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Tulip Festival, a perfect welkom to spring

  • Your tour group will be greeted with traditional Dutch hospitality!
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Each year at Tulip Festival, Orange City is proud to welcome thousands of visitors from near and far. Many of those who spend a festival day or two with us come from many miles away. Many return year-after-year to share the particular pleasures of a folk festival that is ever-charming and colorful.

Our festival is designed with bus tour groups in mind. We’ve created a one-day sample itinerary for your convenience. For more information, call the Tulip Festival office at 712-707-4510.

Book your tour for our next festival, May 13, 14, and 15, 2021.

The Orange City Tulip Festival is a proud member of the Western Iowa Tourism Region and the Iowa Group Travel Association.

Accolades for the Orange City Tulip Festival:

  • 2011, 2008 & 1991 – Named one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association
  • 2003 – Named the top Iowa festival by AAA members
  • 2001 – Rated in the top six Midwest destinations by readers of the Kansas City Star
  • 1990 – Named the National Bus Association Tourism Event of the Year and the Iowa Tourism Event of the Year

Sample Itinerary

9:00 am Quilt Show $5*

9:45 am City Bus tour – Includes stop at the Vogel Old Mill $3

11:00 am Dutch Museum & Flower Show $5*

11:30 am Dutch Dozen Performance $5*

12:15 pm Lunch on your own or as a group

1:00 pm Straatfeest, Street Scrubbing and Volksparade – Reserved seating recommended for $5/seat

3:15 pm Free time in the City Centrum

  • Enjoy a Horse-Drawn Trolley Tour $5*
  • Take a spin on a Pedicab $2*
  • Browse the Straatmarkt & Craft Show
  • Listen to the Dutch street organ
  • Enjoy the Carnival Midway
  • Shop Downtown
  • Stroll through the Tulip Gardens
  • Tour the Sioux County Courthouse

4:30 pm Wooden shoe carving demonstration at Stadscentrum

5:15 pm Century Home $3*

6:15 pm Supper on your own or as a group – The evening parade begins at 6 p.m. if your group wishes to stay downtown and enjoy the parade.

7:45 pm Be seated for the Night Show

8:00 pm Night Show Musical $25

*These tickets are included in our value booklets (A $30 value for only $15)

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Visit Us May 13-15, 2021

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Latest News

  • Community selects 2021 Tulip CourtSeptember 24, 2020 - 12:00 pm
  • 2021 Tulip Court Elections to be held September 23September 8, 2020 - 3:54 pm

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Orange City, IA 51041

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