iconic Winter Games Boji Kite Festival!!  This event is free for everyone to enjoy throughout the weekend (weather permitting). Lighted kites will also be flying the evening of Friday, January 23 (weather permitting). Iowa Road Trip created…

  • Heartland Light Display

    Heartland Light Display

    Enjoy this festive holiday light display with a grand total of 178,566 lights! Remember lights are on from 5-10pm every night until January 3rd so come back & enjoy them again & again. For the rest of the season you can pull up the main driveway under the rainbow arch & turn around in the…

  • Lueders Light Display

    Lueders Light Display

    We at Lueders Ridiculous X-Mas Lights are doing a computerized light show, we have increased our channel count and added many more lights now we have 200,000+ lights. We hope you will come to enjoy it as much as we enjoy presenting it. Be sure to tune you radio to 97.5 FM. Most of all…

  • University of Okoboji Oktoberfest

    University of Okoboji Oktoberfest

    Join us Saturday, September 26th for the 35th year of University of Okoboji Oktoberfest fun brought to you by the Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. This fun fall festival kicks off with a bike ride in the morning around the beautiful waters of Lake Minnewashta and West Lake Okoboji and is followed by…

  • University of Okoboji Winter Games

    University of Okoboji Winter Games

    The final full weekend in January each year brings endless fun to Okoboji! We look forward to welcoming you to Okoboji for the University of Okoboji Winter Games January 28-31, 2027! Kites. Broomball. Flag Football. Softball. Bags Tournament. Chili Cook-Off. Chocolate Classic. Polar Plunge. Fireworks. Burning of the Greens. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! The University…

  • Fireworks Over West Lake Okoboji

    Fireworks Over West Lake Okoboji

    Join us for fireworks Over West Lake Okoboji every weekend throughout the summer following the concert on Preservation Plaza.

  • Flea Market – Treasure Village

    Flea Market – Treasure Village

    Over 40 vendors will be displaying antiques, collectibles, arts & crafts, tools, furniture, jewelry, collectible toys, clothing, direct-sale businesses, metal art, beef jerky, a variety of concession food, and most EVERYTHING! Open 9a-5p with Free Parking & Free Admission! Everyone can play Mini Golf on the 27 hole course, which is fun for all ages.…