Crop: Potatoes
Date: To be determined, 2026
Location: Legacy of the Plains Museum
Admission: $5 person, under 12 is free
Now in its 30th year, the annual Harvest Festival is one of the premier events on the western Nebraska calendar, held the third weekend of September every year. Thousands of travelers from throughout Nebraska and neighboring states come to Legacy of the Plains for a rare glimpse of antique farm machinery in action — and the chance for hands-on participation.
Harvest tubers to take home in the pick-your-own potato patch (price depends on the size of the container). There are demonstrations of antique equipment centering around the year’s featured crop – Potatoes. Other aspects of the family-friendly event include daily parades of horse-drawn equipment and tractors; food vendors; demonstrations of blacksmithing; small engines, and bean sorting; and kids’ activities, including a hay bale fort, pedal tractor course, a barrel train ride, and games. Available livestock for viewing will be longhorn cows with calves, chickens, and goats. Visit our Facebook Event for more information.
Inside, we will have live music, “Our Heritage through Food” cookbook, and bake sale. The Exhibit Hall will be open thanks to our sponsors: Sandberg Implement, B&C Steel, Inland Truck Parts and Service, JG Elliott, Mark Chiropractic, Riverstone Bank, Platte Valley Companies, Anderson Shaw Construction, Wiedeman Financial, A & A Porta Potties, Twin City Roofing, Bluffs Physical Therapy, Roosevelt PPD, and Tri-State G & T.