A SMALL TOWN TRADITION THAT BRINGS BIG TOWN FUN
Join us on June 6, 2020 for the Annual Sterling Picnic, car show and street dance!!
Friday Evening, June 5, 2020

Pasture Blaze Run
Movie on the lawn
Village-wide garage sales 
(to add your house to the map contact Samantha @ 402.866.4545 or village.sterling@gmail.com)

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Car show
Village-wide garage sales
Kids games at the park
Senior Center garage sale and bake sale from 9 AM to Noon
(to donate to the garage sale or bake sale contact Doris Behrnes @ 40x.866.2050 or Judy Keizer @319.310.1543)
Parade at 4 PM
Firehall chicken BBQ with Southeast Community Band entertainment
Street dance with beer garden and 2 Brothers Blue Line BBQ

CHECK BACK FOR 2020 Performance DETAILS!

THANK YOU TO Jake Kloefkorn FOR JOINING US IN 2019!

VILLAGE OF STERLING ANNUAL CAR SHOW INFORMATION

Date scheduled for June 1, 2019
Registration from 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Judging from 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Awards given at 3:30 

Registration is $20 day of show and $15 pre-registration up to June 4, 2020​
​Download the flyer below or visit the Laffman Hot Rod Garage website.
Looking back on the fun of the 2018 / 2019 Sterling Picnic!
Walk through memory lane by browsing through the activities from the 2018/ 2019 annual Sterling Picnic.
2020 Sterling Picnic Schedule of Activities COMING SOON!!
Events on Friday, June 1, 2019
Pasture Blaze
  • Friday, June 1, 2018 @ 7 p.m.
  • 1M walk / 5K run
  • Contact Sarah Bredthauer @ 402.499.3344
Movie on the Lawn
  • Starts at Dusk
  • Held on the lawn by the Sterling Community Center
  • Contact Roy Goracke @ 402.429.7462
Village wide garage sales
  • Held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Contact Samantha Gordon @ 402.866.4545​
Events on Saturday, June 2, 2018
Car and Motorcycle Show
  • Held on Broadway St 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (details above)
  • Contact Chris Lafferty, Laffman Hot Rod Garage @ 402.570.5532​
Kids games
  • Held 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Bounce house and other activities
  • Contact Julie Saathoff @ 402.239.2467
Tractor Pull
  • Held 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Contact Ben Walters @ 402.335.7086
Ice cream treats
  • Located at Sterling Community Center
  • Contact Women of Today
Tractor Show
  • Held 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Contact Omer Kuhlmann @ 402.239.3637
Pony Rides
  • Located in town park
  • Held 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Contact Rulla Quarter Horses
Village parade and bicycle contest
  • Held 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Contact Bob Wolff @ 402.239.2048
Little Tuggers tractor pull
  • Held 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Contact John Vossler @ 402.239.2048
Food Stand 
  • Located in the Legion building 
  • Held 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Contact Patty Harms @402.866.4557
Helicopter Landing
  • Located at football field
  • Held 1 p.m.
  • Contact State Patrol/Sterling Fire Dept.
Bingo
  • Located at the Sterling Community Center
  • Held 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Contact Chris Sahlberg @ 402.335.7651
Chicken BBQ
  • Located in the Fire Hall
  • Held 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • ​Live SouthEast Nebraska Community  band from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Contact Sterling Fire Dept.
Dance and Beer garden from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the evening of June 2 Sterling welcomes 5 mile Bridge to play live!