EVENTS
Across the state, local, regional, and statewide organizations are planning events to commemorate the Missouri Bicentennial and advance the Missouri 2021 mission to promote a better understanding of the state. Visit the calendar and event information below to learn more.
REGIONAL/LOCAL EVENTS
Here you will find local and regional events that enhance our shared understanding of Missouri’s diverse regions, communities, and people, both past and present. Scroll through to find unique offerings from around the state. For a quicker search, see the search bar at the top right of the page.
Missouri Celebrated: Commemorating 200 Years of Missouri Music, Culture, and Art
Alliance Event , Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Family Event , Music , Performance , Regional/Local EventMissouri Bicentennial Living History and Holiday Shopping featuring Made-in-Missouri
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Interactive Session , Performance , Regional/Local EventDaniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by Mack Faragher Program Series
Arts & Culture , Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Program , Regional/Local EventMO Bicentennial: The 1904 World’s Fair
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local EventMO Bicentennial: Great Depression and the New Deal in Missouri
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local EventIron Horse Festival
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventLiteracy Night: Missouri Bicentennial Celebration
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local EventMissouri Scavenger Hunt of Callaway County and its Neighboring Counties
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Interactive Session , Regional/Local Event , TourNational IFYE Conference in Branson – Piecing Together World Peace
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local EventPlatte County Museum Commemorative Quilts – Heirloom and New
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Regional/Local EventVirtual Wiki Edit-a-Thon: Missouri Artists
Arts & Culture , Bicentennial Alliance , Current , Education , Endorsed , Interactive Session , Regional/Local EventPlatte County Plein Air Paint Out in conjunction with Art in the Park
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Interactive Session , Regional/Local EventPlatte City Community Band Celebrates Missouri
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Performance , Regional/Local EventMARGARET: The Incredible Molly Brown
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Performance , Regional/Local EventArt Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local EventShow Me Wild!
Arts & Culture , Conservation/Nature , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Music , Performance , Program , Regional/Local Event , Statewide ProjectsMiller Fall Festival
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventHot Summer Night’s Show & Shine
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Military , Music , Regional/Local EventMissouri Days Festival Parade
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Military , Music , Parade , Performance , Regional/Local EventPuppetry Arts Institute Missouri Bicentennial Bash
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Music , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventHolt County Autumn Festival
Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Parade , Program , Regional/Local EventMacon County Celebrates Missouri’s Bicentennial
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventA Modern-Day Encounter With the Santa Fe Trail
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Program , Regional/Local EventChristian County Library Presents Battle of Wilson’s Creek as told by Ulysses S. Grant
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventChristian County Library Author Talk: Dr. William S. Belko “Contesting the Constitution: Congress Debates the Missouri Crisis, 1819-1821.”
Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Program , Regional/Local EventPerry County Bicentennial Concert
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventFlora and Fauna of Missouri
Agriculture , Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Regional/Local EventMissouri: Our People, Places and Heritage
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Regional/Local EventPacific Partnership Block Party
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventSt. James Grape & Fall Festival
Agriculture , Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Program , Regional/Local EventBicentennial ArtFest and Ice Cream Social
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , Performance , Regional/Local EventRodeo Daze 2021
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Parade , Regional/Local EventHistory of Holt County Riverboats
Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Music , Parade , Program , Regional/Local EventThe Gateway to the South: Understanding Missouri as a Southern State
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Program , Regional/Local EventWarsaw Bicentennial Festival and Transportation Thru the Years
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventWeston Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventCoMo200
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventSmithville Historical Society Founders Day at the Museum
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventCole Camp Old Time Picnic
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Parade , Performance , Regional/Local EventMissouri Bicentennial Jubilee
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventMissouri Bi-Centennial and Independence Day Fireworks Celebration
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventMissouri History with the Rolla Public Library
Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Program , Regional/Local Event , WritingCANCELLED – Miller County Historical Society Bicentennial Ice Cream Social
Book , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Regional/Local EventBig River Steampunk Festival
Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventLebanon Route 66 Festival (Presented By Heritage Bank)
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventHolt County Coloring Challenge
Arts & Culture , Competition , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local EventOzark County Bicentennial Celebration
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventAmerican Legion Cotton Carnival & Parade
Agriculture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Parade , Regional/Local EventBest Dam Birthday Bash GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Attempt for the Largest Boat Parade
Conservation/Nature , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Parade , Regional/Local EventDéjà Vu Spirit Reunion
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Performance , Regional/Local EventOld Fashioned Ice Cream Social
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local EventGolden Harvest Days
Agriculture , Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventJefferson County Library Lewis & Clark: a virtual event
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Interactive Session , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventAuthors @ Your Library Presents John Brown
Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Regional/Local Event , WritingOld-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventVersailles Chamber of Commerce Olde Tyme Apple Festival
Agriculture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventPlattsburg Art Coalition Dedication of Bicentennial Mural
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Regional/Local Event , Regional/Local ProjectsHolt County Confederate Memorial Day
Current , Endorsed , History , Program , Regional/Local EventMissouri History Through the Novelist’s Eyes
Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Program , Regional/Local Event , WritingMissouri Cherry Blossom Festival First Ladies Piano Concert
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventMidwest Maifest 2021
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventMurder, Moonshine and King Cotton in the Bootheel: a two-part virtual series
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Regional/Local EventRandolph County Old Settlers Association Annual Meeting & Lunch
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Music , Program , Regional/Local EventSchuyler County Historical Society Hall Museum Complex Tours
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event , TourMissouri: People, Places, and Culture
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Regional/Local Event , Regional/Local ProjectsMissouri S&T Bicentennial Alliance Lecture Series
Agriculture , Arts & Culture , Bicentennial Alliance , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Military , Regional/Local EventWarrenton Fruhlingsfest
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventCameron Main Street Vegas Night
Current , Endorsed , Festival , Regional/Local EventFall In Love With Downtown Sikeston Wine Festival
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Festival , Regional/Local EventBrunswick Pecan Festival
Agriculture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventMain Street Moberly Oakland Cemetery Walking Tour
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Regional/Local Event , TourPost Mail Art Projekt 2021: Show Me Mail Art
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventTwo Hundred Years of Notorious Crimes in the Show-Me State
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Military , Regional/Local EventAppleton City Sesquicentennial Whisker Contest
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Program , Regional/Local EventKilling Quantrill: The Hunt for Missouri’s Most Notorious Civil War Guerrilla
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Lecture , Military , Regional/Local EventCommunity Old Fashioned Picnic
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local EventUnbound Book Festival 2021
Arts & Culture , Book , Education , Endorsed , Festival , Performance , Program , Regional/Local Event , WritingPast, Present, and Future Missouri
Competition , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Program , Regional/Local Event , Statewide Event , Statewide Projects , WritingClinton Main Street Bicentennial Birthday Bash
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventAlbany Rhythm and Roots
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Performance , Regional/Local EventSalute to America
Current , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventCanton Jack & Jill Twisted Cat Tournament
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Parade , Regional/Local EventCanton Civil War Living History
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Lecture , Military , Performance , Regional/Local EventOzark Oktoberfest on the Square 2022
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventBicentennial Reenactment of the First Missouri Train Robbery
Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Performance , Regional/Local EventCarthage Route 66 Festival
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventCarthage Independence Day Spectacular
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventUCM Over There: Missouri and the Great War Exhibit
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Regional/Local EventOld Town Cape Bicentennial Weekend Bash
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventUCM Historic Campus Tour and Ghost Buildings of the Great Fire
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event , TourElectric City Brick Street Bash
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventBlue Springs Corks & Canvas
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventHistoric Downtown Liberty Missouri Bicentennial Farmers’ Market
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventCass County Fair
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventPleasant Hill Historic District BikeCentennial
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventBicentennial Mural Reveal Celebration
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventIndependence Uncorked Wine Festival
Current , Endorsed , Festival , Regional/Local EventUptown Jackson Oktoberfest
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventParkville Days 2021
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventDowntown Joplin Third Thursday
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Performance , Regional/Local Event
PAST EVENTS
Here you will find past events that commemorate statewide, regional, and local moments that have assisted in enhancing our shared understanding of Missouri’s diverse regions, communities, and people, both past and present. For a quicker search, see the search bar at the top right of the page.
Midwest Maifest 2020
Current , Endorsed , Festival , Past Event , Regional/Local EventBicentennial Penny Drive
Bicentennial Alliance , Past , Statewide ProjectsMissouri S&T Day at the Capitol
Endorsed , PastSalute to Holt County Veterans
Endorsed , PastTown Square Fair
Endorsed , PastVoices of the Past
Endorsed , PastBird’s 99th Birthday Bash
Endorsed , PastOzark Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival 2019
Endorsed , PastHistorical View of Forest City
Endorsed , PastMercantile Building and Museum Dedication
Endorsed , PastMidwest Maifest
Endorsed , PastLive Action Oregon Trail
Endorsed , PastRandolph County 190th Anniversary
Endorsed , PastJuneteenthKC
Endorsed , PastSave Allen Cemetery
Endorsed , PastOld-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival 2019
Endorsed , Past , Regional/Local EventHistoric Saint Louis Bicentennial
Endorsed , PastSounds of the Oregon Trail
Endorsed , PastNorthwest Missouri Steam and Gas Engine Festival
Endorsed , PastJefferson County Bicentennial
Endorsed , PastTrails West!® Festival 2018
Endorsed , PastCaledonia Bicentennial
Endorsed , PastLouisiana Bicentennial
Endorsed , Past