Kansas Day Celebration – Bird City - January 29
Celebrated annually with displays, potluck luncheons, and special programs, Bird City has hosted a Kansas Day Celebration since 1930.

Stearman Fly-In – St. Francis - June
Stearman biplanes, hot air balloons and sky divers from all over the United States fill the skies of St. Francis the second week-end of June.

Tri-State Antique Engine & Thresher Show – Bird City – July
Starting the last Thursday of July, steam tractors, steam engines, gas tractors, combines and autos operate the three days of the event.
www.threshershow.org

The Tri-State Antique Engine and Thresher Association and the Tri-State Antique Auto Club grounds are located in Bird City. The annual four-day show is celebrated, starting the last Thursday in July. Many operating steam engines, gas tractors and combines from the teens and twenties are paraded each day along with early model cars and trucks and a fire engine. Activities include, tractor pulls (steam, gas and diesel), corn shelling, antique shingle mill, sawmill and buzz saw are demonstrated. An early day cook shack (on wheels), a blacksmith shop, a creamery, a sod house, county school house and country church, all authentically equipped and furnished, and a swap meet area can be visited. One of the large buildings houses the Avenue of Lost Arts. Here are well-furnished models of early day rooms and many collections of antiques and displays of prairie arts and crafts. Demonstrations of many early day domestic arts are presented daily.

This project was started in 1952 by a group of farmers who gathered at their farmstead to “play with their restored steam engines.” It has steadily grown at the present site since 1974 and continues to expand each year.

The grounds and permanent collections can be visited by appointment at other times during the year.

Cheyenne County Fair – St. Francis – August
Features a home-owned carnival, the finest in northwest Kansas. Rides start at 25 cents, a great entertainment value.