Kool-Aid Man riding a pink shark on a wave

Kool-Aid Days 2024

August 16 - August 18

The Hastings Museum and the Kool-Aid Days festival are separate entities, but we both celebrate the same delicious drink every August. This year the festival will take place at the Adams County Fairgrounds, and Saturday morning’s parade will be held in downtown Hastings. The theme is Sharkleberry Fun. The Museum always features special admission and activities to celebrate the festival. The Museum gives its $7 daily youth rate to everyone regardless of age AUG 16-18, because … Everyone’s a Kid for Kool-Aid Days! Additional details will be announced soon about activities at the Museum.

Friday, AUGUST 16
Museum Open: 9 am – 8 pm
Planetarium shows: Every hour 1-4 pm (Museum Admission required)
FREE Kool-Aid Stand with 3 Flavors: 1-5 pm

Saturday, AUGUST 17
Museum Open: 9 am – 8 pm
FREE Kool-Aid Stand with 5 original Flavors: 11 am-5 pm
FREE Yard Games: 11 am -5 pm, details at right
FREE Solar Observing: 11 am -5 pm, weather permitting
Planetarium: Every hour 11 am -5 pm (Museum Admission required)

Sunday, AUGUST 18
Museum Open: 10 am – 6 pm
FREE Egg Drop Challenge: 1-3 pm, details at right
FREE Kool-Aid Stand with 5 original Flavors: Noon to 4 pm
FREE Yard Games: Noon-4 pm, details at right
FREE Solar Observing: Noon-4 pm, weather permitting
Planetarium: Every hour 11 am -5 pm (Museum Admission required)

– – – – – Exhibits & Gifts – – – – – –

Kool-Aid: Discover the Dream
Exhibit open daily at Hastings Museum. Enter the life of Edwin Perkins, the inventor of Kool-Aid, through the thriving general store, where this young entrepreneur began the journey of creating the soft drink that became famous around the world.

Our Store: Lots of Kool-Aid Items
Get your merch! Ties, T-shirts, mugs, magnets, postcards, decals, earrings, and keychains. And don’t miss our exclusive Kool-Aid designed Peggy Karr Glass! Vintage pitcher and 2-mug sets go for just $14.95. Old school Kool-Aid Man Stickers are just $3 each! Get a Kool-Aid book signed copy by the author, Hastings Museum Director, Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson. It’s true—she wrote the book on Kool-Aid!

Yard Games & More
Saturday & Sunday (Times above) | FREE
Stop by for some good old-fashioned fun. Find us outside the Museum near our Kool-Aid stand. No tickets necessary! Our Outdoor Classroom will also be open with special activities!

Join us for the Parade Sat, August 17, 10 am We hope to see you in downtown Hastings!

Egg Drop Challenge
Sunday, August 18 | FREE
1-3 pm Egg Vessel Assembly
3 pm Egg Drop Begins

Eggs will be dropped from the roof of the Museum! Can you build a vessel to protect your egg? Eggs and building materials provided! FREE and open to the first 125 participants. There are two divisions—one for beginners and one for more advanced builders. Join us!

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