Steamboat and Riverboat Events

steamboat, paddlewheeler and river festivals and events

• Annual Sternwheeler Cruise-In, Malta OH
  Annual Sternwheeler Cruise-In, Malta, OH, on the Muskingum River each August. Sternwheeler meeting, entertainment, flea market, auctions, food.
• 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 Steamboat Days, Burlington, IA. American Music Festival (no boats).
• Celebrate 2004 - St. Louis
  St. Louis is celebrating the Grand Excursion and the Worlds Fair of 1904 with numerous events like River Splash, Eats Bridge, Ferris Wheel, ´04 Eve or Olynpic Trails.
• Charleston Sternwheel Regatta
  The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta
• Clinton Riverboat Days, Clinton, IA
  Clinton Riverboat Days, Iowa´s largest 4th of July Festival (no riverboats).
• Grand Excursion 2004
  The Grand Excursion 2004 celebrates the renaissance of the upper Mississippi River region, by recreating the 1854 train and steamboat expedition that brought worldwide attention to what was then America’s wild, western frontier. The Grand Excursion is featuring the Great Flotilla including the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen and steam train trips.
• Kentucky Derby Festival
  The Kentucky Derby Festival is also 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 Homecoming, Parkersburg, WV, each August. Entertainment, food, parade, fireworks, rubber duck race, car show.
• Point Pleasant Sternwheel Regatta
  Point Pleasant Sternwheel Regatta, Point Pleasant, WV, each July. Sternwheeler regatta, riverboat cruises, entertainment, food, fireworks.
• Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest
  Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest, Pomeroy, OH, each September.
• St. Albans Riverfest
  4 th of July Riverfest at St. Albans, WV, with music, food and more.
• Tall Stacks
  great riverboat meeting and festival at Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Great Rivers Towboat Festival, Grafton, IL
  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
  The Ohio River Sternwheel Festival at Marietta, Ohio
• Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival
  Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival, Wheeling, WV, each September. Sternwheeler meeting, entertainment, food and more.
• Winona Steamboat Days
  Winona Steamboat Days, Winona, MN, since 1948, parades, live entertainment, crafts (no riverboats).
• Yankton Riverboat Days, Yankton, SD
  Yankton Riverboat Days, a music and art festival (no boats).