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Kansas Oldtime Fiddlers, Pickers, and Singers - To promote, encourage, and work to preserve old-time music and its related skills. Third Sunday each month 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm

This is intended to be accomplished by regular monthly programs of the chapters where members can exhibit their skills by their performance and instruction to other musicians and the general public. In this way they pass on the oldtime music as it has been passed down to them. At the same time this provides entertainment for the non-performing members and the audience who appreciates and judges these skills. The KOFP&S organiztion is composed of seventeen chapters located at points over the state of Kansas. Each chapter has a monthly meeting and program on one Saturday or Sunday of each month.

Restroom facilities, Food/drink vendors, Accessible parking/accommodations

Address: Iola Riverside Park , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-5709 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: chamber@iolaks.com
Web: www.iolachamber.org

June

1 City Wide Garage sales - Iola Ks, sales with everything you can want. First Saturday in June.

Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.iolachamber.org

6 - 27 Iola Municipal Band Concert and Ice Cream Social - Established in 1871, it is the state's oldest continually performing municipal band. Concerts are held every Thursday evening during the months of June and July on the Iola, KS town square. Every Thursday, 8:00 PM.

Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.iolachamber.org

July

4 - 25 Iola Municipal Band Concert and Ice Cream Social - Established in 1871, it is the state's oldest continually performing municipal band. Concerts are held every Thursday evening during the months of June and July on the Iola, KS town square. Every Thursday, 8:00 PM.

Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.iolachamber.org

25 - 28 Allen County Fair & Rodeo - The Annual Allen County Fair and Rodeo is one of the best fairs and rodeos in Kansas, it is showcased at Riverside Park in Iola. The Fair features a music show, food booths, crafters, 4-H competitions and demonstrations, a professional rodeo, mutton busting, demolition derby, livestock, and exhibits.

Address: 600 S State St , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-2242 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: chamber@iolaks.com
Web: www.southwind.k-state.edu/fairs/

October

17 - 20KS0601013e002 - Iola Farm-City Days - This celebration is held the third weekend in October. It features a carnival on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Saturday the square is alive with a variety of activities and displays including a parade, car show, quilt display, artists' roundup, and crafts show. Food, commercial booths, artisan demonstrations and musical entertainment are found in abundance. Games and entertainment are available for all ages.

Address: 2 W Madison Ave, Downtown square , Iola, Kansas
Email: farmcitydays@gmail.com
Web: www.farmcitydays.com

November

2 ACARF/Second Chance Art and Crafts Show - Handcrafters, Artists and Retail Booths welcome. All the booth fees go to support our local animal shelter. Event is in the Bass North Community Building which is smoke-free and all one level, easily accessible

Address: 505 North Buckeye Street , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-6238 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: aubertacres@hotmail.com
Fee: none

9 Veterans Day Parade - Special tribute, memorial service, and parade to honor our country's veterans.

This Veteran's Day memorial service and parade includes a fly-over, memorial service with speaker, musical entertainment, a bean feed and parade located at the Allen County Veteran's War Memorial on the southwest corner of the historic downtown courthouse square.

Address: 1 N Washington Ave, Historic Downtown Square , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: chamber@iolaks.com
Web: www.iolachamber.org

22 - 28 Holiday Lighting Ceremony, Candy Cane Treasure Hunt and Santa House - Holiday lighting ceremony kicks off the Christmas Season!

Gather at the Historic Bandstand on the downtown courthouse square on Friday evening and help kick off the Christmas season with the Holiday Lighting Ceremony. The ceremony includes Holiday music, performances, hot cocoa and baked goods, and special recognition to the American Cancer Society "Love Lights a Tree", and concludes with annual "flipping of the switch" to turn on holiday lights for the downtown business district. Saturday events for children include the annual Candy Cane Treasure Hunt, old-fashioned holiday horse and buggy rides, and Santa makes his first official visit in his new Santa House. Santa visits with children that day and every Thursday evening in December up until Christmas.

Address: Historic Downtown Courthouse Square , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: chamber@iolaks.com
Web: www.iolachamber.org

December

29 - 19 Holiday Lighting Ceremony, Candy Cane Treasure Hunt and Santa House - Holiday lighting ceremony kicks off the Christmas Season!

Gather at the Historic Bandstand on the downtown courthouse square on Friday evening and help kick off the Christmas season with the Holiday Lighting Ceremony. The ceremony includes Holiday music, performances, hot cocoa and baked goods, and special recognition to the American Cancer Society"Love Lights a Tree", and concludes with annual "flipping of the switch" to turn on holiday lights for the downtown business district. Saturday events for children include the annual Candy Cane Treasure Hunt, old-fashioned holiday horse and buggy rides, and Santa makes his first official visit in his new Santa House. Santa visits with children that day and every Thursday evening in December up until Christmas.

Address: Historic Downtown Courthouse Square , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: chamber@iolaks.com
Web: www.iolachamber.org

30 Jingle Bell Jog - Annual 2.5 mile fun run or 1 mile walk where participants "jingle all the way!"

Presented by the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Iola Recreation Department, the annual Jingle Bell Jog is a 2.5 mile fun run or a 1 mile walk beginning on the northwest corner of the historic downtown Iola square at the bandstand. Registration begins at noon with a $10 entry fee and the jog commencing at 1 p.m. Each entrant will be given a Jingle Bell Jog T-shirt and Jingle Bells for your shoes. A light snack and bottled water will be provided after the run. The Jingle Bell Jog is always held the first Saturday in December.

Address: Washington and Jackson , Iola, Kansas
Ph: 620-365-5252 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: iolarec@aceks.com
Web: www.iolachamber.org
Fee: $10 entry fee

Attractions and Upcoming Events

The Old County Jail

Built of limestone, this two story structure opened in 1869, only eight years after Kansas became a state. The prisoners were confined in cells on the bottom floor, while the second floor was used by the jailer and his family as living quarters. It is listed on the

Iola, KS Pioneer History


Funston Home

The historic boyhood home of Major General Frederick Funston. Artifacts and furniture on display at the Funston Home include items that were originally at the homestead during Frederick Funston's boyhood, as well as items pertaining to Funston'

Iola, KS Famous Homes


Russell Stover Factory Outlet

In 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stover began a candy business at their home in Denver Colorado, although the candy was originally marketed as 'Mrs. Stover's Candies'. The factory offers a full line of "Only the Finest" Russell Stover Candies including our "First Quality"

Iola, KS Outlets

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