NEW DATE! SummerFest and the drone show is rescheduled for Friday, July 26, at Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park.

2024 Summerfest Activities:
Live Music with Matt Cox and the Prairie Gators
Food Trucks (list coming soon!)
Face Painting
Balloon Animals
Characters
Chalk Art
Drone Show at Dark

The Drone Show: At dark (around 9:30 p.m.) Fantasy Drone Shows will light up the sky with 200 drones for a dazzling display unlike anything you've seen before! Drones can't fly over people, so all viewers must be on the eastern half of the lawn. The best place to view the show is around the amphitheater stairs. Please note, the drone show is weather-permitting.

Parking: is available in the parking garage at 4250 River's Edge Parkway, in the lots near the river, and on-street in the surrounding neighborhoods. Please expect traffic delays (because Summerfest is super fun, and everyone wants to come!).

Admission to Summerfest is free! Feel free to bring your lawn chairs, picnic blankets, water bottles, snacks, etc. Dogs are welcome as long as they are leashed, cleaned up after, and well-behaved.

Which food trucks are coming? Boxer BBQ, Jimmy's Hot Dogs, Gametime Eats, UpDogs, Baily and Coopers, Travelin' Toms, Kona Ice, Tropical Sno, The Jerky Workshop, and Spirits of the Fair.

Who's the band? Opener: Matt Cox Headliner: The Prairie Gators

Summerfest is presented by the City of Council Bluffs and made possible thanks to our generous donors, Iowa West Foundation and Back to the River, Inc., and our partners at Council Bluffs Public Library, Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Kiewit Luminarium, The 712 Initiative, and Charles E. Lakin YMCA.