Rock Port’s Old Fashioned Saturday Night Sept. 19

Rock Port’s Main Street will be the site of the 42nd annual Old Fashioned Saturday Night September 19, 2026. The festivities will start at 5:00 p.m. with the Atchison County Community Band playing “The Star Spangled Banner.” The band will play several musical numbers. The Rock Port Tourism Board will hold the ping pong ball drop following the national anthem.

Registration for the Little Tuggers Tractor Pull will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the pull will start at 6:30 p.m. The tractor pull will again be at the intersection of Opp and Main.

Local businesses, clubs and organizations will have booths, games and activities of all kinds. (See the map on page 7.)

Duncan’s Carriage Rides will also be in Rock Port again this year.

The Slo Rollers car show will feature vintage vehicles. They will also be collecting for the local food pantry. (No green beans or corn, please).

Other organizations and businesses that have registered include:

• Heartland Riders – bottled water, information, and donation bid for RSF set-up

• Paw Prints – ping pong ball cup game

• PEO Chapter DU – Boba drinks

• Demott’s Nashville Band Trip – funnel cakes

• Rock Port United Methodist Church – free Noah’s Ark pictures

• New Horizons – ring toss table

• Nashville Band Trip – quilt raffle

• Rock Port High School Band – dunk tank

• Rock Port FFA – root beer and root beer floats

• Citizens Bank & Trust – sno cones

• Atchison County Extension Council – duck throw

• Goolsby Designs – jewelry and resin products

• Pleasant View Nursing Home  baked potato and pretzels

• Food Country – corn dogs and fruit cups

• Happy Hatchlings Daycare – wagon train rides

• Rock Port Fire Department – hot dogs and fire truck rides

• Riverstone Insurance Group – marble game

• Outlaw Baseball – Gaga ball and Betsy Bingo

• Rock Valley Irrigations – face painting

• Memes Mercantile – crafts (Bob Wilmes fundraiser for heart surgery expenses)

• First Christian Church – walking tacos

• Teammates Mentoring – bean bag toss game

• Rock Port Senior Center – bake sale

• Groovy’s Grub – hamburgers for Bob Wilmes

• Stilwell’s Krazy Corn – crazy corn

• Speech/Debate Team – tattoos and balloon animals

• Baptist Church – photo booth for kids and prayer station

• First Lutheran Church – basketball free throw

• Cozy Bear Trinkets – polymer clay and crocheted items

• Farm2Fork Ranch – petting zoo and selling honey

The Ralph Greer American Legion Post #49 is holding a raffle for a locally made wooden hat and coat rack, as well as a Savage Arms Axis 2 XP 243 Winchester rifle with Bushnell scope and a case. Tickets are $5 each or $20 for five tickets. The drawing will take place at Old Fashioned Saturday Night. Money raised will go to community projects. Contact one of the following legion members for a ticket: Ron Bradley, Kelly Daugherty, Bud Harger, Steve Duren, Mary Kahn (660-528-1322), or Elmer Davis.

Old Fashioned Saturday Night is a fun-filled event geared toward all ages. Come out and have a great time! In event of rain, check the Atchison County Mail Facebook page or the Rock Port Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.

Community Worship Service

The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance will host a community worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, September 20, at the Atchison County Memorial Building in Rock Port, Missouri. Everyone is invited. There will be a potluck dinner following the service.