Enjoy live music, great food, games, rides for the kids, fireworks and lots more at the annual Celebrate St. Peters festival September 20 and 21 in Lakeside Park.
Along with carnival rides and game booths, kids can make projects at Home Depot Kids Workshops (from 11 to 2 on Saturday), and see kid-friendly performances, including Babaloo (1 and 3 p.m. on Saturday) on the Family Stage.
Carnival hours are Friday 4 to 10:30 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Scheduled musical acts include Head East, Sawyer Brown, Alyssa Lynn Little, Plastic Kings, SFO and more. Fireworks are scheduled for Saturday night.
For more information and a daily schedule of events, go to stpetersmo.net
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