We hope you have a clucking good time in Wayne America! Please see below for our list of events for our egg-citing 3-day event! We will continue to update our event listing as we get closer to the big egg-vent!
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| Unless otherwise notes, all Friday events take place in Downtown Wayne along Main Street | |
| Friday, July 12 By Appointment | Wayne Community Schools tour. Call 402-375-3150 to set up a time for a tour of Wayne Community Schools |
| Friday, July 12 10:00 am | T-Shirts on Display at 210 Main Street |
| Friday, July 12 10:00 am | Chamber Coffee hosted by The Wayne Chicken Show committee in the alleyway by 210 Main Street |
| Friday, July 12 10-3 pm | Sidewalk Chalk Competition on 3rd Street. Check out a box of Chalk at Blue Cat Gallery. Judging from 3-5 pm |
| Friday, July 12 5:00-10:00 pm | Clucktible souvenirs and T-shirts sold in the Clucktible Booth |
| Friday, July 12 5:00-10:00 pm | Food and craft vendors along Main Street |
| Friday, July 12 5:00-10:00 pm | Homemade pie & Ice cream Social By: Order of the Eastern Star Wayne Chapter #194 North Room of Auditorium (220 N. Pearl Street |
| Friday, July 12 6:00 pm | World’s Largest Chicken Dance led by WSC and WHS Cheer Squads. Music by Big Red Country 104.9 and TheCity 98.9/1590 |
| Friday, July 12 6- 10 pm | Inflatables sponsored by Great Dane Trailers and Pac N Save along Main Street |
| Friday, July 12 6:30 pm | National Anthem |
| Friday, July 12 6:30 pm | Quilts of Valor Presentation |
| Friday, July 12 7:00 pm | Cement Chicken Auction On the Stage at 3rd & Main. Bid on decorated cement chickens! |
| Friday, July 12 8:00 pm | Saucy Hot Wing Eating sponsored by Pizza Hut |
| Friday, July 12 8:30 pm | FREE Live Music: Gallivant |
| Friday, July 12 10:00 pm | Light up the Sky Fireworks at Summer Sports Complex |
| All Day-Saturday, July 13 | Food Vendors located on the North side of Bressler Park |
| All Day-Saturday, July 13 | Arts, Crafts, and More Vendors scattered around the park |
| All Day-Saturday, July 13 | Clucktible souvenirs and T-shirts sold in the Clucktible Shelter |
| All Day-Saturday, July 13 | Petting Zoo featuring local farm animals from Dusty Road Petting Zoo FREE |
| Saturday, July 13 7:00 am | 5K Chicken Run at Providence Medical Center. Register online at: http://getmeregistered.com/WayneChickenRun. Proceeds will go toward Rock Steady Boxing Wayne Program for Parkinson’s Awareness |
| Saturday, July 13 8 am-1 pm | Free Young Eagles Plane Rides: At the Wayne Municipal Airport (weather permitting), ages 8-17 requires parental consent. Sponsored by the EAA Chapter 291 from Martin Field, South Sioux City, NE |
| Saturday, July 13 7:30 am- 9:00 am | Kiwanis Omelet Feed, downtown, suggested donation |
| Saturday, July 13 8:00 am – 11 am | Wayne Eagles Club – Bloody Mary bar downtown |
| Saturday, July 13 9:00 am | Chicken Crowing Contest – Rent a Chicken or Bring your own. Who will crow the most? |
| Saturday, July 13 9:00 am – 3 pm | Piecemakers Quilt Show at Masonic Lodge, 10th & Lincoln. Chicken Quilt Raffle Drawing at 3 pm |
| Saturday, July 13 9:30 am | Chicken Show Parade: Clucking from 1st & Main to 10th Street, then past Bressler Park. Prizes awarded. |
| Saturday, July 13 2- 4 pm | Wayne County Museum open. Self guided tours. 702 Pearl Street |
| Saturday, July 13 12:00 pm | Registration opens for National Cluck-Off and Hard Boiled Egg Eating Contest at Registration Table near the stage. Must be pre-registered to partricipate in these events. |
| Saturday, July 13 12:00 pm | Free Entertainment |
| Saturday, July 13 12:00 pm | Planetarium Show- Astronaut |
| Saturday, July 13 1:00 pm | Wayne Chicken Show Cornhole Tournament at Wayne County Fairgrounds Expo Building – 1:00 pm Registration Instructions: – Download the app ‘Scoreholio’ – Link: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__app.scoreholio.com_link_acgu&d=DwQFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=mE-0nHp1OwI5LjZu32sBmYetdnBwYvzJJeMQyuBGa8Q&m=JwJXyUJdNzSjZ4L-JnXVrk23_GRV_kd1s37V1Kb_D72wB9VDthD3Hz18hNgbz8Qn&s=nsdqXuVRcMoYPbG9WDWKPZsqq1cm3RDh7Frcsy2pSYE&e= or Search ‘Wayne’ – $40 entry fee – 100% payout Zac Braun – (402) 369-4369 |
| Saturday, July 13 1:00 pm | Wayne Eagles Club hosting a Pitch Tourney at 119 Main Street |
| Saturday, July 13 1:00 pm | Biggest, Smallest, Most Unusual Egg Judging Bring your entries to the Live Chicken Area |
| Saturday, July 13 1:00 pm | Planetarium Show – Earth, Moon, and Sun |
| Saturday, July 13 1:00 pm | Chicken Show Contests-All ages welcome to participate. Times are Approximate. Contests will run consecutively, one after another, ending with the Egg Drop at approximately 3:30 pm |
| Chicken Scratch for Prizes-Sponsored by Tom Hansen, CPA, Gerhold Concrete, Elkhorn Valley Bank & Trust, F&M, FNBO, State Nebraska Bank & Trust |
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| Chicken Flying Contest – Rent a chicken or bring your own to see who can fly furthest across the barnyard. | |
| Best Chicken Legs-Let’s see you strut those bird legs! Boys and Girls 13 and Under, Hens and Roosters 14 and Over-Sponsored by Raising Canes | |
| Saturday, July 13 1:30 pm | Wayne Chicken Show National Cluck-Off: Must be heard across the barnyard, act and sound like a chicken and last 15 seconds. Must Register in advance beginning at noon. 13 and Under, 14 and Over. Total prize money is $400 |
| Pizza Hut Hard Boiled Egg Eating Contest: Throw down those eggs as fast as you can. Must Register in advance beginning at noon. Must be 18 or over. Total prize money is $400 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place. | |
| Rubber Chicken Chuck: The fun moves to the street to see how far you can chuck the rubber chicken across the barnyard. 1st Place Prizes sponsored by Raising Canes. | |
| Egg Toss: Grab a partner to see who can go the furthest distance without cracking up | |
| Saturday, July 13 Last Contest of the Day | Egg Drop: Catch the raw egg dropped from the sky |
| Saturday, July 13 2:00 pm | Planetarium Show – Oasis in Space |
| Saturday, July 13 3:00 pm | Planetarium Show – My House Has Stars |
| Saturday, July 13 4:00 pm | Planetarium Show – STARS |
| Saturday, July 13 6:00 pm | All Class Reunion Social Hour for Wayne High Alumni at City Auditorium. |
| Saturday, July 13 5pm-7pm | 5 Spurs Ranch & Dreamer’s Place Axe Throwing Tournament 85726 575th Ave 308-991-9165 |
| Saturday, July 13 6:00-11:00 pm | The Beaumont (2611 N Hwy 15) HEADLINERS: LEAFY SPURGE & MADISON AVENUE Also Featuring: Tegan Nissen & MIKE LOVING |
| Saturday, July 13 8:00 pm- Midnight | Alumni Dance Sons of Satan playing at the City auditorium hosted by Wayne Schools Foundation. Free will donation. Open to the Public |
| Saturday, July 13 2pm & 7pm | Majestic Theatre: Inside Out 2 – $5 movies |
| Saturday, July 13 10:00pm-2:00am | DJ at The Max |
| Sunday, July 14 11am- 3 pm | Wayne County Museum open. Self guided tours. 702 Pearl Street |
| Sunday, July 14 11 am- 3 pm | Crowing Motors Car Show: All vehicles are welcome at no cost. Prizes will be awarded on spectator vote. Contact Kirk Sommerfeld at (402) 375-4996 Along 2nd Street between Main and Pearl |