Eat, Shop, and Explore on Main Street

Over 50 businesses will be participating in Hoover’s Hometown Days as food trucks, vendors and pop-up shops line the streets of our historic downtown on Saturday, August 6th from 11:00am-5:00pm.

Don’t hesitate to Shop Local while you enjoy the festival! West Branch Community Development Group will host a free bag check so if you make purchases at our wonderful local businesses you don’t have to carry them around while you enjoy the event. The “Shop and Drop” bag check will be located on the corner of Main Street and N Downey Street in the Springdale Agency lobby from 11am-5pm on Saturday.

Schedule:

Friday, August 5, 2022

4:00pm - 6:00pm: Youth Hoover-Ball Registration - Village Green
Coordinated by Whitney's Wings
6:00pm: Lions' Pedal Tractor Pull - 2nd St. by the West Branch Fire Station
6:00pm: Doubles "Fire in the Hole" Bag Tournament - Event and Registration Page - West Branch Fire Station
6:00pm - 12:00am: Beer Tent and Firefighters serving hamburgers/hot dogs/brats - West Branch Fire Station
Proceeds benefit the West Branch Fire Department
8:00pm - 12:00am: Free Live Music - Trophy Dads - West Branch Fire Station
sponsored by River Products and Altorfer

Saturday, August 6, 2022

8:00am - 9:30am - Hoover Prairie Run - Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
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8:00am - 9:00am - Hoover-Ball Registration
$25 online registration. Day-of registration $35. - Hoover-Ball Courts
9:00am - 5:00pm - Free Entry into Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Library Website - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
9:00am - 7:00pm - Hoover-Ball Championship Games - Hoover-Ball Courts
coordinated by Whitney's Wings
10:00am: Mayor's Parade - Parade Route
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Click Here for Parade Route Map
11:00am - 2:00pm - West Branch Community Visioning: Design Reveal and Feedback - Town Hall
11:00am - 2:00pm - Firefighters serving hamburgers/hot dogs/brats - West Branch Fire Station
Proceeds benefit the West Branch Fire Department
11:00am - 4:00pm - Exhibitors on NPS Vendors Area - National Park Vendors Area
11:00am - 5:00pm - Bounce Houses and Inflatable Games - Village Green
11:00am - 5:00pm - Eat, Shop, and Explore the Historic Main Street
Local shopping, vendors, and food trucks - Main St.
11:00am - 5:00pm - Rest Area - Hosted by West Branch UMC - Town Hall
11:00am - 12:00am - Beer Tent - Fire Station
Proceeds benefit the West Branch Fire Department
11:30am - 12:30pm - Live Music - Military Veterans Band - Hoover Presidential Performance Area - National Park
11:30am - 12:30pm - Hoover Foundation Picnic ($10/person for public) - National Park
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Pony Go Round Pony Rides - North Downey St.
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Bubble Stations - Village Green
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Balloon Artist - Village Green
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Caricature Artist - Main St.
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Strolling Magician - Village Green and Main St.
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Free Herbert Hoover Birthday Cupcakes - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Shop and Drop Bag Check - Springdale Agency - Corner of Main and Downey St.
Shop local and check your bags for safekeeping until you're done exploring the festival. Free service provided by the WB Community Development Group
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Hoover Life Celebration - NPS - Across from Birthplace Cottage
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Live Music - Cassie and Randy - Heritage Square
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Booster Bingo - West Branch Fire Station
1:30pm - 2:30pm - Theodore Roosevelt - first person interpretation by Adam Lindquist - National Park - Hoover Presidential Performance Area
2:00pm: Kids Water Ball Fights - 2nd St. by the West Branch Fire Station
2:00pm - 5:00pm - America’s Famine Relief Mission to Soviet Russia: A Centennial Symposium - Figge Auditorium - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Four scholars discuss the Russian Famine of 1922 and Herbert Hoover’s effort in providing relief.
2:30pm - 4:00pm - Live Music - Mike Johnston - Herb and Lou's
3:00pm - 4:00pm - Ulysses S Grant - first person interpretation by Pete Grady - National Park - Hoover Presidential Performance Area
4:30pm - 7:00pm - Fire Fighter's Beef Dinner - West Branch Fire Station
Proceeds benefit the West Branch Fire Department
6:00pm - 7:30pm - Hymn Sing and Pie and Ice Cream Social - West Branch Friends Church lawn, 116 N Downey St.
8:00pm - 12:00am - Live Music - Boot Jack Band - West Branch Fire Station
Proceeds benefit the West Branch Fire Department
9:30pm - 10:00pm - Fireworks - Cubby Park - 301 Scott Dr.

Sunday, August 7, 2022

8:00am - 10:00am - PTO Pancake Breakfast - Hoover Elementary School

Date: August 5 - 6, 2022

Location: Various Venues in West Branch, IA 52358.

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