play_arrow

keyboard_arrow_right

Listeners:

Top listeners:

skip_previous skip_next
00:00 00:00
playlist_play chevron_left
Go to album
  • play_arrow

    Z93 The Rock on the River 93.9 WCEZ

  • play_arrow

    93.3 – 1310 KOKX The Talk of the Town 93.3 - 1310 KOKX The Talk of the Town

  • play_arrow

    KROCK

  • play_arrow

    Central Lee, Clark County, Fort Madison Athletics

  • play_arrow

    Keokuk City Council Meetings

Local News

Keokuk RAGBRAI Activities for Saturday

todayJuly 24, 2019 24

Background
share close

Saturday marks the big day that local Keokuk citizens and volunteers have been hearing about for more than six months. Beginning some time between 6AM and 8AM the first cyclists will start to file into Keokuk from Montrose via River Road before ultimately making their way to Victory Park to dip their tire in the Mississippi River to mark completion of Iowa’s annual cycling showcase.

Activities abound throughout town and throughout the day Saturday to celebrate the first time that the Register’s Annual Bicycle Ride Across Iowa has descended upon Keokuk since 1992.

The RAGBRAI riders will enter Keokuk along River Road from Montrose and will pass Rand Park before weaving their way beneath the Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge to Victory Park. Rand Park will mark the welcoming site for riders while vendors, live music, and the dipsite will all be located in Victory Park.

The main Keokuk RAGBRAI festivities will occur when the annual ride ends with The Biggest Dam Dip on the Mississip. Cyclists will enter Keokuk from Mississippi River Road and continue through town to the Victory Park riverfront. Next to the dipsite the George M. Verity Riverboat Museum will be the site of a free live concert performed by local pop band Glitter Salad. That performance, upon the bow deck of the Verity, will take place from 10:00am-2:00pm. Radio Keokuk will conduct its live remote broadcast throughout the day. Just beyond the band, riders will find the dip site just south of Howard’s Boat Dock.

The Meierotto Shelter House will be the site of Main Street Keokuk, Inc.’s beverage garden, which is set to offer a variety of beverages including beers, seltzers, and a local craft beer option from V’s Brewpub. The garden will also feature the office RAGBRAI beer, Tailwind, brewed by Iowa City’s Big Grove Brewery. Vendors will be set up in the parking lot between the shelter house and riverfront and will feature a wide variety of food options including barbecue, gyros, vegetarian dishes, and concession style favorites.

Happening just down the road from the dip site, Southside Boat Club will host the 3rd Annual Musicians Memorial Benefit which will feature seven bands, food, auctions, games, and a whole lot more. Road closures will limit access to the Keokuk riverfront. Those interested in visiting the Southside Boat Club will be required to use Bank Street and access will be limited to passenger vehicles only. RVs, buses, and the like will not be permitted.

Keokuk RAGBRAI Festivities are scheduled to come to an end at 4PM on Saturday, July 27th.

Written by: Leah Jones

Rate it