This weekend will be full of pageantry, motorcyclists and festivities.

Cottonwood’s Coming Home Days and Wilder Pageant in Walnut Grove run throughout the weekend, while the annual motorcycle run headed by charity organization Forever Jen in Arco takes place on Saturday.

Coming Home Days includes a few new additions such as a classic car show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Out of the Park breakfast and Goodie Bash 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Cottonwood City Park. As far as music on Saturday night, North 40 will perform from 6:30 to 9 p.m.outside of LeRoy’s and headliner Maiden Dixie takes the stage from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

For the first time ever, the food trucks will be open all weekend, including Friday. On Friday, there will be fireworks starting at 10 p.m. over Cottonwood Lake.

The Grand Parade will start at 4 p.m. There’s no registration, and anybody can show up on the day and get directions on where to go.

“One thing I like to see each year is people coming out and supporting everybody at the parade,” said Stacy Broberg, chair of the Cottonwood Communities Coordinating for Healthy Development. “For a small town there’s a lot of people that come out and turn out.”

Walnut Grove will host its annual Wilder Pageant this weekend. According to the Walnut Grove website, this year’s performance is titled “Chasing the Dream” and covers Ingalls life from 1875-1876. There will be a performance on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the Pageant starting at 9 p.m.

Alongside the Wilder Pageant is the Walnut Grove Village Fair Festival. According to the Granite falls website, the event will include arts and crafts, live music, sack races and mini golf. The first fair will be on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Just south of Lyon County in Arco, the charity organization Forever Jen will host its 12th annual motorcycle fundraiser to raise money for Angie Jerzak, who has recently discovered she has stage 3 colon cancer. According to the Forever Jen Facebook page, any vehicle can pay $20 to sign up to drive out in solidarity with Angie. According to Forever Jen’s facebook page, the route will be available at registration.

Forever Jen started off as a relay motorcycle ride, said Lynette Madsen, Jen’s mother and founder of the Forever Jen Charity. However starting in 2019, the motorcycle runs started dedicating their runs to a special guest dealing with a serious medical condition. So far, Forever Jen has raised over $50,000 from community donations.

“Theres a lot of emotions that are in it, we had a lot of people help us.” Said Madsen. “It feels good to help others, it is a lot of work, but it’s worth it, it’s rewarding.”

The event starts at Arco Fire Hall at 101 South Railroad Street at 10 a.m. the ride begins at 11 a.m.