Rhubarb Festival 2025
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Date and Time
Saturday Jun 7, 2025
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Location
Fees/Admission
Free & open to the public. Food and merchandise for sale.
Contact Information
Kristin Coplin, event coordinator
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Description
Celebrate Minnesota’s sweet-tart favorite, in Lanesboro - the Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota - recognized by the Minnesota State Legislature by proclamation in 2008.
The heart of the festival takes place in Sylvan Park in downtown Lanesboro. Enjoy free rhubarb games and contests including the Tasting Contest where you'll taste a wide variety of delicious rhubarb treats and vote for your favorite. Great prizes for all events!
Other free entertainment includes a rhubarb fashion show (you can be in it), an educational zoo, a Story Tree, pictures in a rhubarb cutout and Rhub-Art opportunities. Music fills the park the entire day so bring your lawn chair and enjoy it all!
Rhubarb Festival Schedule
June 7, 2025
Lanesboro, MN
Rhubarb Run: (Bass Pond)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Check-in and same-day registration for Rhubarb Run.
- 9:30 a.m. - RHUBARB RUN Get a running start! 5K or 1 Mile.
- Run Registration: https://forms.gle/
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Rhubarb Festival: (Sylvan Park)
10:00 a.m. - Festival Kickoff
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 Rhu-Lympics
- Minute to Win It, Stalk Throw, Golf, Hoops, Green Eggs
- Goat chill-out, Hosted by Peter Ruen
- Story Tree, Hosted by Sandy Webb and Bonnie Hulsing
- Rhu-Art, hosted by Lanesboro Art’s Leah Steding
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 Contests (Winners announced at 12:45)
- FREE TASTING - Rhubarb Bake Off. You be the judge and vote for your fave!
- Rhubarb Fashion Show (10:30)
- Largest Leaf and Heaviest Stalk Submissions
- Charlie Warner (10:45-11:45)
- My Friends And I (11:45-12:45)
- Arnold Bradley Band (1-2)
- Rhu-lypmics
- Bake Off
- Heaviest Stalk & Largest Leaf
2:00 - Festival ends and we start looking forward to next year!
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