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Upcoming Events in Ashland Nebraska


March

31 Easter Carnival - Games, contests, bake sale, egg hunt, carnival.

1pm-3pm is the Easter Carnival

3pm is the Easter Egg Hunt

Address: Ashland-Greenwood Highschool Auditorium , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2050 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.ashland-ne.com

April

6 - 7NE0318001e008 - Ashland Ashland American Legion Gun Show - Over 90 tables of guns, knives, western and military memorabilia, ammo, reloading equipment, accessories and more. Food and Drinks available.
Ashland American Legion Post 129. Two Buildings.
ADMISSION - Gets you into both buildings

Ashland American Legion
1541 Silver Street
Ashland, NE 68003

and

Yutan Veterans Country Club
1581 Yutan Road
Yutan, NE 68073

Saturday, 9-5
Sunday, 9-4

Address: Ashland NE American Legion 2 Buildings, 1541 Silver Street , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-680-6277 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: dusty@bestorq.com
Fee: $5 per person gets you in to both buildings, 12 and under are free

27 - 28 Platte River Art Show - View some of the finest art in the country at what has become "The Most Prestigious Art Show on the River". Saturday from 10a.m. - 7p.m., Sunday from 10a.m.- 4p.m.

Address: Mahoney State Park, I-80, Exit 426 , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2523 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: calendar.outdoornebraska.gov/event/
Fee: Park entry permit required.

May

20 Annual Car Show Benefit (for R.O.C.) - Start Time: 9:00 AM

Check-in at 9am. Show starts at 12pm. Trophies at 4pm.

Address: At No-Frills Parking lot at 23rd and Silver , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2557 (Always call and confirm events)

18 Armed Forces Day - Third Saturday - Celebrate Armed Forces Day at the Strategic Air & Space Museum. We will also be celebrating anniversary of the Museum's original dedication. 9am to 5pm.

RARE OPPORTUNITY: For this special occasion, Museum officials have agreed to open the "grandfather" of the Museum, the B-36, for a rare hands-on experience for SASM Members.

Address: SAC Museum, I-80, Exit 426 , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-3100 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: wlanik@strategicairandspace.com
Web: www.sasmuseum.com
Fee: $8.50 for adults, $4.00 for children, $7.00 seniors

July

4 Fourth of July - Fireworks display. 8:30 to 10 PM.

Address: Memorial Football Field , Ashland, Nebraska
Web: www.historicashland.com

12 - 14 Stir-Up Days - Stir Up Days is Ashland's single largest community event. There will be a wide variety of fun activities including a parade, children's games and activities, car show and a street dance with live music.

Address: 14th & Silver Sts , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2111 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.ashland-ne.com
Fee: Free

September

17 Ranch Rodeo - Team sorting, team trailering, stampede race, wild mule race, barrell racing, wagon rides and Lil' Buckaroo event for ages 7-10. 7pm.

Address: Rodeo grounds , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2617 (Always call and confirm events)
Fee: Free

7NE0318001e015 - Ashland Moonshell Storytelling Festival - Nebraska StoryArts presents the annual Moonshell Storytelling Festival with four outstanding national and regional storytellers who will take part in a daylong celebration to preserve the art of storytelling. 10:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.

The festival will offer storytelling concerts geared toward families and will conclude with ghost stories in the evening. Back by popular demand, the festival also will feature story swaps tellers of all ages and storytelling workshops for the whole family. All storytelling performances are free with a $4 park admission. Workshop admission is charged. It's a great family event.

Storytelling workshops, for people interested in learning more about how to tell a good story, are back by popular demand. Workshops will be offered by Syd Lieberman - Take Two Stories and Call Me in the Morning: the Healing Power of Story - and Michael McCarty - Bringing Storybooks to Life. The workshops are $40 and will be held in a conference room in the main lodge.

Address: Mahoney State Park, 28500 W Park Hwy Exit 426, I-80 , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-551-4532 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: contactus@nebraskastoryarts.org
Web: www.nebraskastoryarts.org/
Fee: Free with $4 park admission

October

21 - 22 Autumn Harvest Art Show - A fine arts celebration featuring wildlife, landscape, still life, impressionistic, southwest and western paintings in a variety of mediums. Bronze sculpture, wood carving, metal sculpture and photography. Many artists from many states. "The Most Prestigious Art Show on the River!"

Address: Mahoney State Park, I-80, Exit 426 , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2523 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: nebraskastateparks.reserveamerica.com
Fee: Park entry permit required.

4 Holiday Craft Show and Old West Show - A wide range of crafts, & jewelry, free face painting, all regular fall/winter activities. Come and find that perfect gift item for the Holidays!

Address: Peter Kiewit Lodge, Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, 28500 W. Park Hwy , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2523 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: nebraskastateparks.reserveamerica.com
Fee: Park entry permit required

11 - 12 Ashland Fall Festival and Quilt Tour - Quilt displays at various centers with lunches, crafts, and demonstrations - 10:00 to 2:00 PM. Craft Boutique. World Market. Rummage and Bake Sales.

Ph: 402-944-2050 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.historicashland.com

12 Freaky Frolics - Safe Halloween fun for kids 10 years and under, including games and contests, costume judging, craft raffle, bake sale. 7pm to 8:30pm. $0.25 for games.

Address: Ashland/Greenwood Highschool Auditorium , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2050 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.historicashland.com

December

7 Home Town Christmas - Merchants dress in costumes, lighting ceremony, Santa's arrival, roasting chestnuts, soup supper, strolling carolers, horse drawn wagon rides. 9 AM - 7 PM.

Address: Main Street , Ashland, Nebraska
Ph: 402-944-2050 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.ashland-ne.com

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Quarry Oaks Golf Course

Opened in September 1996 on the site of an old limestone quarry, this 18-hole, championship course is considered the state's most beautiful and challenging course. Carved out of a forest, the 7,000-yard layout, with steep, sloping fairways, uses a quarry as a water hazard.

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Ashland, NE Recreation

Carnegie Library - NHR

Constructed in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the library is a good example of the Jacobethan Revival style. It was designed by the architectural firm of Fisher and Lawrie of Omaha. Funding to build the library was provided by Andrew

Ashland, NE Carnegie Libraries

First Christian Church (DOC)

L.C. Barrow and D. R. Dungan, prominent evangelists of the early 1880's, were instrumental in establishing the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Ashland, Nebraska. This little band of Christians met in different homes or other availbale places until 1884

Ashland, NE Churches


Willow Point Gallery

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Ashland, NE Arts

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Ryan Hill Country Club

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