Potter Days A 'Red, White & True' Event

The 90th annual Potter Days, named “Red, White and True,” is scheduled for Sept. 4-5 and sponsored by the Potter Lions Club.

A preliminary event on Sept. 2, includes the Potter Days queen crowing at 7 p.m. at Railroad Park.

Here’s the schedule:

Saturday, Sept. 4

8:00 am -- 5K Color Run, RR Park Gazebo (Registration 7 am)

9:00 am-2:00 pm -- Depot & Downtown Museum

10:00 am -- Parade, Front Street “Red, White, and True”

10:30 am -- Craft Show, Bank Lawn

11:00 am -- Co-Ed Sand Volleyball, Sand VB Court

ALL DAY -- Free Inflatables, Bank Lawn

11:00 am-3:00 pm -- Open Bowling, Duckpin Bowling Alley

11:00 am -- Food Trucks, Bank Parking Lot

11:00 am -- Sandberg Powersports Show n Shine, Downtown

11:00 am-4:00 pm -- Potter Photography Contest, Visitor Center

Opens 11:00 am -- Beer Garden, Railroad Park

11:00 am -- Entertainment, Main Stage

12:00 pm -- Dance Performances, Main Stage

1:00 pm -- Ranch Bronc Riding (Tribute to Merlyn Heidemann), Good Times Rodeo Arena

2:00 pm-4:00 pm -- Mario Kart Tournament, Visitor Center

2:30 pm -- Duck Race, Downtown, Benefitting PD Cheerleaders, courtesy of fire department trucks

3:00 pm -- Tin Roof Sundae Eating Contest, Visitor Center Tent

3:00 pm -- Free Watermelon Feed, Visitor Center Tent

3:00 pm -- Cornhole Tournament, Railroad Park

3:00 pm-6:00 pm -- Live Band “Gabriel the Brute & Friends”, Railroad Park

3:30 pm-5:00 pm -- School Tour, Potter Site

5:00 pm, -- Free Drawing, Downtown

6:30 pm -- Team Roping, Good Times Rodeo Arena

8:00 pm -- Free Popcorn Bar, Railroad Park

8:30 pm (Dusk) -- Fireworks, Front Street

Sunday, Sept 5

7:00 am-5:00 pm -- PNCC Off Road Racing, 3272 RD 83, Potter, NE

10:00 am -- Golf Tournament (4-person scramble), Prairie Pines Golf Course; To register, contact Dennis Slama (308-249-2091)

6:30 pm -- Party in the Pasture featuring BRAYDON ZINK, 3272 RD 83, Potter, NE