Thursday, July 4

Grand Old Fourth

10:45 a.m. 31st Annual Mini Piggy Fun Run

11:00 a.m. Independence Day Parade—Main Street

Bandshell Stage Entertainment 1:00-10:00 p.m.

1:00-1:30 Rochester Caledonian Pipe Band

1:30-2:00 Opening Ceremony/Flag Raising

2:00-3:00 The Alley Katz Band

3:30-5:00 The Austin Big Band

5:15-6:15 Austin High School - Jazz & Mariachi Bands

6:30-8:00 Austin Community Band

8:00-8:30 Announcements

Fireworks Raffle Drawings

8:30-10:00 Austin Symphony Orchestra

Dusk Giant Fireworks Display

Wednesday, July 3 Friday, July 5

Town & Country Day

in the Park Bandshell Community Park

12:00-8:00 p.m.

Family Country Fun for Everyone!

Arts and Craft Show along path

Farm Tractor Show Free activities for kids all day

Saturday, July 6

Morning Lions Fly-In Breakfast

7 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday, July 7- Austin Airport

25 Mile Dan Ulwelling BIKE RACE

Registration Time 11 a.m. Start Time 12 Noon July 6 Jay C Hormel Nature Center

Registration fee: $12 by June 14; $15 after!

Jaycees Street Dance 8:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. “Amish Playboyz” “Seeds” on stage Alternating sets (inside and out)

$5 Cover charge; tickets at the door

Mower County Veterans Present

BINGO! Bandshell Community Park Pavilion

Thursday July 4th, 2:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.

Friday July 5th, 2:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.

License # 00087

REGSTRATION TIME: 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

WALK STARTING TIME: 4:00 p.m.

ENTRY FEE: $8.00 (includes T-shirt) by June 22;

$10.00 day of walk.

(Due to limited quanities we cannot guarantee t-shirts to walk day registration partici-

pants. T-shirt guaranteed / distributed at a later date.)

REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE AT THE AUSTIN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Sunday, July 7 BAGS TOURNEY

Playing starts at 2:00 p.m. Registration Time 1:00 p.m.

North of the Bandshell

$10pp - Bring your own partner. Call Shelley for more details 440-0961

Fireworks soundtrack produced by Imagery Sound

FREE PARKING - BOTH DAYS

Free Ice Cream Social 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. July 4 Westminster Presbyterian Church

Kids Fishing Contest 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 6

$2 entry fee — Prizes for All

$50 First Place —Ages 15 & under

Registration on site beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Hog Jog 5-Mile Run

8:00 A.M. Saturday, July 6 Pre-register at the YMCA

Race Day Registration 6:45-7:30 a.m. at race site Register on-line at www.active.com/running/austin-mn/31st-annual-hog-jog-5-

mile-run-2013or race form at www.ymca-austin.org

Sporting Activities

Overby Orthodontics Presents

Miss Sparkler / Mr. Firecracker Pageant Paramount Theatre Stage 3:30 p.m.

Open to girls and boys ages 5-8. A fun, lighthearted event! Dress your

Little Sparklers and Firecrackers in patriotic clothing and we will chat

with them on center court stage.

Registration forms available at the Chamber Office, YMCA, Overby

Orthodontics office or facebook.com/Little Miss Sparkler or

www.austincoc.com.

Farm Animals Cow Milking

BEAN BAG

TOSSERS

Friday, July 5

Kids Tractor Pull Kids “Corn Box” Photo Props

Bandshell Stage Entertainment 12:00 - 12:45 The Toonies “Family Fun Show”

1:00 - 1:30 Jane Taylor Academy of Dance

1:45 - 2:15 Bridget’s Dance Conservatory

2:30 - 3:15 The Toonies “Fabulous 50’s Family Fun Show”

3:30 - 5:00 The Bissen Family Band

6:00 - 8:00 D.C. Music’s -

Hot Air Tethered Balloon Rides

$10 - Taking Place at the bottom of

Skinners Hill 6:30p.m.

Dylan Kaercher’s ENCHANTERTAINMENT

5:00-6:00

“Off Stage”

FIRE DEPARTMENT WATER WARS

9th Place SW 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Departments from the surrounding area

will battle the barrel to see who is the best;

make sure you are there to witness the fun!

Afterwards kids will have an opportunity to

give it a try; so bring your cameras. Brought to you by your Austin Fire Department Members.

Neil Diamond

Marilyn Monroe

Ritchie Valens

The Big B

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Budd

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Tina Turner

Sonny & Cher

Elvis Presley

Austin Eagles Club

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS

Diamond Ridge Printing

Hormel

Foundation

Austin Area Chamber of Commerce

“100 Club”

PRE-EVENT

Celebrating

Community & Country!

ABC 6 News

A.C.S.-Jack Underwood

American Legion Post #91

Anderson Austin Memorials, Inc.

Apold Music

Apollo Liquor/Superette

Arby’s

Arizona Cleaning Company

Austin Auto Value

Austin Builders Supply, Inc.

Austin Country Club

Austin Morning Lions

Austin Noon Lions

Austin Oral Surgery

Austin Power & Sport

B&J Bar & Grill

Baudler, Baudler, Maus & Blahnik

Bell Liquor, LLC

Belles & Beaus

Bollingberg Chiropractic

Brick Furniture

Bursch Travel, Inc.

Carney Auto Salvage

Casey’s General Store

Cedar’s of Austin, The

Cedar Valley Services, Inc.

Clasen-Jordan Mortuary

CliftonLarsonAllen

Donker’s Hometown Appliances

Early Riser’s Kiwanis

Edward Jones—Greg Bird, Thad

Kusick, Ryan Pennington

Evan Larson, Attorney at Law

Farm Bureau Financial Services —

Darrell Ingvaldson Agency

Farmers & Merchants State Bank

Farmers Insurance-Tom Gillard

Fast Income Tax, Inc.

Freedom Value Center

Fuhrman Real Estate

Games People Play

Gary Groh Construction, LLC

Godfather’s Pizza

Greenman Heating, Refrigeration

& Fireplace Design

Harty Mechanical, Inc.

Heartman Insurance

Hill, Larson, Walth & Benda, PA

Hometown Broadcasting-Power 96

Hoversten, Johnson, Beckman

& Hovey, LLP

IBI Data

International Paper, Inc.

Kestner Electric, Inc.

Kiker Bros., Inc.

King Maintenance, Inc.

Knights of Columbus

Kuehn Motor Company

Mayer Funeral Home

Medgaarden’s South West Sales

Medicap Pharmacy

Midwest Diesel Sales & Service

MJ O’Connor, Inc.

Motor Inn Honda-Mike Schuster

Noon Kiwanis

Overby Orthodontics

Papa Murphy’s Pizza

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Piggy Blues Bar-B-Que, Inc.

Potach & Mitchell Dental Clinic

Pro-Build

Quick Care - Dr. Shaffer

Re/Max Results

Rent ‘n Save

Richardson Law Office

Robert’s Specialty Company

Rydjor Bike Shop

Schieck Dental

Schmitt Family Dentistry, LLC

Sears - HomeTown Store; Austin

SEMA Equipment, Inc. Simplified Technology Solutions,LLC

Smyth Companies, Inc.

South Main Auto Service

Steichen Real Estate

Sterling Beauty Salon

Sterling State Bank

Steve’s Pizza

Super Fresh Produce & Bakery

Tech Tool & Manufacturing

Trimble’s Cycle Center

Usem’s, Inc.

US Bank

VFW Post 1216

Viking Glass & Lock, Inc.

Wagner Construction Co., Inc.

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS

Support Your

Festival! Fireworks

Raffle Tickets $5 Win a $500 Great GetAway Certificate,

$300 Freedom Gas Card, Holland Gas Grill,

Plus, you get over $34 in retail coupons!

Freedom Fest Apparel Available at the Chamber, 329 North Main

& at the Festival Information Booth and Games People Play.

July 3rd—July 7th, 2013

Presented by The Austin Area Chamber of Commerce

28th

Annual

Hormel Historic Home Free Concert in the Garden

Music provided by the Community Jazz Band. Starts at 7:00p.m.

Monday, July 1

Greg Meyer

State Farm

Facebook.com/Freedomfest

Freedom Fest is organized by the

Austin Area Chamber of Commerce.

For event registration or further information contact the

Chamber, 329 N. Main, Austin MN. Ph. 507-437-4561.

www.austincoc.com

Golden Duck Treasure Hunt

June 24-July 1, 2013 Listen for daily clues on KAUS 1480 AM