The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Charitable Development Group (CCDG), a Main Street Iowa organization, today announced the dates of several major festivals and events that will be taking place in Mount Vernon and Lisbon throughout Calendar Year 2022.
The CCDG partners with several organizations in both communities that create and manage community festivals and events in the Mount Vernon-Lisbon area. Almost all of the festivals listed below are managed by a large, dedicated team of volunteer committees. Help is always needed, and all are welcome to participate.
“Of course, we don’t know how COVID and its variants will impact our event schedule throughout 2022,” said Joe Jennison, director of Marketing and Main Street for the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Charitable Development Group (CCDG). “However, at this point, we are expecting a full season of festivals – volunteers and committees are already meeting and planning several events including Chalk the Walk in May, Heritage Days in July and a live, in-person Magical Night on Thursday, Dec. 1.”
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2022 Major Events
- MVLCT: “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”
Feb. 25-27 & March 4-6, 2022 - Portrayal of MV Plein Air Event
April 9, 10 - Easter Egg Dash
April 16 - Lisbon Clean-Up Day
Mid-April TBD - Mount Vernon Clean-Up Day
April 30 - Chalk the Walk, Uptown Mount Vernon
May 7-8 - Cornell College Commencement
May 8 - MV and Lisbon HS Graduation
May 22 - Memorial Day parade, Mount Vernon, Lisbon
May 30 - Chocolate Stroll, Mount Vernon
June 4 - Mount Vernon-Lisbon City-wide Garage Sales
June 11 - MV-L Day at the Kernels
June 26 - Lincoln Highway Antique Nitty Gritty
July 4th - Heritage Days, Mt Vernon
July 8-9 - MVLCT: “The Drowsy Chaperone”
July 15-17, 22-23, 2022 - Volunteer Appreciation Party
August 16 - Lisbon Movie in the Park
August 17 - Lisbon Sauerkraut Days
August 18-20 - MVLCT: Shakespeare in the Park
Sept 8-11, 15-17 AT MEMORIAL PARK - Lincoln Highway Arts Festival
Sept 17 - Chili Cookoff, Mount Vernon
October 8 - Cornell Homecoming, Reunion weekend
October 21-23 - HalloweenTown, Lisbon
Oct 31 - MVLCT: “The Game’s Afoot”
Nov 11-13, 18-19 - Shop Small Saturday
Nov. 26 - Magical Night, Mount Vernon
Dec. 1
About the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group exists to improve the social and economic well-being of Mount Vernon and Lisbon by capitalizing on their unique identity, assets and character. Mount Vernon was selected as a Main Street community in 2008, and practices economic development within the context of historic preservation.
About Main Street
The Main Street Approach is a copyrighted process of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Program has been used in Iowa since 1986 with a total of 56 communities having participated. Mount Vernon was selected as a Main Street community on March 4, 2008, by the State of Iowa, after submitting a comprehensive application and presenting to a select board of reviewers.
