2011 Colony Days Schedule

Friday

• Shop hours, Quilt walkabout, various downtown merchants

• 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Palmer Visitor Center and Museum

• 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday Fling, downtown pavilion area

• 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., Colony Days information booth and shirt sales, Friday Fling area

• 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Kids games, library parking lot and festival area

• 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Face painting and balloon animals in the library parking lot and festival area

• 11 a.m.-close, Outdoor Food Court, Friday Fling area

• 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Free Petting Zoo, library parking lot

• 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Live music at Friday Flings, library parking lot

• Noon-6 p.m., Face painting and balloon animals, library parking lot

• Noon-6 p.m., Sidewalk chalk art contest, Palmer Depot

• 5:30 p.m., Head honcho bed race, S. Valley Way and Elmwood Street.

• 6 p.m., Juried art show and auction, 250 E. Fireweed Ave. Tickets $25 available at Fireside Books and the UPS Store

• 6-8:30 p.m., DJ music from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, Main Street

• 6-8:30 p.m., Colony Days classic car rally and DJ, Main Street

• 6:30 p.m., Colony Days bed races, S. Valley Way and Elmwood St.

Saturday

• Shop hours, Quilt walkabout, various downtown merchants

• 9-11 a.m., Lions Club pancake breakfast, Salvation Army, 209 W. Evergreen Ave.

• 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Palmer Visitor’s Center and Museum open

• 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday Fling open air market and entertainment, downtown pavilion area

• 10 a.m.-close, Outdoor food court, Festival Area

• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Colony House Museum open house

• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Model train display, Palmer Depot

• 10 p.m. - 5 p.m., Dunk tank, Palmer pavilion area

• 10:30 a.m., Colony Days bed races finals, in front of the depot, on Alaska Street

• 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Colony Days information booth and shirt sales, Friday Fling area

• 11 a.m., Colony Days parade, downtown Palmer

• Noon-6 p.m., Kids games, face painting and balloon animals, library parking lot and festival area

• Noon-3 p.m., Mannequin head bowling, library parking lot

• Noon-6 p.m., Kids games, library parking lot

• Noon-6 p.m., Antique Power Club of Alaska display, Palmer Depot parking lot

• 1-2:30 p.m., Salmon Gone “Wild” Smoked Salmon Contest, Palmer Depot

• 12:30-1:30 p.m., Mat-Su Concert Band, Palmer Depot

• 12:30 p.m. Egg toss, Alaska St., front of Palmer Depot

• 12:30 p.m., Mooseberry Stampede Mountain Bike Race, Crevasse-Moraine Trailhead

• 1 to 3 p.m., Kids activities, library parking lot

• 12:30-1:30 p.m., Mat-Su Concert Band at the Palmer pavilion

• 1 p.m., Tractor pull by Antique Power Club of Alaska, S. Colony Way behind Just Sew

• 1-6 p.m., Free petting zoo, library parking lot

• 1-4 p.m., Free pictures with Santa and reindeer petting, Wells Fargo parking lot

• 1-5 p.m., Hay rides, Palmer Depot parking lot

• 2-4 p.m., Lady Bug release party and coloring contest, Palmer Agriculture and showcase gardens next to the Palmer Museum

• 2-5 p.m., Music by Lulu Small, Palmer pavilion

• 2 p.m., Kiwanis Moose Poop Paloosa drop, St. John’s Lutheran Church

• 2:45 p.m., Salmon Gone” Wild Smoked Salmon winners announced, Palmer Depot

• 6 p.m., Singsperation, Raven Hall, Alaska State Fairgrounds

Sunday

• Shop hours, Quilt walkabout, various downtown merchants

• 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Palmer Visitor Center and Museum open, Palmer Visitor Center

• 10 a.m.-close, Alaska Barbecue Association, Valley Barbecue Bash Contest, the quad area near library

• 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., Friday Fling open air market, downtown pavilion area

• 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., Kids games, library parking lot

• 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., Free petting zoo, library parking lot

• 11 a.m., Bill Mitchell Fun Run, Mat-Su Borough parking lot

• 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., Outdoor food court, Friday Fling area

• Noon-2 p.m., Air Force Band of the Pacific –The Greatlanders, the pavilion area

• Noon - 4 p.m., Colony Days blood drive, Friday Fling area

• 1 p.m., 76th Annual Colony Dinner, Palmer Elks Lodge, N. Barry Resort Dr.

• 4 p.m., Mat-Su Miners vs. Lake Erie at Hermon Brothers Field