All All Events in Arnolds Park

Free Concert on the Concert Deck Lounge every Friday night!

Derek Post Is Back Fri & Sat!! Don’t Miss This Soulful Singer/Guitar Player On The Patio With Live Music Wine Beer CocktailsFood & Fire Pits

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday and Saturday night at Chaplins!

Join us Saturday, September 30th for the 32nd 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 Read More »

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!

Visit the Farmers Market in the Park at Arnolds Park Amusement Park and listen to Boon & Lambert from 9 AM – 12 PM Saturday, September 30, 2023!

Derek Post Is Back Fri & Sat!! Don’t Miss This Soulful Singer/Guitar Player On The Patio With Live Music Wine Beer CocktailsFood & Fire Pits

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Sing your heart out every Friday and Saturday night at Chaplins!

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Free Concert on the Concert Deck Lounge every Friday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

COME SEE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE EMO PUNK COVER BANDS PLAY TWO NIGHTS AT CAPTAIN’S GETAWAY IN LAKE OKOBOJI IOWA FRIDAY OCT. 6TH & SATURDAY OCT. 7TH. DOORS OPEN AT 7PM – NO COVER CHARGE – COME SING YOUR FAVORITE EMO/PUNK SONGS WITH US! BLINK 182 – SUM 41 – GREEN DAY – A DAY Read More »

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

COME SEE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE EMO PUNK COVER BANDS PLAY TWO NIGHTS AT CAPTAIN’S GETAWAY IN LAKE OKOBOJI IOWA FRIDAY OCT. 6TH & SATURDAY OCT. 7TH. DOORS OPEN AT 7PM – NO COVER CHARGE – COME SING YOUR FAVORITE EMO/PUNK SONGS WITH US! BLINK 182 – SUM 41 – GREEN DAY – A DAY Read More »

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Free Concert on the Concert Deck Lounge every Friday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Visit Emerald Hills Golf Course and participate in the EH Fall Classic 4 Person Best Shot Sunday, October 15, 2023!

Arnolds Park Library is hosting a SPOOKTACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA you DON’T want to miss!! Join us for a spooky storybook walk, trick or treating, cookie decorating, a s’more pit, photo ops, yard games, and trick or treat bag decorating!

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Free Concert on the Concert Deck Lounge every Friday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

EVENT DESCRIPTION Are you Living On A Prayer or Smelling Teen Spirit? Find out on October 28 when Hair spray battles Flannel with The Hype and 90s Rockshow! ADDITIONAL TICKET INFORMATION Show at 7:30, doors open at 6:30pm General Admission: $25 Advance / $30 Day of show. Booth (seats up to 8): $200 Tickets Not Included Read More »

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Get ready for Boji Scare fright nights this October! Chilling thrills await you!  Come explore this new haunting experience for just $12 per person.  Recommended ages 12+ Location: Arnolds Park Amusement Park 37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Join us for story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnolds Park Library! ALL AGES WELCOME! We will enjoy new stories, as well as, some favorite classics. Be sure to stay for the book themed craft after story time!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

EVENT DESCRIPTION This holiday, Shaun Johnson is celebrating the season with passionate and melodic, big band driven traditional pop. As the lead singer of Tonic Sol-fa – and an Emmy winner – Shaun reworks classic Christmas fare with a charismatic charm, and his performances routinely sell out. Make plans to see this nationally acclaimed Billboard Read More »

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

Sing your heart out every Friday & Saturday night!

University of Okoboji Winter Games began in 1981 as a small broomball tournament on the frozen waters at the Fish Hatchery. This event became a way for locals and visitors to escape the cabin fever of winter time and celebrate all of the fun and unique activities you can experience in the Iowa Great Lakes Read More »

Join us on the ice of West Lake Okoboji while we fill the sky with color for Iowa’s iconic Winter Games festival!!  This event is free for everyone to enjoy throughout the weekend (weather permitting). Lighted kites will also be flying the evening of Saturday, January 28 (weather permitting). Iowa Road Trip created great guide Read More »

Enjoy a beautiful fireworks display over West Lake Okoboji following the Burning of the Greens in Arnolds Park Preservation Plaza.

Join us for this annual event on East Lake Okoboji!  Vintage snowmobiles from around the midwest gather to race down a four lane 500ft track on East Lake Okoboji in front of the The Ritz in Arnolds Park.  Racing is open and free to the general public to watch. Co-Director Chris Duncan says, they’re busy Read More »

EVENT DESCRIPTION FOOL HOUSE RETURNS TO THE ROOF GARDEN BALLROOM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2024! Fool House is THE ULTIMATE 90’s DANCE PARTY! A LIVE musical event paying homage to the golden era of boy bands, pop stars, hip hop, and pop punk. With a larger than life production, this show recreates the sights, sounds, Read More »

Each year the Iowa Great Lakes Area kicks off walleye season with the Iowa Great Lakes Area Walleye Weekend tournament. Ten walleye are tagged and released in to the chain of Iowa Great Lakes. Starting at midnight on Saturday, May 4th you can cast your chance at catching one of these 10 tagged walleye worth Read More »

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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

There’s something special about celebrating our Nation’s Independence Day in Okoboji, Iowa with a beautiful fireworks display over West Lake Okoboji.  Families have gathered together for this tradition in Okoboji for generations to watch the fireworks from a boat or along multiple vantage points from the shoreline, including from Preservation Plaza in Arnolds Park.  They Read More »

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!

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

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!

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

The University of Okoboji Homecoming Races have been an annual tradition since 1978. Enjoy the scenic route around West Lake Okoboji while competing in one of the many races over University of Okoboji Homecoming weekend. Races Include: Triathlon, Team Triathlon, Half-Marathon, 10K & 5K Triathlon & Team Triathlon Swim, bike, and run in and around the Read More »

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!

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

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!

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

Vette’s in the Park is Iowa’s largest Corvette Event, held every year on the last weekend of July in beautiful Okoboji Iowa (typically around 100 new and classic Corvettes). Saturday car show in the Park main-street and greenspace 8am to 2:15pm. There is a free outdoor greenspace concert Saturday night by the original rhythm section Read More »

View these beautiful classic & wooden boats on the docks at Arnolds Park Amusement Park throughout the day.  They will depart the docks for their annual boat parade through the bridge between East & West Lake Okoboji at approximately 2:30 pm. The Jerry Dyhrkopp Iowa Great Lakes Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society Read More »

Since 1935, this annual late-summer gathering has served countless participants by encouraging Christian growth and global vision for people of all ages.  There is deep refreshing in ancient truth from contemporary Christian leaders. World-class Christian musicians and worship leaders sweeten the gathering. The takeaways are life changing. There is no registration fee. The Conference continues Read More »

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!

This annual event, overlooking the beautiful West Lake Okoboji and next to Arnolds Park Amusement Park, is a juried show featuring handcrafted work of over 50 artists from throughout the Midwest. Categories include sculpture, pottery, glass, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, folk art, furniture, mixed media, and more. This is a must-see if you’re in Okoboji Read More »

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

Check back for more details about this annual festival to celebrate clean water and provide fun, educational opportunities!  

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!

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

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!