Red Rooster Days Celebration

The 65th annual Red Rooster Days celebration is coming up this weekend in Dassel. Lots of fun activities are planned from Friday afternoon through Labor Day.

Red Rooster Days Committee Chairman Ron Hungerford says there’s a farmers market on Friday from 2:30-to-5:30 in downtown Dassel. He says Saturday’s activities will include an 18-mile bike ride starting from Breed’s Park at 9 a.m., a 7-mile bike ride at 9:30, and the grand day parade at 2 o’clock.

Hungerford says there will be a petting zoo at Breed’s Park Saturday from 1:30-to-4:30, a pie social at Gethsemane Lutheran Church after the parade, and the Dassel Ambassador Coronation at 6 p.m. at the Ball Field. He says there’s a community worship service Sunday at 10:30 at the Covenant Church, water ball fight at the Fire Hall at 3 p.m., brat feed at Spring Lake Park from 6-to-9:30 p.m., and fireworks at dusk Sunday from Spring Lake Park.

Hungerford says there’s a fun run and walk Monday in Dassel at 8:30 a.m., the History Center will be open from 9:30-to-3, and the largest chicken BBQ in the state at the Ball Field from 10:30-to-2:30. He says there will also be concession stands at Saints Field, and there’s a car show at the Covenant Church Monday from 10:30-to-2:30. For more information about this weekend’s big celebration in Dassel, look for the Red Rooster Days Facebook page or go to the Dassel website.