Tourist Information

JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUGUST
SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER

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  • Carpenter Nature Center - For preschool through adult program dates and times visit www.carpenternaturecenter.org.
  • Ladies Night Out - Third Thursday of the month at the Busted Nut, 118 2nd St. E.  from 5 - 11 PM 
  • LeDuc Historic Estate Events - www.dakotahistory.org
  • Treasure Island Resort & Casino -  Call 1-800-222-7077 or visit www.treasureislandcasino.com.
  • Afton House Inn & Cruise Line present the LAFF BOAT
    Selected Fridays throughout the summer. Boarding at 6:30 with departure 7 PM - 10 PM Reservations required 651.436.8883 or online at www.aftonhouseinn.com.


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  • Hastings Downtown Saturday Night Historic Cruise Ins -  June 13 & 27, 2009. Cruise-ins are held every other weekend from 5 pm. - 10 pm. on 2nd Street East in Downtown Hastings. Saturday Night Cruise-ins are open to all cars 1976 and older. There will be sponsor giveaways, special nightly vendors and more. This free event is a great time to see classics, muscle cars, hot rods, custom and restored cars. For more information, call (651) 437-4400 or visit www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com.  
  • Hastings Music Festival, June 14, 2009, 1 - 8 p.m
    Little Log House, Hwy. 61 & 220th St E.     Music, food and family fun. 2000 tickets will be available for $8.00 in advance or $10.00 at the door. Tickets and Hastings Music Festival Logo t-shirts $10.00 each are available at Hastings Family Service. Features: Six Local bands & silent auction. Proceeds to support HFS.


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  • Fireworks - July 4, 2009
    Sponsored by Vermillion State Bank
    Hastings Country Club
    2015 Westview Drive, Hastings
  • 4th of July Celebration - July 4, 2009
    Lake Isabel Park - 2nd Street
    Flea market starts at 9 a.m. Opening statements by Mayor Hicks and Council member Alongi start at 10 a.m. Food, games, entertainment, bake sale , flea market, and raffle. Entertainment around 11 a.m. Fire Department equipment demonstration.
  • Saturday Night Historic Cruise Ins - July 11 & 25, 2009. Cruise-ins are held every other weekend from 5 pm. - 10 pm. on 2nd Street East in Downtown Hastings. Saturday Night Cruise-ins are open to all cars 1976 and older. There will be sponsor giveaways, special nightly vendors and more. This free event is a great time to see classics, muscle cars, hot rods, custom and restored cars. For more information, call (651) 437-4400 or visit www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com.
  • Rivertown Days - July 17 - 19, 2009 
    Local festival coordinated by the Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce. Music, games, grand parade, water ski shows, Dock Dogs, police canine demonstrations, power boat races, carnival, arts and crafts fair, flea market, fireworks display and much more. For a complete listing of events visit www.hastingsmn.org/rivertownday.htm. 
  • Little Log House Antique Power Show - July 24 - 26, 2009 Tour the famous one-of-a-kind replica of the Hastings Spiral Bridge , Restored Pioneer Village and Antique Show. Music fest, parade, flea market, church service, children's barnyard, food, refreshments, living history demonstrations, Truck and Tractor Pulls and Re-enactments by Cannon Old West Society and more. Six miles south of Hastings on Hwy. 61, one mile east on 220th St. For more information call (651) 437-2693 or visit www.littleloghouseshow.com.

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AUGUST 2009

  • Sunday Summer Free Concerts 2009 - Aug. 2, 9, 16 & 23 LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion Street. Concerts begin at 7:00 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and blankets - no seating provided. Pie and ice cream available.
  • Saturday Night Historic Cruise Ins - August 8 & 22, 2009. Cruise-ins are held every other weekend from 5 pm. - 10 pm. on 2nd Street East in Downtown Hastings. Saturday Night Cruise-ins are open to all cars 1976 and older. There will be sponsor giveaways, special nightly vendors and more. This free event is a great time to see classics, muscle cars, hot rods, custom and restored cars. For more information, call (651) 437-4400 or visit www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com.
  • Farm, Food & Fun Fair - August 22, 2009.  
    LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion Street.
    Reconnecting with Agricultural Roots in Dakota County 1858-2009."  Attendees of this free event will learn about William LeDuc's contribution to agriculture.  They will enjoy demonstrations of traditional woodworking, harvesting, and food preservation while trying their hand at old-fashioned farm tasks. Farm animals will be present.  People of all ages are particularly invited to participate in a home-made Pickle Contest.  Make plans now for which of your favorite pickles you will enter in the competition.  The deadline for entry is August 20.  Please check the website: www.dakotahistory.org for competition rules or call the LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion Street, Hastings, MN 55033 @ 651-437-7055 for more details.

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SEPTEMBER 2009

  • Afton Apple Orchard Corn Maze 14421 90th St S.   Hayrides will start on Labor Day weekend and run until the end of October. "Pick your own" apples, fall raspberries and pumpkins. Pre-picked apples available. Apple tasting, playground, petting farm, and straw mountain new this year a ‘cow train’. Call (651) 436-8385 or visit www.aftonapple.com. 
  • Fischer's Croix Farm Orchard 12971 St. Croix Trail S. Pre-picked or pick your own apples and raspberries. Pumpkin Patch for the kids, come and pick your favorite! September - October 31st, your family can enjoy straw mountain, farm animals, apple tasting. Corn maze and hayrides on weekends Mid September 11 am - 5 pm. For more information, call (651) 437-7126 or visit www.fischerscroixfarmorchard.com. 
  • Saturday Night Historic Cruise Ins - September 5, 2009. Cruise-ins are held every other weekend from 5 pm. - 10 pm. on 2nd Street East in Downtown Hastings. Saturday Night Cruise-ins are open to all cars 1976 and older. There will be sponsor giveaways, special nightly vendors and more. This free event is a great time to see classics, muscle cars, hot rods, custom and restored cars. For more information, call (651) 437-4400 or visit www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com.
  • LeDuc Historic Estate Civil War Weekend, September 12 & 13, 2009. Experience the Civil War brought to life by re-enactors from the First Minnesota, Second Minnesota, Battery I and St. Paul Volunteer Soldiers Aid Society. Featuring camp life, drill, weapons demonstrations and much more.  Please call with questions @ 651-437-7055 or online at www.dakotahistory.org.
  • Saturday Night Historic Cruise Ins - September 19, 2009. Cruise-ins are held every other weekend from 5 pm. - 10 pm. on 2nd Street East in Downtown Hastings. Saturday Night Cruise-ins are open to all cars 1976 and older. There will be sponsor giveaways, special nightly vendors and more. This free event is a great time to see classics, muscle cars, hot rods, custom and restored cars. For more information, call (651) 437-4400 or visit www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com.
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  • Third Annual LeDuc/Simmons Country Market - September 26, 2009, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
    LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion Street
    There will be several vendors and their products will include freshly made baked goods, fine crafts, vegetables & fruits, plants, antiques, collectibles, and art work For more information, call 651-437-7055 or visit www.dakotahistory.org.
  • Arts, Crafts & Gifts Show, September 26, 2009, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    Hastings Civic Arena, Hwy. 316.  For more information, call Mary Lee at 651-438-3815.


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OCTOBER 2009

  • Saint Croix Valley Apple Fest October 3 - 4, 10 - 11, 2009 Area apple orchards and Carpenter Nature Center celebrate the apple harvest along the bluffs of the St. Croix River. Enjoy apple picking, hay rides through the pumpkin patch, games, face painting, cider apple pressing demonstrations, mazes, farm animals, children's play area, musical entertainment and an outdoor market. For more information call (651) 651-436-8385 or 651-437-7126 or visit www.aftonapple.com, www.fischerscroixfarmorchard.com or www.carpenternaturecenter.org.
  • Saturday Night Historic Cruise Ins - October 3, 2009. This is the last Cruise-ins for the season.  It will be held from 5 pm. - 10 pm. on 2nd Street East in Downtown Hastings. Saturday Night Cruise-ins are open to all cars 1976 and older. There will be sponsor giveaways, special nightly vendors and more. This free event is a great time to see classics, muscle cars, hot rods, custom and restored cars. For more information, call (651) 437-4400 or visit www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com.
  • Harvest Haunting LeDuc Historic Estate, October 24 2009, There will be sightings of ghosts, goblins, & witches at the Third Annual Harvest Haunting at the LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion Street , Hastings , MN , 5-8 p.m.  Attendees are encouraged to come in costumes. New this year, a scary walk in the woods with story tellers. For the children there will be s'mores & apples and for the adults home-baked treats. All visitors will have an opportunity to help make apple cider with the apple press. The cellar will be open every twenty minutes for a candlelight tour. At check-in time attendees will receive a ticket telling them exactly when their tour will be. At 5:30 in the parlor there will be a special reading by a professional of "Jack Tales." There will be ongoing readings from Poe in the Children's Room during the evening. In the Simmons Shed there will be a "Bargain Boo-Tique," consisting of antiques and collectibles. It is important that reservations be made for this event so that ghosts and goblins can be assured of a spot on one of the tours of the cellar. Call 651-437-7055 to make reservations and state which time you prefer for the tour. Happy Haunting!!


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NOVEMBER 2009

  • Alexis Bailly Vineyard Autumn Open House - Mid- November from 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 18200 Kirby Avenue , Hastings . Wine tasting, $10.00 (includes etched wine glass). For more information call (651) 437-1413 or visit www.abvwines.com.
  • Hastings Artists' Show at  the LeDuc Historic Estate,  November  7 - 15, 2009, 1629 Vermillion Street (Hwy. 61)  Free event. The house will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Local artists will have their works for sale with part of the proceeds going to the Dakota County Historical Society to help fund tours and displays at the LeDuc House. Among the artwork being displayed is blown glass, raku pottery, basketry, rughooking, photography, felted wool art, woodcarving and paintings in several media. Sponsored by Target.
  • Gobble Gait 2009 (Thanksgiving morning) November 26, 2009. 8K Walk/Run (8:30 AM) * 2K Fun/ Walk (8:45 AM). Registration begins at 6:30 AM All participants are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item on race day. All proceeds will be donated to Hastings Family Service. For further information call Mary (651) 437-1070, Brian (651) 480-4990 or Jay (651) 437-7599. For an online registration form visit www.gobblegait.com.Top of Page


DECEMBER  2009 

  • Victorian Holidays at the LeDuc - 
    December 5 & 6 and 12 & 13, 2009
    Quality time with your family.  Great food. Unique entertainment.  Experience all this and more at one of Minnesota's most beautiful historic homes.  Step back in time to a simpler, more elegant holiday season with readings from Charles Dickens and tours of a Gothic Revival home adorned for Christmas. Tours start at 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30 and 4 on and the museum store is open 10 - 5 daily.   For more information, call 651-437-7055 or visit www.dakotahistory.org.


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