Crazy Days
July 29, 2023
Support local like crazy July 29th in Downtown Brookings during our Crazy Days events! Enjoy sales and specials from a variety of businesses on Saturday the 29th, in addition to the farmer’s market, food trucks, mobile boutiques, artisans, kids activities, musicians, and more! End the evening with by grooving at the annual Brookings Fire Department Street Dance starting at 7:30 p.m.
Schedule of Events
5 a.m. - Main Ave and 4th St road closure begins
All Day - Neighborhood-wide shopping & dining with deals and specials
9a-2p - Street Fair with 50+ boutique, artisan, and food vendors, plus family activities and live music
9a - Emma Nichole performs
9a-11a - Kid-Entrepreneur Market
9a-12p - Arts Council face painting
9a-12p - South Dakota Art Museum craft
9a-2p - Children's Museum dinosaur games
9a-2p - Brookings Library keychain creation 1
10a-12p - Zoomobile animal experience
10a-12p - Elsa and Thor meet and greet
10:30a- Wade McCombs performs
12 p.m. - Some farmers market vendors clean up.
12:30p - P Skunk performs
2 p.m. - Street fair ends
3 p.m. - 400 block of Main Ave and 400 block of 4th St reopen
7:30 p.m. - Fire Department Dance begins (21+)
12 a.m. - Dance ends
2 a.m. - 300 block of Main reopens
Local store specials:
- 245 Giftshop - 15% off all products
- Antique Mercantile - Sidewalk sales on discounted items.
- Bargains on Main - 1/2 off everything in the basement
- Be Still Boutique - 25% off the store and a free reusable bag with purchases over $50 (while supplies last).
- Bluestem Bicycles - Big sales at the used bike bonanza!
- Brookings Books and Comics - $1 sale table
- Brookings Cinema 8 - Gift card specials.
- Brookings Furniture Co. - Specially marked furniture, including mattresses, patio furniture, floor models, comforters, and more.
- Brost’s - In-store specials.
- Brost’s Aquarium & Hobby - Board games and card games outside for half price.
- Cottonwood Coffee - Free drink with purchase of apparel, BOGO 1/2 off summer drink menu, and half off retail coffee beans.
- Dakota Soul Boutique - BOGO 50% summer apparel sale + 10% off everything else storewide.
- Emerald Grace Clothing Co. - $10, $15, and $20 sales racks
- Flavor Indian & Asian Fare - Buy one entree, and receive the second 15% off.
- Flowers on Main - 25% off store-wide, to include fresh and silk flowers, plants, home decor, and more!
- FOUND - Discounts inside and out at FOUND, including deeply discounted items outdoors and a storewide discount at FOUND and our items at TRENDZ!
- Hand Tied Floral & Gift - Sales throughout the store up to 50% off.
- Kool Beans Coffee - Buy a drink and enter a giveaway for a $50 gift card and a sweatshirt.
- Monell Music - $75 off select electric guitars, bass guitars, and keyboards.
- Mosaic Wine Bar & Small Plates - Sparkling lemonade flights and new wine slushy flavors.
- Party Depot - Christmas in July: 50% off all Christmas decor! Free popcorn all day.
- Pasque - Up to 75% off, plus discounts on picks + greens.
- PLAY Central - Mystery grab bags.
- Seven Songbirds Boutique - Deals as low as $5.
- The Carrot Seed - Up to 75% off and surprise bags with big deals.
- The Nook - Gift-giving clearance tables.
- The Socialight Boutique - $5 and $10 racks and huge sale on Gamed Day apparel.
- Trendz - 60% off Clearance, BOGO 50% off summer, and 30% off Monarch Boutique.
- Ugly Duckling - 10% off storewide, plus additional savings on specially marked items.
- Wink’s Fine Jewelry - Crazy deal area.
Artisan, boutique, farm, and food vendors:
- A Little Leather
- Alex Drager
- Aruka
- Battle Creek Farm
- Bear Jams
- bebe + lou boutique
- Bizzy Lizzy
- Blind Guy Boards
- Blue Dasher
- Bound & Wired
- Broken Bone Dog Treats
- BS Spices
- Carper Sweet Corn & Produce
- Chickadee Farm
- Cleanslate design + print
- Cottleston Bread
- Do-OverS!
- Echo Market
- Emilia Rose Artwork
- Free Happy Farm
- Gilkerson Garden
- Golden Era Farms
- Greene Beans & Co
- Haroldson Farms
- Harvest Soap Co.
- Healthy Harvest
- Hoffer's Hobbies
- Horak Homestead
- Jesser Farms
- Julie and Rod King
- Karma's Korn
- Karrie R
- La Petit Crepe
- LenzCraft Creations
- Ladybug Knit Creations
- Little Prarie Coffee
- Little Shire Farms
- Made + Modern
- Millie's Cookie Jar
- MG Designs
- Murano Fiction
- Nieema's Heaven
- One Smart Cookie SD
- Out of My Hands, Designs by Renee
- Paula Klein Brazilian Sweets
- Pixie Acres Flower Farm
- Revivalist
- Rustic Reclaim SD
- Sipka Meats
- Spicy MAMA Candy
- Spring Creek
- Station Waggle
- Stephany's Treasures
- SunMed Your CBD Store
- The Farmhouse Table
- The Posh Cowgirl
- Tumblin Thru 605
- UCC Donuts & Lemonade
Free special activities:
- Face painting by the Brookings Arts Council (9-12p)
- Paint-your-own keychain with the Brookings Public Library
- Dinosaur activities by the Children's Museum of South Dakota
- Art activity with the South Dakota Art Museum (9-12p)
- Bike spin art with Downtown Brookings
- Garden information by the Brookings Area Master Gardeners
- Children's Activities with Tend
- Music by Emma Nichole (9a), Wade McCombs (10:30a), and P Skunk (12:30p)
- Zoomobile onsite with live animal experience (10-12p)
- Elsa and Thor character meet-and-greet (10-12p)
Kidpreneur Market
Does your kid have a creative spark? Do they make interesting crafts or inventions? Support their budding business interests and make an impact by joining the Kidpreneur Market at the Crazy Days Street Fair on July 29th in Downtown Brookings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids can set up a booth to sell their goods and services, testing their ideas and their business-savvy.
The event is free but pre-registration is required at the below link. Kids can sell a product or a service. Booth spaces are free and are about 10'x10'. You must provide your own supplies such as a table, chair, tent, etc.
An optional educational and sign-making event will take place on Friday, July 21st at 2 p.m. at the Brookings Public Library Cooper Room. Kids will have a chance to learn from area entrepreneurs and dig into what makes their product or service special. Kids will leave with a personalized sign to hang at their market booth on the 29th.
Interested in providing entertainment or an activity?
Want to bring your mobile petting zoo? Have a great song and dance routine? Can you breathe fire? Tell us about your entertainment and activity ideas by sending us an email by clicking the link below.
Crazy Days Sponsors
A special thank you to our Crazy Days sponsors! This event wouldn’t be a success without your support.
