After being canceled last-year due to concerns over COVID-19, the 41^st Annual TivoliFest will take place Friday and Saturday, May 28^th and 29^th, in the western Iowa Danish communities of Elk Horn and Kimballton. Lisa Steen-Riggs, event organizer, says the event is being dubbed “TivoliFest Lite.”

Some of Sunday’s events were moved to Saturday, but there were still be a tractor drive Sunday morning there are still many things to see and do. Things get started Friday afternoon, when the Iowa Beer Tent arrives in Elk Horn, and culminates with a big fireworks show Saturday night. Steen-Riggs said people come in from all over the country to explore their Danish heritage.

TivoliFest features bands and other forms of musical entertainment, to name a few.

The Museum of Danish America will have free admission from 10-a.m., until 4-p.m., both days, there’s a Viking Encampment with demonstrations, a working blacksmith shop and wood working area, as well as axe throwing. For more information on the events in Elk Horn and Kimballton, go to: https://www.danishwindmill.com/event/tivoli-fest-2021/ or follow Tivoli Fest Elk Horn Iowa, on Facebook.