FREE Route 66 Blue Hippo Festival - MetroFamily Magazine
MetroFamily Magazine

Where OKC parents find fun & resources

Back to Calendar

FREE Route 66 Blue Hippo Festival

FREE Route 66 Blue Hippo Festival

Date/Time

June 15, 2024 to June 15, 2024
10:00 AM until 04:00 PM

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s)

Description

The Route 66 Blue Hippo Festival is themed around Edmond’s Route 66 novelty, the Blue Hippo. Family-friendly activities, performances, artists and all things blue will be held at Stephenson Park and in the Edmond History Museum. In addition to carnival-style activities, visitors can win prizes by participating in hippo and Route 66 Trivia throughout the park. Compete in Hot Wheels races, Hungry Hippo battles, view blue classic cars or purchase one of the hippo art pieces being created live during the festival.

Performance Schedule:

Musicians at the Pavilion:

  • 10:00   Katie Bradford, blues
  • 11:15 Kyle Dillingham, bluegrass
  • 12:45   Kentucky Daisy Band, bluegrass
  • 2:30     Jimmy Dale Richardson’s 1950s/60s Band & Dancers, rock-n-roll

Circus Performances on the Grassy Lawn:

  • 11:00   Chelsea Park, Hooplahoma/Inspyral Circus
  • 1:30     Troy Scott, Outstanding Shows

Live Art Demonstrations at the Veteran Bricks:

  • 11:00   Jay Tracy, painter
  • 12:00   Britt Bachmann, illustrator
  • 1:00     Aud Hamby, painter
  • 2:00     Forrest McKinley, cartoonist
  • 3:00     MaryAnn Walls, painter

Location

Edmond History Museum & Stephenson Park
431 S. Boulevard,
Edmond, 73034, OK , US
View map

Additional Information

Cost

FREE

Ages

All ages welcome

more stories