Saturday a Great Chance to Experience Sturgis!

Sturgis Journal
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Visitors to Sturgis Saturday are in for a great treat.  The third-annual Experience Sturgis Festival is shaping up to be the biggest, yet with something for everyone.  

Officially slated from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., the festival will incorporate the present, celebrate the past and bring the community together.  

This year, the history of seven bussinesses were highlighted in the Journal and make up this year's History Walk.  Those businesses include: First United Methodist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce, Sturgis Fire Department, the law firm of Bird, Svendsen, Brothers, Scheske & Pattison, Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee and the Sturgis Journal.  

The Journal will host its 150th anniversary celebration, also from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., in our parking lot.  The event will include a 65-foot inflatable obstacle course for children, a bounce house, clowns, face-painting, live music, free food, and tours of the Journal facility.  

Just a few blocks away downtown, visitors can join for breakfast at the Sturgis Fire Department; take part in the Sturgis Walk, or kids can sign up for the Chalk It Up Contest.  

The Sturgis Middle School band will perform at the official festival opening at 10:00 a.m., tours of the Sturgis Historical Museum will be offered and the Strand Theatre will show "From Moccasins to Main Street," in a single showing at 10:30 a.m.

There will be a "So Ugly It's Cute" dog contest, a fashion show, a celebrity cake walk, performances by the State Line Cloggers and 2nd Grade Singers from Sturgis Public Schools.

Corner Cafe will host a biscuit baking competition, the Sturgis High School Band will perform and the local Lion's Club is hosting a bicycle-decorating contest.

This is only a sampling of events taking place.

We hope everyone in the Journal's readership area will visit Sturgis on Saturday and experience all the community has to offer.

We also invite everyone to help us celebrate 150 years bringing you the best in local news coverage.