Looking for something free and fun and hotdish-y to do this weekend? Look no further than East Grand Forks Heritage Days, which will take place at Heritage Village in East Grand Forks, Minnesota on August 7-10, 2025. Admission is free; children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Heritage Village is located at 219 20th Street NE.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

6pm-9pm: Parade through downtown East Grand Forks

Friday, August 8, 2025

5pm-7:30pm: Car Show
6pm-8pm: Classic Swing Band

Saturday, August 9, 2025

7-9:30am: Breakfast (Beier Building) Free will donation
10am: Welcome and Opening Ceremony (bandstand)
10am-4pm: Demonstrations on the grounds (see below)
11am–1 pm: Horse drawn hayrides by Point Paradise Stables
11am-1pm: Hotdish contest (bandstand)
1-3pm: Kids Games by the School House
1–4pm: Bandstand entertainment

Sunday, August 10, 2025

10am–11am: Ecumenical Church Service (bandstand) Pastor Deb Hanson
Sunday dinner with all the fixings after church (Beier Building)
12pm-4pm: Demonstrations on the grounds
12pm-5pm Northern Pullers Tractor Pull (east field)
12pm-4:pm pm bandstand entertainment

Things to See and Do

Max Campbell Sawmill (2 whistles means the sawmill is starting up), Broom Making with Wendell Landon and the Honor Flight under the A and W wave awning, Antique Tractors and Machinery on display, Fram Steamboat Boiler Exhibit, Vernon Johnson farmstead and downtown East Grand Forks dioramas (Maury building), machines and tools from the past (Maury building) Memorial Garden (flag pole), Sherlock House, Victory

Garden next to the Sherlock House, Sons of Norway Viking Ship Exhibit, Busy Beaver Wood Carver’s Pioneer Float, Blacksmith Shop (Rick Hagen will be teaching about the blacksmith trade), Print Shop (John Schaffer will be teaching about the printing trade in the Village Square), Military History Room (Village Square), Historical artifacts on display (Village Square, Hagen and Beier Buildings), Area Historical Records (Sullivan

Town Hall), School House, Nesbit 1871 homestead log cabin, barn and granary, Nancy Vraa will be Knitting and Spinning (Nisbet log cabin), Hanson-Maves General Store, JoAnna Stinar will have friendly sheep and emu (by the Amundson Barn on Saturday morning), Planet Walk (behind the Amundson bldg.), Dakota Science Center youth activities (Amundson Building Sat 10am-2pm Sun 1-3pm).

Concessions

Ice Cream Parlor in the Sullivan Town Hall
Mendenhall Presbyterian Church homemade treats and sandwiches in the basement of the Granville Church
Hanson-Maves General Store (soda, candy, popcorn, pretzels, toys and other things for sale)

Have fun!