The City of Morrison Parks and Recreation Department is planning the first annual Summer Extravaganza on Saturday, July 30 from 12-8 p.m. at the Morrison Sports Complex, located just east of Morrison at Route 30 and Bishop Road.
This one-day event is going to be filled with fun activities and events for all ages! There will be free kids’ activities which include an obstacle course, human soccer balls, and bounce houses (free will donation will be taken to offset expenses), a kids’ bean bag tournament, face painting, concessions, an ice cream eating contest sponsored by Happy Joe’s of Morrison, and more!
Adult activities include a bean bag tournament, a blind draw volleyball tournament and a beer garden (cost of admission to beer garden is $5). The cost of the bags and volleyball tournaments are $25/each or $40 for entry to both. Entry fee for the tournaments includes a $5 meal ticket and entry to the beer garden. Half of the entry fees will go towards prize money for the tournaments. There will also be food eating contests, including a Monster Thick Burger Eating Contest, sponsored by Hardee’s of Morrison, an ice cream eating contest sponsored by Happy Joe’s of Morrison, a hot dog eating contest sponsored by Dairy Queen of Morrison, and a Blazin’ Wings Challenge, sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings of Sterling. For all food eating contests, please go to the respective restaurants to sign up.
We are also excited to announce that the hometown favorite band 30 West will be performing from 4-8 p.m. with fireworks to follow at approximately 9:30 p.m.
A preliminary schedule of events is as follows:
- 12:00 p.m.: Gates Open
- 2:00 p.m.: Monster Thick Burger Eating Contest sponsored by Hardee’s
- 4:00 p.m.: Blazin’ Wings Challenge sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings in Sterling
- 6:00 p.m.: Hot Dog Eating Contest sponsored by Dairy Queen
- 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.: Live Music! – 30 West
- Ice Cream Eating Contests throughout the day
- Approximately 9:30 p.m.: Fireworks (Weather Permitting)
More information including event sponsors will be shared soon. To learn more about the event, please contact the city of Morrison at (815) 772-7657.