08/31/2026
🇺🇸 Paw Paw is going BIG for Labor Day Weekend! 🦁🎉
The Paw Paw IL Lions Labor Day Weekend Celebration is honoring 80 years of Labor Day Homecoming Weekends – 1946-2026! This year’s celebration runs Friday, Sept. 4 through Monday, Sept. 7, with four days of live music, food, family activities and Paw Paw traditions!
🎶 FRIDAY, SEPT. 4
📍 Community Building Parking Lot
• 6-10 p.m. – Parking Lot Party with music, food & drinks
• 7-10 p.m. – Music by Burn N' Bush
• Beer stand, Paw Paw Leos food, ice cream, henna, face painting & more!
💦 SATURDAY, SEPT. 5
• 12:30 p.m. – Water Fight sign-ups
• 1 p.m. – Water Fights at the Community Building Parking Lot
• 6-10 p.m. – Street Dance in downtown Paw Paw
• 7-10 p.m. – Live music by Desirée & The Wilde 🎸
• Food, drinks, beer tent, henna, face painting & more!
⛪🎸 SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
📍 Veterans Memorial Park & Pulling Track
• 9:30 a.m. – Community Church Service
• 11 a.m. – Ice Cream Social
• 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. – Lions Club Food Tents
• Noon – Truck & Tractor Pull 🚜
• 5 p.m. – Concert in the Park with BackSeat Driver
• Family Night with FREE treat bags for the kids, lemonade, ice cream, tacos & more!
🎉 MONDAY, SEPT. 7
• 7-9:30 a.m. – Pancake & Sausage Breakfast 🥞
• 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Car Show 🚗
• 9 a.m.-4 p.m. – Flea Market & Craft Show
• 10 a.m. – Parade through downtown Paw Paw 🇺🇸
• 11 a.m.-4 p.m. – FREE Petting Zoo & Kids’ Bounce Houses
• 11 a.m. – Chicken BBQ in the Park
• 12:30 p.m. – Truck & Tractor Pull 🚜
• 1 p.m. – Kids’ Pedal Pull
• 2 p.m. – Stage Program & DJ
• 2 p.m. – Bingo
• 4:30 p.m. – Pork Chop BBQ in the Park
• 5 p.m. – BIG RAFFLE DRAWING! 🎟️
🎟️ Sunday & Monday admission to the school grounds and Veterans Memorial Park is FREE! Tractor & Truck Pull admission is $10 daily.
From water fights and street dancing to tractor pulls, live music, a parade, car show, great food and plenty for the kids, there’s something happening all weekend long in Paw Paw!
Come help the Paw Paw Lions Club celebrate 80 years of Labor Day tradition! 🦁🇺🇸
