12 August 2023
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Rossville is celebrating its annual Tall Corn Festival this weekend.
Rossville’s Tall Corn Festival takes place annually, on the second weekend of August. The event started almost 100 years ago on a hot summer weekend as a way for the town to kick off harvest season. Because Rossville is a farming community, the festival is a way to show appreciation for their farmers, according to the Rossville Community Development Committee website.
Friday’s events include:
craft vendors, bounce houses, food trucks
Rossville Junior and Senior High Cheer Dance Performance at the grandstands
Street Dance and Beer Garden with the rock band, the BASH
Saturday’s events include:
Pancake Breakfast
5K Run
Mile Fun Run
Sand volleyball tournament
Beer garden
Softball tournament
Bounce houses
Craft booths
Biscuits and gravy on Main Street
Grand Parade with Myron Leinwetter, Grand Marshal
Cornhole Tournament
Horseshoe Tournament
Car Show
Watermelon Feed
Tall Corn Contest
Corn Eating Contest
Jr. High DanceFireworks