This year the annual West Concord Survival days will be the last weekend in July. The celebration starts on Thursday July 25th with a Guns vs Hoses softball game at 7pm with donations going to mental health awareness and suicide prevention. Watch for clues at city hall and on facebook all weekend for the Medallion Hunt.
Friday from 7 to 11am you can get coffee and donuts at the West Concord American Legion Hall on Main Street. City wide garage sales start Friday at 8am and continue through the weekend. Loot for a listing in the next issue of the Messenger on July 24th. The Historical Society has an open house from 9am to 1pm. The food trucks and beer garden open up on Main Street at 5pm on Friday. A 3 on 3 basketball tournament starts at Memorial Park at 5:30pm. A Garden Tractor pull will be held at 6pm on Front Street. The Miss West Concord pageant will take place at 6:30pm at Lion’s Park with a rain venue at Trinity Lutheran Church. There will be live music under the tent from 8pm to midnight and fireworks planned at 10pm.
On Saturday the Fire Department will have a Burrito breakfast starting at 8am. The Scott Hodgman Classic Car & Bike Show will be held on Main Street from 8am to noon. A meat smoking competition will be held in front of the Gochnauer Dairy Barn all day with judging at 4pm. A softball tournament starts at 8 am at the ball field and a 5K run/walk starts at 8am at Lion’s Park. A sand volleyball tournament starts at 9am and an antique tractor pull will be held from 10am to 2pm near the dairy barn. A petting zoo will be held at the dairy barn from 10am to 3pm.
A new activity for 2024 will be a kids bounce house and fun games behind the Historical Society from 10am to 3pm. An inflatable laser tag course will be open from 10am to 6pm also. The food trucks open at 11am Saturday and the swimming pool hosts a treasure hunt for the 2 through 12 year old kids at 11:30am. The West Concord library will host a magic show at Lion’s Park at 1pm. Family Bingo is scheduled under the big tent from 2 to 4pm. The Rochester riders Mud Bog will be held at the old football field behind Hyland Systems from 2 to 5pm.
The beer garden opens up at 5pm Saturday and there will be a dance with a live band under the tent from 8pm to midnight. Excavator rodeo will be held at the east end of Main Street at 7:30pm Saturday.
On Sunday the community worship service will be held at Lion’s Park at 9:30am. The food trucks open at 11am and the beer garden opens at noon. A pie and ice cream social will be under the big tent at from noon to 3pm and the grand parade starts at 1pm. The firemen’s water fight starts at 2pm at the east end of Main Street.
