The VERY BEST way to start your summer!
Join us with John Resch & Doggin' Out playing the blues across the genres, but especially West Coast Swing and Chicago Electric Blues.
Recent winners of the Iowa Blues Challenge, a competition open to blues bands from across the state, they will represent Iowa at the Blues Foundation’s annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. They have also been selected for induction into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame for 2025
Tri-M BBQ food truck at 5:30. Music at 6:00. Free admission. Family-friendly. Bring lawn chairs. From 4:00-9:30 PM, Main Street will be closed between Make A Splash and Smiles on Main.
FEATURED SPONSOR: Optimist Club of Maquoketa offering root beer floats for a freewill donation to benefit the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital
Sound by Bub Johannes.
Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride.
Supported by a 2025 Walmart Spark Good Local Grant through Maquoketa's Walmart. Supported by a 2025 Mini-grant from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association, and grants from Black Hills Energy, Maquoketa Community Services, Casey's, Kwik Trip | Kwik Star. And our generous sponsors: Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Nemmers Realty, Optimist Club of Maquoketa, Mitchell-Maskrey/Maquoketa Feeds
With continuing assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2025-05-01 20:00:00 -0500
Thrilled to bring you Wonderful Smiths, an Eastern Iowa/Cedar Rapids based band playing rock and roll, soul, gritty blues and pop originals and covers.
"Farm to table Soul n' Roll. Original. Locally sourced. Direct to you." So you KNOW it's gonna be good!
Tri-M BBQ food truck at 5:30. Music at 6:00. Free admission. Family-friendly. Bring lawn chairs. From 4:00-9:30 PM, Main Street will be closed between Make A Splash and Smiles on Main.
FEATURED SPONSOR: TBA
Sound by ACE Radio & TV.
Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride.
Supported by a 2025 Walmart Spark Good Local Grant through Maquoketa's Walmart. Supported by a 2025 Mini-grant from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association, and grants from Black Hills Energy, Maquoketa Community Services, Casey's, Kwik Trip | Kwik Star. And our generous sponsors: Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Nemmers Realty, Optimist Club of Maquoketa, Mitchell-Maskrey/Maquoketa Feeds
With continuing assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2025-05-01 20:00:00 -0500
Ready for some dust-kickin', fast-pickin', bluegrass and oldtime music? Well, we've got you covered with Slapdash Bluegrass from Decorah, Iowa but playing all over the Midwest.
VERSUS food truck & Cindy's Tropical Shaved Ice at 5:30. Music at 6:00. Free admission. Family-friendly. Bring lawn chairs. From 4:00-9:30 PM, Main Street will be closed between Make A Splash and Smiles on Main.
Sound by Bub Johannes.
Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride.
Supported by a 2025 Walmart Spark Good Local Grant through Maquoketa's Walmart. Supported by a 2025 Mini-grant from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association, and grants from Black Hills Energy, Maquoketa Community Services, Casey's, Kwik Trip | Kwik Star. And our generous sponsors: Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Nemmers Realty, Optimist Club of Maquoketa, Mitchell-Maskrey/Maquoketa Feeds
With continuing assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2025-05-01 20:00:00 -0500
Super excited to welcome back Crooked Cactus Band from the Quad Cities!!
Crooked Cactus Band AKA Los Nopales Chuecos play Latin and Classic Rock, and if you're not up on your feet dancing, you're doing your best chair-dance.
Recognized by the Quad City Times Best of 2024 -- #1 Best Live Entertainment/Band (and you get to see them for no admission charge!)
Pulido's Tacos food truck & Cindy's Tropical Shaved Ice at 5:30. Music at 6:00. Free admission. Family-friendly. Bring lawn chairs. From 4:00-9:30 PM, Main Street will be closed between Make A Splash and Smiles on Main.
Sound by Bub Johannes.
Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride.
Supported by a 2025 Walmart Spark Good Local Grant through Maquoketa's Walmart. Supported by a 2025 Mini-grant from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association, and grants from Black Hills Energy, Maquoketa Community Services, Casey's, Kwik Trip | Kwik Star. And our generous sponsors: Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Nemmers Realty, Optimist Club of Maquoketa, Mitchell-Maskrey/Maquoketa Feeds
With continuing assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2025-05-01 08:00:00 -0500
We are so excited to welcome back The Rush Cleveland Trio -- "Nothing but the Blues" served up with heaping helpings of heart and soul. It doesn't get better than this.
Rush Cleveland, the elder stateman of Iowa blues (in the words of Little Village Magazine), "mixes the blues, rock and country into a rugged, sweaty background for his tube-screaming guitar work and gravelly vocals". Inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame in 2023. The band won the band division of the Iowa Blues Challenge, sending them on to of the International Blues Challenge 2024.
Corner Stop food truck & Cindy's Tropical Shaved Ice at 5:30. Music at 6:00. Free admission. Family-friendly. Bring lawn chairs. From 4:00-9:30 PM, Main Street will be closed between Make A Splash and Smiles on Main.
Sound by ACE Radio & TV.
Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride.
Supported by a 2025 Walmart Spark Good Local Grant through Maquoketa's Walmart. Supported by a 2025 Mini-grant from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association, and grants from Black Hills Energy, Maquoketa Community Services, Casey's, Kwik Trip | Kwik Star. And our generous sponsors: Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Nemmers Realty, Optimist Club of Maquoketa, Mitchell-Maskrey/Maquoketa Feeds
With continuing assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2025-05-01 20:00:00 -0500
Driving country and southern rock from Bellevue's own 50 Pound Rooster.
Now THERE's a good time!
Tri-M BBQ food truck at 5:30. Music at 6:00. Free admission. Family-friendly. Bring lawn chairs. From 4:00-9:30 PM, Main Street will be closed between Make A Splash and Smiles on Main.
FEATURED SPONSOR: Maquoketa Rotary Club offering root beer floats for a freewill donation
Sound by ACE Radio & TV.
Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride.
Supported by a 2025 Walmart Spark Good Local Grant through Maquoketa's Walmart. Supported by a 2025 Mini-grant from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association, and grants from Black Hills Energy, Maquoketa Community Services, Casey's, Kwik Trip | Kwik Star. And our generous sponsors: Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Nemmers Realty, Optimist Club of Maquoketa, Mitchell-Maskrey/Maquoketa Feeds
With continuing assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2025-05-01 20:00:00 -0500