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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/23/2019
All Day
Location
Rantoul National Aviation Center
Categories
The Half Century of Progress Show is the premier working vintage farm show in the U.S. Held the weekend before the Decatur Farm Progress Show, the Half Century of Progress allows visitors to experience what farming and agriculture was like 50 years ago and beyond with live demonstrations, attractions, and fellowship.
Rantoul National Aviation Center, Rantoul, IL
(Former Chanute AFB)
Follow the Signs for Parking
Gates are open 7am to dusk, but on Thursday and Saturday nights the gates will close after the tractor pull.
Admission
Adults $15 a day, $30 for a 4-day pass
Children 12 and under are free
Daily: Tent City Vendors, Food, and Then & Now Display
Thursday, August 22
7:00am Gates Open
7:30am Half Century Tractor Ride departs Rantoul
8:00am Flag Raising featuring America’s Largest Flying Flag
8:30am-11:00am Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
1:00pm Tractor Ride Returns
1:00pm-4:00pm Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
3:00pm-6:00pm Back Paiges Band (50s & 60s Music)
4:00pm Tractor Pull
Friday, August 23
7:00am Gates Open
8:00am Flag Raising featuring America’s Largest Flying Flag
8:30am-11:00am Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
1:00pm Parade of Power
1:00pm-4:00pm Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
2:00pm-4:00pm Wes Wheeler & the Battle Creek Band
4:00pm Tractor Pull
Saturday, August 24
7:00am Gates Open
8:00am Flag Raising featuring America’s Largest Flying Flag
8:30am-11:00am Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
10:00am Wes Wheeler & the Battle Creek Band
1:00pm Parade of Power featuring the Class of 1969
2:00pm-4:00pm Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
2:00pm Kiddie Tractor Pull
2:00pm-5:00pm Back Paiges Band (50s & 60s Music)
3:00pm-4:00pm Max Armstrong & Orion Samuelson on Stage
4:00pm Tractor Pull
Sunday, August 25
7:00am Gates Open
8:00am Flag Raising featuring America’s Largest Flying Flag
8:30am-11:00am Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
9:00am Half Century Gospel Hour with “A Natural High”
1:00pm Parade of Power
2:00pm-3:00pm Field Demonstrations (Broom Corn, Corn Shelling, Bean Combining, and Field Tillage)
Tune In to 89.9 FM for information during the show – The Official Station of the Half Century of Progress Show
(Schedule Subject to Change)