Calendar of Events In The Village |
SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER
Sunday, March 29, 2009 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Enjoy a delicious spaghetti dinner at the Farmington American Legion and contribute to Dakota City's program all in one night! This event is hosted by the Dakota City Board of Directors.
Menu includes spaghetti (with or without meat), salad and dressing, bread and water. Listen to several musicians during the night
and put your name into a drawing for a number of great door prizes! Dakota
City board members and volunteers will be there to serve food and tell you more about Dakota City's 2009 programs and events.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children age 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the Dakota City office or call (651) 460-8050 for more information.
LADY JANE'S VICTORIAN TEA
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
Step back one hundred years and relax at an opulent luncheon as costumed waitresses serve tea and a delicious lunch are served.
Elegantly costumed hostesses will preside over tea at every table. Delight in refined Victorian entertainment as your host, Lady Jane,
leads the day's music and vignettes from 1900, featuring stories and inventions of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The event is held at the Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville.
Advanced tickets are required.
Tickets go on sale February 24th.
Call Dakota City Heritage Village at (651) 460-8050 for tickets or send checks to:
Dakota City Heritage Village
P.O. Box 73
Farmington, MN 55024
Tickets will be sent by mail after April 1.
Cost: $30.00 per person
SPRING FESTIVAL OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, May 2nd, and Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrate Dakota County agriculture at Dakota City Heritage Village at our second annual Spring Festival
Open House. Learn about 1940s farming as volunteers plant fields on the south end of the fairgrounds with 1940s farming equipment (weather permitting). View baby animals and learn about
Dakota City's and the fairgrounds' upcoming events in 2009. Tour the Village buildings and find out how people in a rural 1900 village prepared for the upcoming
year. View museum exhibits in Ahlberg Heritage Center.
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Capture the spirit of the past with Minnesota Whips & Wheels. The public is invited to view the sights and sounds of the past as horses pull vintage carriages
around Dakota City Heritage Village. A carriage display and educational presentation will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., along with a brief informative talk on vehicles from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. The carriage parade
through the village begins at 1 p.m.
For more information, contact Steve Crownover at (612) 759-4111 or visit www.mnwhipsandwheels.com.
Admission is FREE for the whole weekend!!
DAKOTA COUNTY FAIR
August 10th through the 16th, 2009
FAIR HIGHLIGHTS
Visit us during the 2009 Dakota County Fair! Enjoy one of the largest county fairs in the state.. . . food, animals, exhibits,
carnival and rides, art show, 4-H, grandstand shows, music, and the Village. Dakota City Heritage Village is located on the west
edge of the Fairgrounds. During fair week, all buildings are staffed with
costumed hosts and demonstrators and will interpret rural 1900 life in Dakota County.
Enjoy bands and performers at the Bandstand and in Village buildings throughout the Fair.
See threshing demonstrations on selected days. Watch out as a traveling gang robs the bank on Sunday. Stop in the
Barbershop where you can get the news NOT printed in the daily edition of the Dakota City Free Press. Time for a treat? The Drug
Store is the place for ice cream and root beer floats. Visit the
museum in Ahlberg Heritage Center to view new exhibits and learn about Dakota County's agricultural and social past.
Hungry? Sit down and relax in the cool climate
of the museum café with an old-fashioned hotdog on a bun, a pickle
on a stick, or other items on the menu.
Buildings are open 11 a.m. to dark each day during the Fair.
| Fair Admission: |
| Adults: |
$3.00 |
| Seniors (60+): |
$2.00 |
| Children (12 and under): |
$2.00 |
| Parking: |
$5.00 |
SOUTHERN CRUZERS SUMMER SPECTACULAR CAR SHOW
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Dakota City Heritage Village will be open for a pancake breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
in conjunction with the Southern Cruzers car and craft show. Enjoy your pancake breakfast in Ahlberg Heritage Center
and then tour hundreds of cars and over 100 craft
booths on display.
Tickets for the breakfast are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children.
GRAND HISTORY DAYS
October 15, 16, 17, 2009
The village is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. all three days.
Grand History Days provides an opportunity to bring children of all ages to experience
activities of the past in our Village through hands-on demonstrations. There are activities at fifteen
different stations that include shelling corn, making a cornhusk doll, learning embroidery, grinding coffee, and
playing old-fashioned games!
Adults can enjoy showing children how things were done in the past or learn
themselves from costumed demonstrators.
Don't forget to stop in the Museum and enjoy our new exhibits. This event is particularly appropriate
for grade-school-age children.
Admission: $5.00 a person, (3 years and older). 3 and under - FREE
VILLAGE HOLIDAYS
Saturdays, December 5th & 12th, 2009 Hours: 11 am to 7 pm
Sundays, December 6th & 13th, 2009 Hours: 11 am to 7 pm
- Draft horses draw trolleys and give visitors a ride around the village
with a costumed guide.
- Our Victorian Santa tours the Village giving candy to the
children.
- Visit the Variety Store and Confectionary for gifts and Abdallah's candy.
- Holiday activities: Cooking and needlecrafts in the Harris
House, ethnic displays and activities in the Depot, Christmas pageant in the School,
ethnic Christmas tree decorated in the Village Hall.
- Choirs and individuals provide holiday music in the Church.
- Children can string popcorn and try their hand at other crafts
in the Library.
- Get your copy of the Dakota City Free Press and read the news of the
day.
Spend a leisurely pre-holiday outing with us. Hot food and other refreshments
are available in our Drugstore.
Admission: $6.00 per person 13 years and up, $3.00 per child 3 to 12 years
of age. Children under 3 years of age are free.
