City of Laurie Parks & Recreation

10/13/2026

10/06/2026

🎄✨ CALLING ALL CHRISTMAS ELVES! ✨🎄

The 32nd Annual Enchanted Village of Lights is coming to the Laurie Fairgrounds, and we need YOU to help make the magic happen! 🎅

🎁 Opening Night: November 20th
Open every night through January 3rd
🕔 Sunday-Thursday: 5-9 PM
🕥 Friday, Saturday & Holidays: 5-10 PM

💡 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW!
Work days started today, October 6th, and run Monday-Friday, 10 AM-4 PM. We need helping hands for:

⭐ Putting up Christmas light displays (starting today)
⭐ Collecting donations and welcoming guests during the show (sign up for shifts now to begin November 20th)

🎄 CIVIC GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU! 🎄
Want to spread some holiday cheer and get your name out there? Sign up to take donations and greet visitors at the Enchanted Village of Lights. Bring your organization's handouts and share them with attendees as they enjoy the show!

📞 Ready to volunteer? Contact Dave at 573-207-7818 or email [email protected] to sign up for a work shift.

Many hands make light work, and a whole lot of lights! Join us in bringing this beloved tradition to life for our community. 🌟

09/22/2026

☀️ THAT’S A WRAP ON THE 57TH ANNUAL HILLBILLY FAIR! 🤠🎪

What a weekend! And what a weekend it was! 🥵☀️

**DROP YOUR PICTURES BELOW**

The 57th Annual Hillbilly Fair was definitely one for the books. With temperatures soaring, and the heat making its presence known, we want to take a moment to give a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this year’s fair possible.

❤️ To our incredible sponsors: Thank you for investing in this event and in our community. Your generosity helps keep this tradition alive year after year.

💪 To our volunteers: You showed up, worked hard, sweated it out, and kept things moving—even when the temperatures were brutal. We couldn't have done it without you!

🏙️ To our city staff: Thank you for all the behind-the-scenes work, long hours, setup, cleanup, and everything in between. So much goes into making an event like this happen, and we appreciate you!

🎶 To our entertainers: Thank you for bringing the music, laughter, energy, and fun! You helped keep the spirit of the Hillbilly Fair alive despite the heat.

🤠 To our event organizers and committee members: Thank you for the countless hours of planning, coordinating, problem-solving, and making sure all the pieces came together.

🎉 And finally, TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT! Whether you came for the food, the music, the bounce houses, the vendors, the games, the parade, or simply to be part of a 57-year tradition—THANK YOU!

We know the heat was no joke. 🥵 But you showed up, supported our community, and helped make the 57th Annual Hillbilly Fair a success.

From all of us who helped put it together:

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! ❤️

🤠🎪☀️

That's a wrap, folks! Now somebody get this hillbilly some shade! 😂🥵

09/20/2026

See you this afternoon. "Moe's Place," AKA the little b**r garden, will be open and we have at least 1 vendor staying as well as a couple of food trucks.

Entry fee is only $10.00, and a percentage of the fees collected will be awarded to Best in Show.