Schedule OF EVENTS

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2025 SCHEDULE COMING SOON! 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR 2024

Thursday, October 10th, 2024

Carnival - Downtown Stover, Missouri 

Carnival TIckets are $1 each or $20 for 24 tickets. Most rides and bounce houses take 3-4 tickets.

Carnival Hours: 

Thursday 5pm-9pm
Friday 5pm-9pm
Saturday 9am-5pm

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Carnival - Downtown Stover, Missouri 

Taste of Stover BBQ competition. -  This is for our backyard “pitmasters”  enter here. 

6:30 am Check in for the Taste of Stover BBQ Competition (In front of Dandelion Hill Market and Venue)

8:00 am Meat Inspection for Taste of Stover BBQ Competition 

6:00 pm Taste of Stover BBQ competition Judging -  Dandelion Hill Market and Venue 

6:45 pm Taste of Stover BBQ Awards - Dandelion Hill Market and Venue 

8:00 pm - Midnight Beer Garden and Live Entertaiment by Ponch Burkhart 

Welpman Springs Brewery

AI Bottling

Red Ox Distillery 

Extra Point 

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm - KCBS  Sanctioned BBQ Competition Check in at the American Legion (2nd and Main Street) 

7:30 pm Cook meeting with KCBS Representatives at American Legion

5:30pm - 6:30pm  Pie and Chili Contestant Check-In at the Dandelion Hill Venue

7:00pm   Pie and Chili Tasting and Judging at the Dandelion Hill Venue

Saturday, October 11th, 2025

9:00 am Opening Ceremony - American Legion Color Guard 

National Anthem and Opening Prayer at Dandelion Hill Market and Venue 

All Day Events, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: Downtown Stover

Vendor Fair. View full Vendor lineup here. 

Kids Zone featuring petting zoo and pony rides by: Nicks Barnyard Buddies

Face Painting and Bounce House

Garden & Vintage Tractor Exhibit 

10:00 am - 3:00 pm "Show Off Yours" Car and Bike Show

Carnival 

9:00 a.m. Ozark Model Railroad Association and free whistles to kids at Dandelion Hill Market and Venue

10:00 - 12:00 PM Youth Hot Dog Contest

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p..m. Live Entertaiment by Ponch Burkhart 

KCBS  Sanctioned BBQ Competition: 

10:30 a.m. BBQ Judges Check in at the American Legion 

11:00 a.m. BBQ Judges Meeting

12:00 p.m. BBQ Competition (Chicken) Check in at the American Legion

12:30 p.m. BBQ Competition (Rib) Check in at the American Legion

1:00 p.m. BBQ Competition (Pulled Pork) Check in at the American Legion

 2:45 p.m. Pie Baking and Chili Contest Awards Presentation: Dandelion Hill Market and Venue 

3:00 p.m. Barbecue Contest Awards Presentation: American Legion

5:00 p.m. Stover Community Action Club Tractor Pull at the Stover Legion Memorial Park

Handicap parking is available throughout the festival at Christ Lutheran Church at 505 West Second Street

Official Stover's Rock Island Fest T-shirts available pre-order only. Pre-Order your 2025 Collective T-shirt here.  Pre-Order ends September 19th at noon. 

Stover’s Rock Island Fest Presented by the Stover Area Chamber of Commerce

stoverchamberofcommerce@gmail.com

For more information call: 

Vendors and Carnvial:  Lynette Black  at 573-746-6151 

Pie and Chili Contest: Gina Engelbrecht at 573-789-0166 

Sponsorship, Advertising, Taste of Stover BBQ Competition and Youth Hot Dog Contest: Cheri Cranford 573-284-5406

Cheri Cranford 573-284-5406

KCBS  Sanctioned BBQ Competition: Karen Watkinson : 573-746-1011

Bike and Car Show:  Karen Watkinson : 573-746-1011