July, 2009 Branson Events

Located at I-44 & Highway 13, Springfield, MO (40 miles north of Branson)

This year's theme: Rock, Ride & Roll!

Concerts at the Grandstand: (here's the schedule)

• The Beach Boys
• Raven Symone
• Little River Band
• Montgomery Gentry
• 80's Invasion Tour with Great White, LA Guns & Firehouse
• Truck and Tractor Pulls
• Demolition Derby

Street performers
Incredible animals
Missouri Mule Tent
Shopping
Motor Sports
Missouri Department of Conservation
KidzZone entertainment & activities
Over 40 thrilling Rides
Livestock & Family Living Contest/Exhibits
NEW Midway games and rides!
Discovery & History exhibits
FREE local bands
Fair Food

Admission: Adults $6; child (age 6-12) $2; kids 5 & under FREE

FREE parking before 3 pm; after 3 pm $4

Fair Hours: 11 am to 11 pm (carnival opens at 1 pm; gates close at midnight)

New this year, you can buy tickets online, click here

Kathy and Janet Lennon (two of the legendary Lennon Sisters) will perform a special concert with their granddaughters on Silver Dollar City's Gazebo Stage at 2 pm and 3:30 pm on Friday, July 31, 2009. You can meet them in-person and even get an autograph at Cowboy Jepp's (one of the park's indoor specialty shops).

At this event, Kathy and Janet are also bringing along Best Pals, their very own line of original rag dolls. They've recreated the dolls of their childhood made for them by their mother and grandmother. These dolls have traditional embroidered faces, yarn hair, vintage fabric dresses, pantaloons, Mary Jane shoes and long knit stockings. Click here to see the Best Pals website (there are pictures, too. Very cute dolls! There are also paper dolls, cd's and books in the Best Pals line.)

For the first time in its five-decade history, Silver Dollar City stayed open late in 2008 for its first Moonlight Madness. It went so well that Moonlight Madness is happening again in 2009!

Rides will be running in the DARK - try out the roller coasters, the Giant Swing, the rides in the Grand Exposition, and the water rides like the Lost River of the Ozarks and the American Plunge. There will be special deals on meals and back-to-school shopping. Bring your friends!

Moonlight Madness happens during Silver Dollar City's National KidsFest.

Rides will be running until 10 pm!

The park will be open during Moonlight Madness from 9:30 am to 10 pm. If you arrive after 5 pm, admission is only $20!

FREE LIVE entertainment at the Courtyard of the Factory Merchants Branson (the one with the RED roof).

Sat, July 25: Adam Carney and the Gypsy Jazz performs from noon - 2 pm (weather permitting)

To attend this HUGE 1st Annual event, you can have the last name Hughes...you can be related to a Hughes...our you can just be a fan anyone with the name Hughes! It's a chance to have a big get-together of Hugheses and whoever else. There'll be gatherings, food, singing and all kinds of socializing. Here's the details:

• Registration fee is $49 for adults, $29.95 for the first 2 kids, $17.95 for additional children 5-18 years-old. Kids under 5 attend FREE.
• Registration includes admission to the Hughes Brothers Show
• Delicious Ozark Breakfast Buffet
• BBQ Dinner with all the fixins'
• Hoe Down Dance
• Family Feud Games
• Huge Hughes Family Talent Show (ever want to be a star in Branson?)
• Access to Hughes Family genealogy & sharing Hughes Family history
• A chance to meet more cousins than you ever knew existed

Join a Nighttime Fishing Tournament!

Friday, July 17th

7 pm - Midnight at Baxter

Scholarship series to benefit Table Rock Lake Area Chamber of Commerce school districts.
Entry is $50 per team per tournament (Includes $25 Big Bass Pot)
 
50% payout – The payout will be 1 for every 5 teams entered.
 
You may register in advance or prior to take off.
 
5 fish limit – Smallmouth, Largemouth, Spotted bass only

• “Subs” are able to be used if need be – Check with tournament director prior to start of tournament
• One member from each team will need to attend a pre-tournament meeting prior to take off
• Live-well check will be conducted prior to take off

 
 
Tournament Dates, Times & Take-off ramp:
July 17 – Baxter – 7 p.m. to Midnight
August 15 – Mill Creek – 7 p.m. to Midnight

An annual event on beautiful Table Rock Lake! (rain date: July 5, 2009)

Old-time games, vendors, food & entertainment by The Missouri Boatride Bluegrass Band. Entertainment is from 6:30 pm to 11 pm at the Summer Fresh parking lot. Games and activities begin at 2 pm in the Summer Fresh parking lot.

The 30-minute Fireworks Show on Table Rock Lake begins promptly at 9:30 pm. You can watch the show from a boat anywhere near the Kimberling City Bridge or from a car by parking at the Kimberling City Shopping Center, Summer Fresh Supermarket or in the field just north of Summer Fresh.

(JULY 2, 2009 UPDATE: FLOTILLA IS CANCELLED) Also featuring the 3rd Annual Fireburst Flotilla - lots and lots of boats decorated with this year's theme, Celebrating Our Red, White & Blue. This happens from 8 - 9 pm with cash prizes for the top 3 decorated boats. Want to enter a decorated boat? Entry is $25; more info at 417-739-2564 or by clicking here.

The Annual Fireworks Show begins at dark.

You can watch from your boat on Table Rock Lake, from the public areas of The Chateau or from your car (park at the loop just south of the new floodgates of Table Rock Dam). The fireworks show is free, and you can also enjoy The Chateau's additional festivities which include BBQ and a band (paid admission required for that part).

Sponsored by the Branson Veterans Task Force, this fun event only takes place on Saturday, July 4th from 9 am to 10:30 am at the Branson Landing. If you go, wear your RED, WHITE and BLUE!

What's happening that morning? FREE ice cream and a FREE flag! Hip, hip, hooray!

You read that right - 56 years of fireworks in Hollister! This is Taney County's oldest, longest-running fireworks spectacular.

This is a hand-lit fireworks show by Pyrotechnic Don Klein, the Hollister Parks Department and Western Taney County Fire Protection District personnel. They have completed training in safety and show technique to allow them to put on this annual show.

Special displays will be set off this year to pay tribute to Pyrotechnic Chad A. Fuqua who was killed in August 2008. Enhance your "bright sky" experience with a nominal contribution to the Fireworks Fund which will get you a pair of 3-D glasses. Purchase at the Town Hall or from a boot passer the night of the 4th.

Radio station KRZK 106.3 FM will be playing patriotic music during the Fireworks Show, so bring a portable radio, lawn chairs, blankets and non-alcoholic drinks and snacks...AND your family and friends and enjoy the show!

The longest held, continuously running fireworks show on Table Rock Lake is happening again on Saturday, July 4 (rain date July 5). It's the 34th consecutive year!

Fireworks display begins at 9:30 pm about one mile east of the Shell Knob bridge. The show can be seen from land or water.

Safety tip: if you watch from your boat, turn on your anchor lights. There are also state statutes that prohibit fireworks from being shot from, or at, a boat.

Area radio stations will broadcast cancellation information in case of bad weather.

The dedication ceremony for the Vietnam POW/MIA Memorial Wall of the United States of America is at 10 am, July 4th, 2009, at the Branson Mall in the Veteran's Walk of Fame. The wall's creator, Leo Voss, is attending. He built the wall, etched with some 2,560 names, in 2000.

This event is sponsored by Branson's Vietnam Veteran's of America (VVA) Chapter 913. The wall counts those who have never been found from the Vietnam War and the secret wars in Laos.

Special guests just announced July 3:

• Leo Voss, the wall's creator
• Bill Groninger, VVA Chapter 913 president and Vietnam veteran
• Jack Goodman, Missouri State Senator
• Dennis Wood, Missouri State Representative
• Raeanne Presley, Branson Mayor
• A special message from Kit Bond, U.S. Senator
  

Rockaway Beach is located on the shores of Lake Taneycomo, about a 10 minute drive from Branson.

The Fourth of July Gala Celebration is a big event for Rockaway Beach every year. Come early to downtown Rockaway Beach and bring a chair! Family activities begin at 1 pm and the fireworks begin at 9 pm.

Saturdays from 2-4 pm from June 13 through August 29, 2009

At the Chateau Grille at the Chateau on the Lake; reservations recommended, call 417-243-1777

The Chateau Grille overlooks Table Rock Lake, and this event is open to the public. Guests can choose from a variety of freshly-baked cupcakes plus one of the hot teas, flavored iced teas or cold milk. The cost is $8.95 per person.

Notice the date - Friday, July 3rd, 2009 - to celebrate! This is a fun event for the whole family. Enjoy shopping, great restaurants, an evening concert and a choreographed fireworks show.

The concert begins at 8 pm in front of the Branson Landing Fountains. The concert is by Chain Reaction - A Tribute To Journey. After the concert, the choreographed Liberty Light Up Fireworks Display Show takes place (produced and provided by Gateway Fireworks Displays out of St. Louis).

A spectacular fireworks display with Lake Taneycomo as the background for breathtaking reflections. Don't miss it!

The name says it all! A three-day sidewalk sale at Tanger Outlet Mall! Oh, yea!

The Branson Landing Town Square is the place to be in July for FREE LIVE entertainment from these exciting groups:

Friday, July 3 at 8 pm: Chain Reaction, A Tribute to Journey

Friday, July 10 at 8 pm: Christie's Ex, A Tribute to Billy Joel

Friday, July 24 at 8 pm: Lost Highway, covering 80's, 90's & current music

KidsFest, June 6 - August 9, 2009

June 6th marks the beginning of one of the nation's best celebrations for the kids - the National Kids Fest. Running through August 9th, Kids Fest features Silver Dollar City's two dozen themed rides offering thrills for the whole family! There's high-speed roller coasters and mega-splashing water rides, and even an area with smaller rides for smaller kids. Open Daily. Festival highlights include:

• New this year: The Swedish group JEERK makes its first U.S. appearance. It's five performers using their percussion skills, rhythmic body movements and an array of novelty props to drum, dance and crash in a super-stomping, rhythm and dance show.
  
• Back by popular demand, experience The Magic of Peter Gossamer - with tricks, levitations, vanishings and comedy from the master illusionist
  
• The Veggie Tales stage show, The Invention of Silliness - it's America's favorite talking vegetables in a musical adventure created exclusively for Silver Dollar City
• Kid Concoctions Activity Center - where kids can make their own creations!
• Moonlight Madness - for nighttime fun at Silver Dollar City from July 27 through August 9. During Moonlight Madness, rides will be open till 10 pm!

Wow! A 25% discount on your entire purchase every night this summer at the Baskin Robbins at the Ozarks Discovery IMAX Complex Food Court - only from 10-11 pm (yes, at night)! Get dressed and go!

When you visit The Titanic Museum in July, you're in for a surprise. There is a "Jack Dawson," in costume, making appearances on the Grand Staircase and in the James Cameron Titanic Movie Gallery (that's where the Titanic Museum pays tribute to the Oscar-winning movie, Titanic). When you see him, you'll be asking yourself "Is it or isn’t it Jack Dawson of Titanic fame?" (this "guest" is actually 19-year-old Frank Roberts, from Missouri, who looks amazingly like Leonardo DiCaprio's character from the movie. Frank was also a contestant on the celebrity look-alike contest on Live With Regis and Kelly.)