As temperatures cool and leaves begin to change around the lake area, you know the time has come for fall festivals. That means craft booths, pony rides and tractor pulls.
Here are the upcoming events you can expect at the Lake:
9th annual Osage Beach Fall Festival
DATE Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
LOCATION Osage Beach City Park, 850 Hatchery Road
ONLINE www.osagebeach.org (under events)
WHAT TO EXPECT There will be food, arts and crafts, live entertainment and free kids activities, such as hay rides, train rides and carnival inflatables.
CONTESTS Osage Beach Bow Wow contest, where dog owners can enter their pets in to win in categories such as Cutest, Most Handsome, Best Dressed and Best Trick. Lake's Got Talent contest for amateur entertainers.
OTHER INFO There will also be an Alzheimer's Memory Walk and Silent Auction and YMCA's 5K Run/Walk which will start at the Osage Beach City Hall.
Kids Harbor Blues & BBQ
DATE Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION Osage Beach Elks Lodge, Hwy 54
ONLINE kidsharbor.typepad.com
WHAT TO EXPECT Food provided by Wobbly Boots, Hy-Vee, Half Sauce BBQ, Bandana's, Somebody Else's BBQ and Tom's Slaughter House. Music by The Hiser Brothers and a jam session with Lake Area Blues Society musicians.
TICKETS $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call Brooklyn Braun at 573-348-6886, or stop by Janine's Flowers, Central Bank main office or Woody's Tavern.
OTHER INFO Sponsored by the Lake Area Blues Society, with proceeds benefiting Kid's Harbor Inc., a Child Advocacy Center.
3rd annual Lake of the Ozarks Bikefest
DATE Sept. 17-20
LOCATION Lake Ozark - Toad Cove, Harley Davidson
ONLINE www.lakeoftheozarksbikerally.com
WHAT TO EXPECT Organized group rides, Passport Stops, March of Dimes Bikers for Babies Ride on Saturday, free concerts.
CONTESTS Passport Run, participants get a passport-like booklet with 23 spaces to be stamped from various locations in the lake area, including retail stores, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues.
OTHER INFO Concerts will be at the Toad Cove Entertainment Complex in Lake Ozark. Bands: Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band Edge of Forever, ZZ Top tribute band Eliminator and Head East.
22nd annual Mountain Man Rendezvous and Muzzleloader Shoot
DATE Sept. 18-20
LOCATION Silver Star Campground, below Bagnell Dam
WHAT TO EXPECT There will be anvil shoots, French artillery re-enactors and Trader's Row, a marketplace setting with traders, trappers, gunsmiths, artisans and storytellers, and Farmer's Market.
ADMISSION Adults $5, Free for those under 15 with a paid adult admission.
CONTESTS Men and women will have the chance to compete in black powder shoots, tomahawk- and knife-throwing contests, and fire-starting contests.
OTHER INFO Festival workers will be wearing era-appropriate attire from the early 1800s.
40th annual Hillbilly Fair
DATE Sept. 18-20
LOCATION 269 Fairgrounds Dr., Laurie
ONLINE www.freewebs.com/lauriemissouri/hillbillyfair
WHAT TO EXPECT There will be a parade Saturday morning which will lead back to the park for craft booths, carnival rides and games, food, demonstrations from dancers, martial arts and firefighters, karaoke and tractor pull.
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