2023 Clark County Mule Festival Information Flyer

Annual Mule Festival Just Around the Corner
-A celebration of the Mule; where all events are performed by Mules (and their owners)

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THE CLARK CO. MULE FESTIVAL 2024
The Clark Co. Mule Festival will soon begin on September 19, 20, and 21, 2024. This is our 38TH annual event. It is held at the Clark County Fairgrounds on Business Route EE or 23130 East Main St., just one mile east out of Kahoka, Mo. Kahoka is in the northeast corner of Missouri. The main gate admission will be $5.00 per person for a commemorative button or wrist band for the whole week. The button or wrist band must be on the person for the entire weekend! Children under 10 get in free. The front gate will be open all day and evening though out the week before. Also, the box seats in the grandstand are being sold
now. There are still some left. Contact Lori Hamner for more information. All other seating is first come first serve. People from all over the United States come to our mule and craft show.

For more information contact Mike Schantz, Mary Rhodes, Ashley Justice, Sandie Hopp, Candice Yoder, or Debbie Logsdon, our officers. Or you may go to our web page at http://clarkcountymulefestival.com Check out
the video there. Also check us out on Facebook.

This weekend features our state animal, the mule. Wednesday, September
18th will have a mule and wagons parade starting at the fairgrounds at 1
p.m. They will be going to the Indian Pride School and Clark Co. Nursing
Home around 2p.m. and back.

Thursday will have some mule games at 4 p.m..

Friday will begin with mule games at 10 A.M, mule jumps at 3 P.M., Boy
Scout flag presentation at 6:45 p.m., and mule sorting, roping, and goats at
7 P.M. King and Queen contest held also. Must be a mule rider to
enter.

Saturday will begin at 10 A.M. and will have an all day mule event show
beginning with the Clark Co. Marching band and grand entry. The
precision mule pull will be at noon, and mule jumps at 3 p.m. An evening
Rodeo will be held at 7:00 P.M. Seating is first come first serve.
Entertainment will be following the rodeo in front of the grand stand.

The festival has area crafts, flea markets, tack vendors, and food that will
open by choice on Thursday and at 10 a.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on
Saturday. Anyone wanting a vendor spot, please contact Tina Sedore or
Sandi Hopp. There will be a coloring contest for area children, the pictures
to be delivered to area elementary schools. They will be displayed at the
souvenir office during the week. There will be a 50/50 drawing during the
rodeo and a queen size quilt and pillow case doll (Rodeo trip with western
prints) for sale thru the week. They are also available before the festival
from any mule festival member. Winners will be announced at the rodeo.
Need not be present to win.

The week begins with campers from all over the Midwest coming in to set
up on the fairground electrical sites. No water hookups. There will be
staging for camping on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 2 p.m., at the
fairgrounds parking lot. ABSOLUTLY NO EARLY BIRDS! Someone will
be there to help everyone find a spot. Campsites are not available until
noon on Sunday, September 15, 2024. There are no reservations made in
advance. Parking spots are first come first serve. Those campers with
mules or horses will be parked on the infield. Just electricity and no water
at sites. Might bring long electrical extension cord. And sewer dump is by
request only. Handicap parking and bathrooms are available. A new
bathroom has been built at the fairgrounds, open to the public. Handicap
carts must be checked in at front gate. No ATV’s unless mule festival
approved. Fire rings must be used for camp fires. Clean up site after use.
All equine must have current Coggins papers and out of state health
papers, if applicable, when entering the front gate. All Equine leaving the
fairgrounds must have papers to re-enter fairgrounds for any reason with
the animal. Cell phone picture of Coggins test may be used matching
description of animal.

New this year will be a corn hole tournament for campers on Saturday ,
September 14 at the end of the drag strip at 4 p.m. during camper staging.

There will be a camper (open camp fire) cook-off on Thursday, September
19 th for all registered campers. See camper packets for rules. Categories
will be cooking with a dutch oven over a fire and consist of chili and stew.
There will be a free week of camping at the 2025 festival for the category
winners. There will be a registered camper only drawing at 5:00 p.m. on
Friday . And look for the golden mule shoe for a prize each day ( Sunday
before festival thru Saturday) the week before of the Mule Festival. Prizes
awarded.

Thursday morning the souvenir office will open selling souvenirs, displaying
the coloring contest, raffles, and festival history memorabilia. Some food
vendors will also be open (their choice) with some crafts, and flea
markets.

Friday all vendors will open at 10 p.m. including the office selling t-shirts
and souvenirs. A fish fry meal will be held on September 20 th , Friday night,
at 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the cook shack formally the rescue squad building.
Breakfast and lunch will also be served Friday and Saturday at that
building.

Vendors open at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. The mule show starts in
front of the grandstand at 10:00 a.m. with our high school band
preforming This is followed by the mule grand entry. Competition is open
to everyone with a mule. Winners are awarded handmade trophies and
ribbons. Registration is under the announcer stand before the show. The
following mule show is a series of timed events for mules such as musical
carpets., pantyhose race, monkey in a tree, back- to-back race, mule
jumps, mule team events, and more. The precision mule pull will be held
at noon. Mule jumps at 3 P.M. These events vary from year to year, so
you never know what will be next. The mule Rodeo will start Saturday
night at 7:00 p.m. with all the exciting thrills of any rodeo. So, come early
to get the best seats! Also, this year there will be entertainment (Riverside
Band) in front of the grandstand after the rodeo.
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During the mule show on Saturday, there will be a prize give away for all
show contestants featuring items given by area businesses that support the
mule festival. Sign up will be under the announcer stand with registered
contestant sign up on Saturday. Drawings will begin at 11 a.m., 12 noon,
1pm, and end at 2pm.
Sunday Cowboy Church service will be held at 8:00 a.m. in the grand stand
by the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys. No Sunday events!

This year’s Mule Festival is one of America’s best downhome
entertainment and should be more fun than ever. We hope you can make
it over to enjoy Missouri’s state animal and have a good time. Happy trails!