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Rev Up Your Engines! Walcott Truckers Jamboree Kicks Off Today!

Are you ready to rev up your engines and roll into one of the biggest annual festivals in the Quad-Cities?

The Walcott Truckers Jamboree is back at the Iowa 80 truck stop!

The 42nd Walcott Truckers Jamboree kicks off  TODAY at The World’s Largest Truckstop. This year’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree will feature a Super Truck Beauty Contest, Antique Truck Display; Iowa pork chop cookout; over 150 exhibits, Trucker Olympics; two firework Rev Up Your Engines! Walcott Truckers Jamboree Kicks Off Today!shows, a 100th birthday party for a 1921 International at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum. You won’t want to miss the live concerts and lots of fun for the whole family!

“We are thrilled to be hosting this event in-person this year.  We can’t wait for everyone to be here enjoying the trucks, music, food, fireworks and just being together,” says Heather DeBaillie, Vice President of Marketing. “The Walcott Truckers Jamboree is a celebration of the professional driver. The pandemic made it very clear who we rely on every day and, no surprise to us, truckers were at the top of the list. We appreciate the professional driver and the important job they do.  They are the reason we have hosted this event for decades.”

Rev Up Your Engines! Walcott Truckers Jamboree Kicks Off Today!

Dani Lynn Howe Band

On July 8th attendees can enjoy a performance by Iowa native, Casey Muessigmann, who appeared on “The Voice” Season 3 and feels most at home on stage.  Local favorite Dani Lynn Howe and Band will kick off the concert at 5:00 PM. Fireworks and the Lights at Night show will follow!

Friday, July 9th brings a Pet Contest, and another great evening of music. North of 40 will get the music flowing at 5:00 PM, opening for ACM and CMA Award winning group Lonestar. Over 25 years, multiple platinum albums and 10 number one hits later, this energetic group still plays 100 shows a year. They are sure to play favorites such as No News, Come Crying to Me and Amazed. Fireworks will cap off the evening.

The show wraps up on Saturday, July 13th. The afternoon will feature the high energy rock ‘n’ roll sounds of Mo’s Garage starting at 1:00 PM.

Admission and parking to the event and all concerts is FREE!  Shuttles will be provided from the parking area to the event grounds.

The 42nd Walcott Truckers Jamboree, is being held July 8-10, 2021 at Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa.  The most up to date information can be found at www.truckersjamboree.com.

Rev Up Your Engines! Walcott Truckers Jamboree Kicks Off Today!

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