Schedules
2008 Tulip Time Brochure
For a full schedule of events, lists of activities, maps, parking information, and more, check out the 2008 Tulip Time Brochure.
| 9:00 A.M. |
Historical Village Tours 9:00 am - 5pm Scholte Home Tours 9:00 am - 5 pm Vermeer Museum 9:00 am - 5 pm Rolscreen Museum 9:00 am- 5:00 pm |
| 10:00 A.M |
Pella City Tours 10:00 - 5:00 Quilt Show 10:00 - 6:00 |
| 6:00 P.M. | Kids Fun Run |
| 7:00 P.M. |
Klompen Classic 5K Run/Walk begins at. 625 Franklin Street. |
Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Please get a map and schedule when you arrive from Information Windmill in Central Park)
| 7:30 A.M.. | Young Artists Exhibition (7:30 - 5:00) Community Center |
| 8:30 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Pella City Tours |
| 9:00 A.M. |
Historical Village
/ Vermeer Mill Tours (9 - 6)
Scholte House Tours (9 - 6) Flower Show Open (9 - 6) Want to have your own flower show? Order your tulip bulbs today! (PDF 30Kb) Hagens-Van Willigen House (9 - 6) Dutch Master Antique Auto Display (9 - 7:30) Dutch Craft Market (9 - 7) Golf Car Shuttle (9 - 2) |
| 10:30 A.M. |
Bob Ralston Theatre Organ Concert * 90 minutes. Reserved seating. Pella Opera House Duchesses perform |
| 12:00 |
Dutch Organ Recital Second Reformed Church. Free. Kids Corner (Friday 12 - 8) |
| 12:45 P.M. |
Grandstand Show * The show includes Dutch Cheese Market, Street and Stage Entertainment, Coronation (Thursday), Presentation of Royal Court (Friday and Saturday), Dutch Dancers, Street Scrubbers, and the best view of the Volks Parade! Reserved Grandstand and Park Seating. |
| 2:30 P.M. |
Volks Parade View a parade with floats, bands, and many Dutch specialty attractions. |
| 4:00 P.M. |
Golf Car Shuttle (4 - 7) Kids Corner (Thursday 4 - 8) Pella City Tours Resume (4 - 6) |
| 4:30 P.M. |
Bob Ralston Theatre Organ Concert * (Thursday and Friday only). 90 minutes. Reserved seating. Pella Opera House Friday - Iowa Youth Chorale on Tulip Toren (see below for details) Saturday - Ritchie Lee and Fabulous Fifties on Tulip Toren (see below for details) |
| 5:00 P.M. | Tractor Rodeo East side of square on Main Street. Watch drivers test their skills and abilities on new and antique tractors at speed accuracy, balancing and precision driving. |
Feesthouden Program Highlights
Thursday evening at 7:00 "Flying Pans" a steel drum band from Central College, will entertain with Caribbean music.
Friday at 4:30 & 7:00 The Iowa Youth Chorale of the Iowa Youth Chorus, some of Iowa's best young musicians, sponsored by Vermeer Corp. in celebration of Vermeer 60th anniversary
Saturday evening at 4:30 & 7:00 - Richie Lee & the Fabulous Fifties, a Buddy Holly impersonator will bring us back to the sounds of the 50's
| 6:30 P.M. |
Thursday & Friday - Return to the
Forbidden Planet 4:30 Saturday - Return to the Forbidden Planet |
| 7:00 P.M. |
Grandstand Show. * Also know as
Feesthouden, includes nightly entertainment as
highlighted above and the following: Fun-filled family program, Street and Stage Entertainment, Street Scrubbers, Dutch Dancers. Best view of lighted Volks Parade. Reserved and General Admission Grandstand and Park Seating. |
| 8:30 P.M.- 9:45 P.M. |
Lighted Volks Parade. Parade with lighted floats, bands, and many Dutch specialty attractions. |
Sunday
| 11:30 A.M. |
Thanksgiving and Praise Service Services held at the Tulip Toren. Rain location: First Reformed Church, 603 Broadway. |
* Advance tickets for stage performances are available at Pella Historical Business Office, 507 Franklin St. Pella, IA 50219.
Tickets available at the gate for evening performances.