(Weather Permitting)

#BojiKites is a non-profit organization and winter kite festival held each year during the last weekend in January as part of the University of Okoboji Winter Games. With renewed support from Historic Arnolds Park Amusement Park, the Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce, and generous local donors, #BojiKites continues to soar. We are proud to uphold this extraordinary tradition—filling the skies with color, lifting spirits, and supporting the Iowa Great Lakes Region for generations to come.

Location: The Roof Garden Ballroom

(Weather Permitting)

#BojiKites is a non-profit organization and winter kite festival held each year during the last weekend in January as part of the University of Okoboji Winter Games. With renewed support from Historic Arnolds Park Amusement Park, the Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce, and generous local donors, #BojiKites continues to soar. We are proud to uphold this extraordinary tradition—filling the skies with color, lifting spirits, and supporting the Iowa Great Lakes Region for generations to come.

Grab your friends and register for this giant game of foosball. Enter the court and compete as one of the characters on this fun table game. Teams of 9 compete together to be the 5th Annual Winter Games Human Foosball Champion. Sponsored by O’Farrell Sisters.

Location: Preservation Plaza in front of stage

Check in from 8:00-8:45am in The Majestic Pavilion in Arnolds Park. Race begins at 9:00am.

Start at Arnolds Park Amusement Park, race around the streets and neighborhoods of Arnolds Park, and finish down the Brand-New Promenade. Walkers and race entrants for 5K will start at the State Pier at Arnolds Park Amusement Park. All ages and skill levels encouraged to participate. Sponsored by Kozy Heat.

$25 until December 11th (shirt guaranteed)
$30 December 11th – January 8th (recommended to guarantee a shirt)
$35 January 9th – Day of Race (shirt not guaranteed)

Online registration closes January 19th at 11:55pm. Day of registration will be available on site at The Pavilion in Arnolds Park.

Thank you Union Ave LLC for our shirts, logo, and volunteering to coordinate this event.

Location: Next to Queen II

Registration begins at 1:30pm on Saturday, January 24th and is day of ONLY. Registrants under the age of 18 will need parents signature to take the plunge. Cost is $25.

Sponsored by: Okoboji Motor Company

Location: Preservation Plaza

Sponsored By: Bank Midwest

Sponsored By: Consumers Lumber Company