Winfield prepares to celebrate Mule Day

WINFIELD — In almost exactly a month, Winfield will be hosting the 50th Mule Day festival on Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28 in downtown Winfield Mule Day will feature vendors selling foods, arts and crafts and plenty of other goods. There will also be a classic car show. The rodeo will be making a return this year on Friday and Saturday nights, and the parade is stills scheduled for Saturday with mule judging to follow.
The disc golf tournament will also be returning.
The music lineup includes artists such as Josephine Arsenault and Reid Haughton, Logan Merchant and the 16th Annual Mule Night Bluegrass Jamboree on Friday night at city hall, and multiple dancing acts on Saturday behind Citizens Bank.
The Mule Night 5k Run will also be returning and will start at midnight on Friday night.
The parade route will follow a similar path as years past, starting at the elementary school and traveling down County Highway 14 by the nursing home before looping around Highway 253, County Highway 4 and Meadowlark Road to get to U.S. Highway 43 to make its way through downtown. It will loop through Frisco Street and back up to Highway 43 before turning onto Apple Avenue to end up back where it started.
The 2024 Mule Day t-shirts are now available through the Winfield Main Street Program.
Prices for the t-shirts are $15 for the regular sizes and $17 for 2X and 3X sizes. Colors are gold, gravel, sunset, kiwi and safety pink.
Once the orders are gone, no more will be made, so get yours today! Call 205-487-3002 or message them on Facebook at facebook.com/winfieldmainstreetprogram.