Fort Scott Convention & Visitors Bureau


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Contact: JACKSON TOUGH

Email: jtough@fscity.org

Phone: 620-670-2750

Contact 2: SUZETTE TORRES

Email: storres@bourboncountyredi.com

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Event: PIONEER HARVEST FIESTA

Month: OCTOBER

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Oct-03-2025
Ends: Oct-05-2025

Description: The event kicks off with a Parade of Antique, Classic Farm Implements and More through Fort Scott's historic downtown on Thursday. This year's Fiesta promises to be the best yet, with something for every member of the family! Handmade Arts & Crafts in the 4-H building Saturday and Sunday. A Quilt Show in the Meyers building all three days. This year's Gas Engine Exhibit features Baker Made Monitor Engines. Featured Tractors will be Minneapolis-Moline. Again this year, Pioneer Harvest Fiesta features one of the largest, most interesting Flea Markets in the Four-State's region. Experience educational and historicexhibits, refreshments and live musical entertainment all weekend. All three days are alive with Steam Engines, Blacksmiths, Food and Flea Market Vendors, Drag Saw Demonstrations, Tractors & Gas Engines on Display,Baker Fan Demonstrations. Corn Shucking demonstrations, Arts and Crafts, Quilt Show, Straw Bailing, Wheat Thrashing, Corn Husking/Shelling, Rock Crushing, Saw Mill Operation, Parade of Power, and many more exciting events! It's one great weekend to kick off Fall in the 4-state's region at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in Historic Fort Scott, Kansas.


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Event: HISTORIC FORT SCOTT TROLLEY TOURS

Month: ONGONIG

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Jan-04-2024
Ends: Dec-31-2024

Description: Hop aboard Dolly the Trolley for a 50-minute narrated tour with many notable points of interest. Adults $6 and children 12 years and younger $4


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Event: LABORS AT THE FORT

Month: SEPTEMBER

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Aug-30-2025
Ends: Sep-01-2025

Description: Living history, and guided tours will all be featured on Labor Day weekend at the Fort Scott National Historic Site.


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Event: MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS TROLLEY TOUR

Month: NOVEMBER

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Nov-09-2024
Ends: Nov-09-2024

Description: Military Monuments and memorials will be featured on this trolley tour of historic Fort Scott. 2pm departing from the Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center at 231 E. Wall St. (Tentatively 2nd tour on Saturday 11/12/22 at 10am)


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Event: FORT SCOTT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE - CANDLELIGHT TOURS

Month: DECEMBER

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Dec-06-2024
Ends: Dec-07-2024

Description: Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour, where 1,000 candle lanterns illuminate the site, and 100 re-enactors bring the fort to life! Friday 6:30-9pm, Saturday 5-8:45pm (tours leave every 15 min) Fort Scott national Historic Site.


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Event: CHRISTMAS IN GUNN PARK

Month: DECEMBER

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Dec-07-2024
Ends: Dec-14-2024

Description: Gunn Park is decorated in all her holiday finery! The event includes performances by the FSHS choir, bands, and other local entertainers. The Fort Scott Fire & Police Department make chili free to all visitors. Coffee, hot chocolate and cookie decorating as well as home-based business vendors. Hayrides through lighted displays and a live nativity scene.


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Event: SPRING CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT

Month: APRIL

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Apr-19-2025
Ends: Apr-20-2025

Description: Fort Scott National Historic Site commemorates the Civil War and how it shaped our country by presenting the Annual Spring Civil War Encampment on the third Saturday and Sunday in April. Experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the times. Soldiers marching or on horseback, rifles firing, gunpowder hanging in the air. A variety of interpretive programs will illustrate the role Fort Scott played as a major supply base for federal troops during this pivotal conflict. Discover where the western frontier began - Fort Scott National Historic Site.


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Event: LAVENDER PATCH FARM'S LAVENDER FEST

Month: JUNE

City: FORT SCOTT

Begins: Jul-19-2025
Ends: Jun-19-2025

Description: Enjoy a day celebrating lavender on a working Kansas lavender farm. Music, games, food, field tours and more.