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5th Annual Over The River Holiday Festival

By McLovin Dec 2, 2021 | 5:43 PM

The 5th Annual Over the River Holiday Festival is coming back to Fergus Falls on Saturday, December 4th. The streets will be busy with activities and sales for the whole family to enjoy. The following is a schedule of events, which can be found through the Fergus Falls Downtown Riverfront Council website (ffriver.org):

8:00 AM:

Commercial-free Christmas Music on Channel 977 (8:00am-8:00pm). Listen on Channel 977, at channel977.com and with the Fergus Now App.

Retail/Restaurants open with sales

10:00 AM:

  • Additional retail opens
  • Shop, Drop ‘n Win– By the Chamber of Commerce

11:00 AM:

  • Music on the A Center for the Arts Marqueebegins

11:30 AM: Santa Fly-In at Fergus Falls Airport

  • Photos (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
  • Fergus Falls Fire Department escorts Santa around 12:30 PM
  • Fergus Falls Municipal Airport, 4005 MN-210, Fergus Falls
    Free Event– All are welcome

1:00 PM:

  • Otter Cove Holiday Games & Activities(Admission cost or membership)
  • Art Crawl
    • Springboard for the Arts– Interactive photo booth
    • Kaddatz Gallery
      – Holiday printmaking station (Michael Weatherly)
      – Ornament making station (Naomi RaMona Schliesman)
      – Portrait drawing (Scott Gunvaldson)
  • Court Street and Venders
    • Peney Cakes
    • Ruby’s Egg Rolls
    • Fergus Brewing Co.
    • Outstate Brewing Co.
    • JoCo’s Food Truck
  • Horse Drawn Carriage Rides(1:00-5:00 PM) – Triple T Horses
    • Pickup at Kaddatz Galleries
  • Trishaw Ridesby Pioneer Care, Pedel Fergus Falls, and Cycling Without Age
  • LB Homes-sponsored Hot Chocolate & Welcome Boothat Lincoln/Court St

2:00 PM: 

  • Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartnerswith Minnesota author Gretchen Anthony at Fergus Falls Public Library (2:00-4:00 PM)
  • Reindeer (2:00-4:00 PM)
  • Selfies with Santa (2:00-5:00 PM)
  • Dance & Dessert (A Center for the Arts)

4:00 PM: Otter Cove Drive – Festival of Lights

5:00 PM: Wright Park Activities

  • Outdoor Christmas Carols
  • Mother, Goose & Beans popcorn
  • Hot chocolate (provided by LB Homes)

5:30 PM: Tree Lighting & Fireworks

  • The Mayor’s Speech
  • Tree Lighting
  • Fireworks Display

6:30 PM:

“Through the Woods to Outstate” – Outstate Brewing Co.

  • Beer & Hymns by Erika & Pat Lundberg
  • Fancy & The Functional
  • S’mores & Krumkake – Freewill offering benefiting a local nonprofit for Holiday gifts for children

7:00 PM:

Holiday Jazz Performance at Dining Car #423/Steel Wheels

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