Tug Fest Iowa

05/25/2026

🇺🇸 Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸

Today, we honor and remember the brave men and women who made the sacrifice and had the courage, dedication, and selflessness, they will never be forgotten!

We also thank all of our active-duty military members and veterans for your service, commitment and sacrifices.

Wishing everyone a safe and meaningful Memorial Day as we remember our heroes and spend time with family and friends.

-Your TugFest Family

05/20/2026

It’s that time of year! We are looking for individual or group volunteers! Check out our links to see what time slots are open!

Beverage Tent Volunteers
https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/5080A4EABAE2BAAF58-64018433-2026?useFullSite=false

Gate Volunteers
https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/5080A4EABAE2BAAF58-64018516-2026?useFullSite=false

Student Service Learning
https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/5080A4EABAE2BAAF58-64018442-2026?useFullSite=false

05/13/2026

If you are interested in learning the ropes this year to take over our parade next year, send Kari an email! [email protected]

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there! 💐

Today we celebrate YOU and all the love, support, and memories you create every day. 🌸

Happy Mother’s Day from your TugFest family!

05/09/2026

Thank you to everyone that stopped out at our Fareway Cookout today! All the proceeds will be going towards our firework show on August 14!

🎉Congratulations to our two winners! 🎉
⭐️ Jenn Milller
⭐️ Kathy Schickling

Kari will be reaching out to both of you!

05/09/2026

🥁 DRUM ROLL PLEASE 🥁

Our 2026 theme is finally here! We will have a circus theme with it saying The Greatest Pull on Earth!

Thank you Lisa for your great idea!!

05/09/2026

We are at Fareway Stores LeClaire right now until 1pm! Come grab some lunch and get a FREE wristband for 2026 TugFest!

AND…. We have a picture of our new theme logo this year! Thank you Lisa O'Connor, you are the winner from this years theme idea! Make sure you stop on down at Fareway and grab your winnings! Lisa won 2 weekend wristbands, 2 koozies and a TugFest shirt!

🎟️ With your food purchase today, you’ll receive a FREE Saturday wristband to get into the gates at our 2026 TugFest!

AND there’s EVEN MORE!!

🎉 You’ll be entered into a drawing with 2 lucky winners! Each winner will receive:
• A TugFest koozie
• A TugFest shirt
• 2 WEEKEND wristbands (good for BOTH Friday & Saturday!)

Come grab some great food, support a great cause, and score some awesome TugFest perks! We can’t wait to see you there!

05/08/2026

GOING ON TOMORROW (SATURDAY, MAY 9)!!

🎟️ With your food purchase, you’ll receive a FREE Saturday wristband to get into the gates at our 2026 TugFest!

AND there’s EVEN MORE!!

🎉 You’ll be entered into a drawing with 2 lucky winners! Each winner will receive:
• A TugFest koozie
• A TugFest shirt
• 2 WEEKEND wristbands (good for BOTH Friday & Saturday!)
Come grab some great food, support a great cause, and score some awesome TugFest perks! We can’t wait to see you there!

🔥 MOM APPROVED COOKOUT CREW 🔥

We’re firing up the grill this weekend at YOUR LeClaire Fareway and proudly supporting TugFest! 🇺🇸🌽

🗓 Saturday⏰ 11 AM – 1 PM

Come out, grab some great food, and help support an awesome local tradition! 🌭🍔

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉We’re giving away 2 FREE meal deals at the cookout!

👉 To enter:👍 Like this post🔄 Share this post

That’s it! Winners will be contacted directly on Facebook by the store. Reminder we will never ask you to click any links to accept your prize.

Bring your appetite and your TugFest spirit — we’ll see you there! 💪🔥

09/24/2025

Our festival was here and we blinked and it was done! We can never thank EVERYONE enough, so thank you!

We had a new layout this year due to having to move our tug pit and we’d like to hear YOUR INPUT on things! Tell us what you loved this year and let us know something you’d like to see different!

We have heard a few people on their inputs, but just remember, it was a totally different layout this year and we can only get your info and try to better it next year! Everyone starts off with hoping everything works out the first round, but we all know there’s going to be things to fix to help make things run smoothly!

Some ideas:
💡 seating for the tug
💡 kids tug
💡 band stage location
💡 could you hear the music everywhere
💡 parade
💡 carnival
💡 bingo
💡 bags tournament
💡 food and non food vendors

09/23/2025

Who knew that we had another published author on Team Iowa???????? Our friend Jennifer Collins has been one of our tuggers for MANY years and has now added Author to her resume. We are super proud of her and hope you all get the chance to stop by Aunt Hatties this Saturday from Noon to 1:30 PM for her book signing. Its not too early to think about snagging a signed copy of her book for the little person on your shopping list! Congrats Jen!!!