Activities 2025

NEW for 2025:

Petting Zoo

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Poker Tournament

You will receive a free, complementary entry into our raffle drawing for preregistering!

Saturday 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Scavenger Hunt on Bicycles

You will receive a free, complementary entry into our raffle drawing for preregistering!
Starts on Saturday 10:00 am at Pedalers Corner

Cornhole Tournament

Western Book Sale

Brought to you by the Friends of the Sidney Public Library.  All proceeds to benefit the Sidney Public Library Bookmobile fund.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

5k walk/run

Brought to you by Take Back Health & Fitness

Friday Night “glow” run at 7:30 pm

Hoop Trundling

All weekend Long – Self-Service

Campfire S'mores

FREE
Brought to you by 21st Century Equipment and BSA troop 90

Roasting starts around 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings

Gold Panning

Hands on panning for fools gold (iron pyrite)

All Weekend Long

Bake a pie (or several) and enter the Oktoberfest Committee homemade pie contest at Sidney Gold Rush Days!  Click here to register on-line or call Christine Radke at 308-254-4441 before June 1st.   1st place will win two 2024 Oktoberfest mugs and a $50 gift certificate.  2nd place will win one 2024 Oktoberfest mug and a $25 gift certificate.

Homemade Pie Contest

Judging: 8:30 a.m.
Pies available for sale to the public after judging

Speak with the Frontiersmen

All Weekend Long

Learn about being a farrier

Saturday only

Face Painting

By the Sidney High School Dance and Cheer Teams.

Saturday, June 8th 9:00am – 4:00pm and possibly other times

Cowboy Fast Draw

Outwest Gunslinger’s Dirty Face Gang

All Weekend Long

Wagon Rides

Free – complements of Sidney Gold Rush Days. Saturday, June 8th 10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Hand Churned Ice Cream

FREE
Brought to you by 21st Century Equipment and BSA troop 90

Saturday, June 8th starting at 2:00 pm

Black Powder Cannon Firings

Saturday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Make a Mini Teepee

Saturday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Take Train ride with Mike's Train Company

Make an Arrowhead Pendant

Saturday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Watch a Blacksmith at Work

All Weekend Long

Try your hand at using a Spring Pole Lathe

All Weekend Long

Children's Tomahawk Throw

All Weekend Long

Build with Giant Lincoln Logs

All Weekend Long

Learn about Spinning & Weaving

Laughing Lamb Fibers

Saturday

Church Service

Officiated by Pastor Lee Eads from Sidney Church of the Nazarene

Sunday Morning at 8:30 am

Children's Treasure Hunt Activity Challenge

Take a guided bus tour to Camp Lookout, Boothill Cemetery, and the Fort Sidney Museum

Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.