Annual Events

Seasonal Activities – “What is there to do around here?”

• Event Listings: Refer to Lanesboro Area Chamber of Commerce online event calendar and event listings in the Lanesboro Area Visitor Guide

• • https://www.lanesboro.com/events/calendar

• Check bulletin boards around town for current special activities (at Merchant’s Bank, City, Library, BP, etc.)

Spring-Summer-Fall
Agriculture/Livestock Auctions	Amish tours	Art galleries	Biking
Birding	Brewery (Lanesboro, Preston, Fountain, Chatfield)	Canoeing	Camping
Cave tours (Niagara Cave & & Mystery Cave)	Distillery (Harmony & Spring Grove)	Farmers’ Market	Fishing
Gift shopping	Golf	Greenhouses	High ropes course
Hiking (Isinours State Forest, Eagle Bluff, Sylvan Park)	Historical walking tours (check Visitor Center for guides)	History museums (Lanesboro, Fountain, Peterson)	Horse drawn wagon rides
Kayaking	Live music	Local produce, meat & dairy	Mini golf (Whalan)
Nature center / International Owl Center	State park – history, nature, horse trails, fishing, birding, cave	Mountain biking, high ropes, rock climbing - Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center	Foraging - morel mushrooms, fiddleheads, etc.
Swimming (Old Barn Resort, Preston Pool, river)	Theatre	Tubing	Winery (Spring Valley, rural Fountain)
Antiquing	Art classes	Ancestry research	Festivals

Winter
B&B Christmas Inn Tour	Cross country skiing	Film festival	Fishing contest
High school sports	Hiking	Ice fishing	Ice skating
Live music	Pub crawl	Quilting & crafting	School play
School music concerts	Scrapbooking	Snowshoeing	Theatre
Trivia night	Open mic night	Cozy Inn stays	Comedy Open Mic

Fillmore County and Surrounding Area Events: Parades, Celebrations, Fireworks

(Not already listed in the visitor guide/calendar)

*denotes fireworks

May

• Lanesboro Bluff Country Gathering (3rd weekend) - musicians come to play music & host a dance

• Preston Trout Days* (3rd weekend)

• Spring Grove Syttende Mai (3rd weekend)

June

• Lanesboro Rhubarb Festival (first Sat. in June)

• Winona Steamboat Days*

• Lanesboro Art in the Park (Sat. before Father’s Day)

• Dairy Night on the Farm

• Gammel Dag Fest in Peterson (Sat. after Father’s Day)

July

• 4th of July - Harmony*

• Fillmore County Relay for Life

• Fillmore County Fair – Preston (164th in 2023)

• Rushford Days

• LeRoy Summer Fest (3rd Weekend in July)

• Fountain Trail Days

• Decorah Nordic Fest

• Houston Hoedown (last full weekend in July)

August

• Lanesboro Buffalo Bill Days* (first weekend in August)

• Chatfield Western Days

• Canton Day Off*

• Spring Valley Ag Days

September

• Mabel Steam Engine Days*

• Root River Trail Towns - 60 Mile Garage Sale

• Wykoff Fall Fest