LeRoy will hold its annual Summerfest celebration this weekend. With the slogan “Fun for Everyone,” this year’s festival looks to be just that.

“Summerfest provides activities and entertainment for all ages,” said LeRoy City Clerk-Treasurer Patty White. “There is something for everyone.”

Although the festival’s name has changed many times, LeRoy has held a summer celebration for almost 75 years.

This year’s festivities begin on Friday, July 14, with activities at the public library. There will also be a bean bag tournament, various races and a variety show.

The celebration will continue on Saturday, July 15, with a morning volleyball tournament, kids’ tractor pull, gardening contest, pony rides and kids’ carnival. Saturday will also include the 15th annual Car & Motorcycle Show and the seventh annual Ray Kiefer Memorial Tractor Pull. There will be a live performance by the Red Dirt Road Band on Saturday night.

Festivities will wrap up on Sunday, July 16, with a dunk tank, a grilled chicken dinner and the ever-popular parade.

“The parade is one of the favorite events,” White said. “The firemen’s chicken dinner is also a big draw. People come for the chicken dinner and stay for the parade.”

There will be vendors at South Park all weekend long. Travel Lanes will be charging $1 for all bowling games this weekend.

“Summerfest is special for the people of LeRoy and the surrounding community,” White said. “It brings the community together for fun, food, and entertainment. It is a time for class reunions and a time for people to ‘come home’ to the community they grew up in.”

Schedule

Times subject to change

Friday

•LeRoy Public Library Program at LeRoy Community Center, 1 p.m.

•Lion’s Club Supper, Walking Tacos at LeRoy-Ostrander School Commons, 5 to 7 p.m.

•Silent Auction, Benefit for LeRoy History Museum at L-O School Commons, 5 to 7:30 p.m.

•Bean Bag Tournament on South Broadway by Travel Lanes, 6 p.m.

•Frog, Toad and Turtle Races, Bike Trailhead Parking Lot, 7 p.m.

•Gunny Sack Races for All Ages and Dunk Tank, Bike Trailhead Parking Lot, 7 p.m.

•Variety Show by LeRoy Community Theater at L-O High School Gym, 7 p.m.

•5K Run/Walk with Glow Sticks, LeRoy Pool Benefit, 8 p.m.

Saturday

•Neil Yost Memorial Co-Ed Volleyball Tourney, South Park. Contact Dave Evans, 507-421-3065, 8 a.m.

•Free Continental Breakfast and Open House at Wildwood Grove, 8 to 10 a.m.

•LeRoy Farmers Market, located by LeRoy Art Center, 9 a.m. to noon

•LeRoy Public Library Open House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

•Container Gardening Contest at South Park, 10 a.m. to noon. Entries accepted from 9 to 10 a.m.

•Kids’ Power-Sanctioned Pedal Tractor Pull at South Park, 10 a.m.

•Dunk Tank, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

•Kids’ Carnival Games by Lutheran Social Services at South Park, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

•Pony Rides at South Park, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

•Lunch and Pie and Ice Cream Social by First Presbyterian Church at Community Center, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

•15th annual Car & Motorcycle Show by Sons of the American Legion at South Park, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration begins at 10 a.m.

•Seventh annual Ray Kiefer Memorial Tractor Pull at Northern Country Co-op, noon. Registration at 11 a.m.

•Hands on Fire Safety House and Kids Water Ball at Fire Hall, 1 to 3 p.m.

•Free Swim at LeRoy Pool, 1 to 5 p.m.

•Bingo at South Park, 2 p.m.

•Windsor Chop Supper at South Park (L-O Commons in case of rain). Musical Entertainment provided by Tim’s Mobile Music, 5 to 7 p.m.

•Red Dirt Road Band, sponsored by Travel Lanes, on South Broadway by Travel Lanes, 9 p.m.

Sunday

•Joint Ecumenical Church Service at South Park, 10 a.m.

•Dunk Tank, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

•Grilled Chicken Dinner, sponsored by LeRoy Fire Department, at Fire Hall, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

•Grand Parade, contact Patty White at 507-324-5707, 2 p.m.

•Following the Parade – Free Watermelon, Kiddy Train Rides, & Music by JJ’s Pickup Band at South Park. $.10 Ice Cream Cones will be available at BP Food Shop and K & H Classic Stop, served by The Mower County Dairy Princess and Court members.