Planting, maintaining and harvesting crops became much easier with the advent of the industrial age and the eventual replacement of horsepower with farm machinery.  Join us in taking a stroll back in time as you carefully inspect some antique machinery at the Hanover Harvest Festival!

This year, we are partnering with the Nowthen Historical Power Association to bring some fantastic examples of old machinery to the festival grounds.

Answer your own question of 'how did they carve that?' by watching the Buffalo Woodcarvers do their thing.  Observe the techniques and tools used to create wonderful masterpieces from raw lumber.

Make sure you stop by the Settlers Park East Activity Area (near the main stage) from Noon to 1pm on Saturday, August 1st to check out a live demonstration of Karate skills and practices while the instructors and students from Dojo Karate in Rogers run through their routines and show off what they've learned to date.

The Annual Firemens Waterball will be held at 2:00pm near Settlers Park on Saturday, August 1st 2009.

The North Memorial Life Flight Helicopter will once again be visiting the Hanover Harvest Festival!

KRWC radio (1360 on the AM dial) from Buffalo will be bringing their 'Road Show' van to the Hanover Harvest Festival.

They will be broadcasting live, so don't be surprised if you get 'interviewed' on the air - be sure to practice your 'on air' voice just in case!

The Minnesota Prairie Spinners will be demonstrating how wool and other raw materials were made into yarn, thread and other commodities in order to make and maintain clothing before overseas manufacturing and chain stores revolutionized the clothing industry.

Swing by the Outdoor Marketplace area just to the east of the City Hall building between 8am and 3pm to see just how it was done!