steamboat, paddlewheeler and river festivals and events
- Augusta Sternwheel Regatta – every last weekend of June the Augusta Sternwheel Regatta is taking place in Augusta, KY, featuring music, a crafts market, food, entertainment and boat races.
- Burlington Steamboat Days – Burlington, IA. American Music Festival (no boats).
- Kentucky Derby Festival – featuring the Great Steamboat Race which was first held in 1963 between the steamers Delta Queen and the Belle of Louisville. In 2001 the Derby Festival added a pre-race called the Great Steamboat Chase.
- Parkersburg Homecoming – Parkersburg, WV, each August. Entertainment, food, parade, fireworks, rubber duck race, car show.
- Point Pleasant Sternwheel Regatta – Point Pleasant, WV, each July. Sternwheeler regatta, riverboat cruises, entertainment, food, fireworks.
- St. Albans Riverfest – 4th of July Riverfest at St. Albans, WV, with music, food and more.
- Tall Stacks – great riverboat meeting and festival at Cincinnati, Ohio (last festival was in 2006)
- The Great Rivers Towboat Festival – Grafton, IL, each June. Towboat tours, riverboat rides, music and storytelling, food, river exhibits and more.
- The Ohio River Sternwheel Festival – Marietta, Ohio
- Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival – Wheeling, WV, each September. Sternwheeler meeting, entertainment, food and more.
- Winona Steamboat Days – Winona, MN, since 1948, parades, live entertainment, crafts (no riverboats).
- Yankton Riverboat Days, Yankton, SD – music and art festival (no boats).
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