WakeFest 2025
Sat, Aug 16
|Main Street
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2025, 7:00 AM – 11:50 PM
Main Street, Wakefield, NE 68784, USA
About the event
WAKEFEST kicks off in the morning with a good old-fashioned home-town parade, followed by a street festival that includes wonderful vendors, a Car Show, cornhole tournament, and fantastic kids activities, and wraps up in the evening with an amazing WINGS Cook-Off and live bands that will keep you rocking all night long. It all takes place on Main Street in downtown Wakefield!
While you stroll through the classic car show and enjoy everything our craft and food vendors have to offer, the kids can play the day away. Kids Activities will feature bouncy houses, an indoor Laser Tag arena, a virtual reality gaming truck, the Pedal Pull Tournament, and a variety of other fun games. The enticing aroma of our WINGS Cookers hard work will fill the air as you try your luck in the cornhole tournament and enjoy our local establishment's beer gardens. Finally, you will be able to…
Schedule
45 minutesMichael Foods Color Run
Graves Park
2 hoursWAKEFEST BREAKFAST
Wakefield Fire Hall
Tickets
Adult Ticket
Sale ends
Aug 15, 11:50 PM
Adult ticket for WAKEFEST, entry into Festival Area for BBQ, Beer Gardens and Live Music! Discounted for ADVANCE SALES only.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Alumni Combo Ticket
Sale ends
Aug 15, 11:50 PM
This ticket includes entrance into the Alumni Banquet on Friday, August 15th at the Wakefield Civic Center as well as WakeFest Bands & BBQ on Saturday, August 16th.
$40.00
+$1.00 ticket service fee
Student Ticket (Ages 11-18)
Sale ends
Aug 16, 11:50 PM
STUDENT TICKET gains entry into festival area for BANDS and includes BBQ Ticket. (No activities included. Ages 11 to 18 only)
$10.00
+$0.25 ticket service fee
Student Ticket (10 & Under)
Sale ends
Aug 16, 11:50 PM
STUDENT TICKET for entry into festival area for BANDS and BBQ Only. Ages 10 & under. (Activities not included.)
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
Activity Bracelet
Sale ends
Aug 16, 11:50 PM
ACTIVITY BRACELET (All Ages) Gains entry into paid kids activites: Bouncy Houses, Laser Tag, and VR Truck.
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00