Club events
18-20 July | Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The Sault’s Summer Festival
After its 100th anniversary was observed last year, this waterfront festival returns with three days of events and attractions, including an inflatables park, a car show, carnival rides, and a variety of musical acts. The schedule also includes a community parade and a 1-mile run in which participants are blasted with colored powder. Barbecue ribs and other food and drinks will be sold.
19 July | Rotary Club of Sheboygan Early Bird, Wisconsin
Lobster Boil
This lobster boil dinner is held in Fountain Park and includes a full lobster (cooked on site), red potatoes, an ear of corn, coleslaw and a dinner roll. Additional concessions are available for purchase and a live band provides the entertainment. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Proceeds from the event provide local technical school scholarships as well as grants to community organizations.
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1 August | Rotary Club of Delta Township (Lansing-Waverly), Michigan
Bob Knutson Golf Classic
This tournament includes on-course games, a putting contest, and a ball drop raffle, in which golf balls purchased by participants are spilled onto the putting green with the winner’s ball landing in the hole. Lunch is served during play, and the day ends with a reception. The event is named in memory of a club member who was instrumental in raising funds for the club’s many community projects.
3 August | Rotary Club of Carlsbad, California
Wine & Vine Uncorked Carlsbad
Selections from California wineries and breweries, including local San Diego County producers, will be poured at this evening tasting event. Tickets include drinks as well as gourmet food. Attendees can dance to live music and enter a silent auction to win prizes such as unique artworks and vacations to wine country.
3 August | Rotary Club of Geneva Lake West, Wisconsin
Corn and Bratwurst Festival
In its 63rd year, this annual celebration is a highlight of summer in Walworth County. Rotarians prepare and serve meals of grilled bratwurst and roasted ears of corn. The daylong event at Devils Lane Park in the town of Walworth also features a beer tent and live entertainment. Those who can’t stop to eat can use a drive-through line to get their meal to go.
10 August | Rotary Club of Racine-Founder’s, Wisconsin
In the Park
This event takes place at the Franksville Craft Beer Garden, a family-friendly gathering spot in a community park with over a dozen Wisconsin beers on tap. Attendees can enjoy bites from food trucks, listen to live music, and participate in a silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Other attractions include a bounce house, a caricature artist, and the Racine Public Library’s bookmobile.
16-18 August | Rotary Club of McHenry Area, Illinois
Bands, Brews & BBQ
The shore of McCullom Lake is the scenic site of this weekend festival, which promises high-energy performances from rock, blues, and country artists, including an act that pays tribute to the music of 1980s hitmakers Journey. There will also be plenty of beer, barbecued ribs, and other food and drinks. The club has raised nearly $300,000 through the annual event since it began in 2012.
23-25 August | Rotary clubs of Strathcona Sunrise-Courtenay and Comox Valley, Courtenay, British Columbia
Comox Valley Ribfest
About 10,000 people are expected to descend on a park in Cumberland, a village on Vancouver Island, for this festival of food and music. Five traveling rib trucks will offer a range of mouthwatering menu items while a lineup of local musicians entertains the crowd. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the local construction of a hard-surface pump track, a circuit of rolling hills and turns for bikes, scooters, skateboards, and wheelchairs.