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Daily Schedule – May 2023

Wednesday – May 17

4:00 p.m.
Tulip Town Bulb Company opens

4:30 p.m.
Cruise-In Car Show

5:00 p.m.
Food Vendors Open

6:00 p.m.
Tulip Festival Ride Night

8:00 p.m.
Night Show

Thursday – May 18

8:00 a.m.
Children’s Art Exhibit

9:00 a.m.
Antique Tractor Show (begins)
Children’s Art Exhibit (opens)
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours (begin)
Pedicabs (begin)
Private Tours Dutch American Heritage Museum

Stadscentrum (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Vogel Old Mill (opens)

9:30 a.m.
Century Home (opens)

10:00 a.m.
Antique Model Tractor Display
Craft Show (opens)
De Straatwinkel (opens)
Dutch American Heritage Museum (Opens)
Straatmarkt (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

10:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ

11:00 a.m.
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park

11:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance

12:00 p.m.
Carnival Rides (open)
Fietsen Zangers

1:00 p.m.
Straat Feest, Street Scrubbing, and Volksparade
$5 reserved seating recommended or bring your own lawn chair

3:30 p.m.
Band Awards and Drum Line Performances
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours
Pedicab Rides

4:00 p.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

5:30 p.m.
Entertainment in the Street

6:00 p.m.
Volksparade

8:00 p.m.
Night Show

Friday – May 19

8:00 a.m.
Children’s Art Exhibit

9:00 a.m.
Antique Tractor Show (begins)
Children’s Art Exhibit (opens)
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours (begin)
Pedicabs (begin)
Private Tours Dutch American Heritage Museum
Stadscentrum (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Vogel Old Mill (opens)

9:30 a.m.
Century Home (opens)

10:00 a.m.
Antique Model Tractor Display
ArtBurst (opens)
Craft Show (opens)
De Straatwinkel (opens)
Dutch American Heritage Museum (opens)
Straatmarkt (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

10:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ

11:00 a.m.
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park

11:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance

12:00 p.m.
Carnival Rides (open)
Fietsen Zangers

1:00 p.m.
Straat Feest, Street Scrubbing, and Volksparade
$5 reserved seating recommended or bring your own lawn chair

3:30 p.m.
Band Awards and Drum Line Performances
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours
Pedicab Rides

4:00 p.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ
Tulip Talk IN Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

5:30 p.m.
Entertainment in the Street

6:00 p.m.
Volksparade

8:00 p.m.
Night Show

Sat – May 20

7:00 a.m.
Fly-In Breakfast – Sioux County Regional Airport

7:50 a.m.
Tulip Festival Road Race

8:00 a.m.
Children’s Art Exhibit

8:30 a.m.
Tour de Tulips Bicycle Ride

9:00 a.m.
Antique Tractor Show (begins)
Children’s Art Exhibit (opens)
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours (begin)
Pedicabs (begin)
Private Tours Dutch American Heritage Museum
Stadscentrum (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Vogel Old Mill (opens)

9:30 a.m.
Century Home
(opens)

10:00 a.m.
Antique Model Tractor Display
ArtBurst (opens)
Carnival Rides (open)
Craft Show (opens)
De Straatwinkel (opens)
Dutch American Heritage Museum (opens)
Straatmarkt (opens)
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

10:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ

11:00 a.m.
Petting Zoo
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park

11:30 a.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance

12:00 p.m.
Fietsen Zangers

1:00 p.m.
Straat Feest, Street Scrubbing, and Volksparade
$5 reserved seating recommended or bring your own lawn chair

3:30 p.m.
Band Awards and Drum Line Performances
Horse-Drawn Trolley Tours
Pedicab Rides

4:00 p.m.
Dutch Dozen Performance
Dutch Street Organ
Tulip Talk in Windmill Park
Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstrations

5:30 p.m.
Entertainment in the Street

6:00 p.m.
Volksparade

8:00 p.m.
Night Show

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Visit Us May 18-20, 2023

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