June Events for Siouxland Families

Every month I bring you the best things to do in Sioux City and Siouxland, from storytimes and crafts to music festivals, streaming concerts, and holidays from silly to serious. This June, you might also be interested in my guide to pools & swim lessons in Siouxland or my post about Siouxland Splash Pads!  I hope this event list inspires you to go make some happy memories with your family this month! 

Now updated for June 2023

• Thurs 6/1
• 2-4pm: Summer Reading KickOff at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library with karaoke, art projects, and more
• 4pm: Dungeons and Donna at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 7pm: The Hobbit presented by the Sioux City Community Theatre's Youth Theatre Program
• Fri 6/2
• 10am: Family Movie Friday at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 10am: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 3:30pm: Fan Friday at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 7pm: The Hobbit presented by the Sioux City Community Theatre's Youth Theatre Program
• 7:05pm: Sioux City Explorers Home Baseball Game at Lewis & Clark Park
• Sat 6/3
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 9am: Yoga in the Park at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center hosted by Sioux City Parks & Rec
• 10am to 2pm: Midwest Construction Rentals Community Appreciation Day at Bacon Creek Park with FREE fishing, food, and fun! (There is also a cornhole tournament and raffle prizes that are not free.) 
• 10am: Guided Hike at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
• 10:30am: Saturday Family Art Lessons at the Sioux City Art Center, for ages 7+, or younger artists with a parent or other adult helper, $7 per artist
• 11am: Make a Book kids activity at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Meet a Snake at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
• 4-11pm: Rivercade Bluegrass Festival at the Anderson Dance Pavilion
• 6:05pm: Sioux City Explorers Home Baseball Game at Lewis & Clark Park
• 7pm: The Hobbit presented by the Sioux City Community Theatre's Youth Theatre Program
• 8pm: Creatures of the Night night hike at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve

• Sun 6/4
• 2pm: The Hobbit presented by the Sioux City Community Theatre's Youth Theatre Program
• 2pm: Celebrating the 50s and 60s with Theresa Kay Orr, at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, with reception to follow
• 2pm: Rhubarb Festival at the W.H.Over Museum in Vermillion, SD
• 4:05pm: Sioux City Explorers Home Baseball Game at Lewis & Clark Park
• 7:30pm: Sioux City Municipal Band Concert at the Grandview Park Bandshell
• Mon 6/5
• 9am: Barnyard Buddies at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 11am: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2:30pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Tues 6/6
• 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 1pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 1-4pm: Summer Reading Kickoff at the North Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Read-to-me-Dogs at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• Weds 6/7
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 9:30am: Exploration Wednesday at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center for kids in grades K-3
• 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Exploration Wednesday at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center for kids in grades 4-6th
• 3pm: Chapter Book Read Aloud at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Thurs 6/8
• 1pm: Dinosaur Show at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Innovation Studio at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library for grades 4-6
• 5pm: Movie Night at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Fri 6/9
• Merrill Daze festival in Merrill, IA, more info here
• Leeds Days festival in the Leeds neighborhood of Sioux City including parade at 6:30pm and movie night at 9:15pm, more info here
• 10am: Family Movie Friday at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 10am: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Cooking with Randy at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 3:30pm: Fan Friday at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 7pm: Evening Campfire at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
• Sat 6/10
• Merrill Daze festival in Merrill, IA, more info here
• Leeds Days festival in the Leeds neighborhood of Sioux City including street dance at 8pm, more info here
• 7:30am: HILLarious 8k & 20k at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center and Stone Park
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 10:30am: Saturday Family Art Lessons at the Sioux City Art Center, for ages 7+, or younger artists with a parent or other adult helper, $7 per artist
• 1pm: Calligraphy with Brenda at the Sioux City Art Center, for ages 14+ $10 per artist
• 1pm: Graphic Novel Book Club at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 1pm: Junior Master Gardener Class at the North Sioux City Public Library

• Sun 6/11
• Leeds Days festival in the Leeds neighborhood of Sioux City including car show and community fair, more info here
• 2pm: Live Musical Peformance by Amy Ellsworth, at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, with reception to follow
• Mon 6/12
• 9am: Breakfast with the Birds at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 10:30am: Book Babies at the North Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Imagination Builders at the Sioux City Public Library for grades 1-3
• 11am: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2:30pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Tues 6/13
• 10am: Nature Tales at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, for preschoolers with a parent or other adult caregiver
• 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 1pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Read-to-me-Dogs at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 5:30pm: Family Cafe at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 6pm: Bluey's Big Play live stage production at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre
• Weds 6/14
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 10am to 4pm: Walk In Wednesday Craft at the North Sioux City Public Library
• 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 1pm: Kid Karaoke at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 5:30pm: Outdoor Yoga at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
• Thurs 6/15
• Kinderfest in Holstein, IA
• 2pm: Legos at the Library at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 4pm: Dungeons and Donna at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Fri 6/16
• Kinderfest in Holstein, IA
• 10am: Family Movie Friday at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 10am: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Cooking with Randy dutch oven demonstration at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 2pm: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 7pm: My Way: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center's new Spirit of Discovery outdoor stage
• Sat 6/17
• Kinderfest in Holstein, IA
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 10:30am: Saturday Family Art Lessons at the Sioux City Art Center, for ages 7+, or younger artists with a parent or other adult helper, $7 per artist
• 11am to 2pm: Unity in the Community Block Party at Cook Park
• 11am: Father's Day Gift Making Workshop at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 1:30pm:  Interactive Family Movie at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 8pm: The Doobie Brothers live in concert at the Tyson Events Center

• Sun 6/18
• Father's Day
• Kinderfest in Holstein, IA
• 2pm: John Adams: Our Second President live historical lecture, at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, with reception to follow
• Mon 6/19
• 10am to noon: Sioux Crew Hip Hop Workshop at the Sioux City Community Theatre
• 11am: Imagination Builders at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library for grades 1-3
• 11am: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2:30pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Tues 6/20
• 10am to noon: Sioux Crew Hip Hop Workshop at the Sioux City Community Theatre
• 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am:  Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 1pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Read-to-me-Dogs at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• Weds 6/21
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Cosplay Creation at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Thurs 6/22
• 10am: Kid's Thursdays: Land of the Dinosaurs at the Sioux City Public Museum
• 2pm: Innovation Studio at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library for grades 4-6
• 3pm: Magic Show at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Fri 6/23
• 10am: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Cooking with Randy dutch oven demonstration at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 2pm: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 3:30pm: Fan Friday at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 6:30pm: Teen After-Hours: A Rock & Roll Mystery at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 6:30pm: Outdoor Skills at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 7pm: Days of '56 Rodeo at the Ponca Rodeo Arena in Ponca, NE
• 7pm: Music in the Pasture at Koffie Knechtion in South Sioux City, NE
• 9:30pm: Stars and their Stories at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• Sat 6/24
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center10am: Archery in the Park at Snyder's Bend, hosted by Woodbury County Conservation
• 10am: Let's Play: Sports and Games in Sioux City at the Sioux City Public Museum for ages 6+
• 10am: Blow Up Blash inflatables at the North Sioux City Public Library
• 10am: Let's Play: Sports and Games in Sioux City at the Sioux City Public Museum featuring their new exhibit about Sioux City Sports!
• 10:30am: Saturday Family Art Lessons at the Sioux City Art Center, for ages 7+, or younger artists with a parent or other adult helper, $7 per artist
• 11am to 4pm: Kat Cressida actress appearance at Acme Comics
• noon to 3pm: RibFest at Battery Park at the Sioux City Hard Rock
• 1pm: Calligraphy with Brenda at the Sioux City Art Center, for ages 14+ $10 per artist
• 7pm: Live Musical Performance by Lynx Lynx at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center's new Spirit of Discovery Outdoor Stage
• 7pm: Days of '56 Rodeo at the Ponca Rodeo Arena in Ponca, NE
• 9pm: Movie in the Park at Grandview Park bandshell hosted by Sioux City Parks & Rec

• Sun 6/25
• 11am to 1pm: Kat Cressida actress appearance at Acme Comics
• 2pm: Live Musical Performance by the New Horizons Band, at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, with reception to follow
• 2pm: Sioux City Sports: Sunday Family Tour guided tour and touch & see cart featuring the new Sioux City Sports exhibit at the Sioux City Public Museum
• 7:30pm: Sioux City Municipal Band Concert at the Grandview Park Bandshell, FREE and open to the public
• Mon 6/26
• 9am: Barnyard Buddies at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
• 11am: Imagination Builders at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library for grades 1-3
• 11am: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Mindfulness for Teens at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 2:30pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
• Tues 6/27
• 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 1pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 2pm: Read-to-me-Dogs at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• Weds 6/28
• 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market at the Tyson Events Center
• 10am: Dance Party at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• Thurs 6/29
• 10am: Youth Fishing at Brown's Lake/Bigelow Park, hosted by Woodbury County Conservation
• 1pm: Theater Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 1:30 and 3pm: Zoomobile at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• Fri 6/30
• 10am: Meet the Animals at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
• 10am: Family Movie Friday at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
• 10am: Storytime at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Game On! at the South Sioux City Public Library
• 11am: Cooking with Randy dutch oven demonstration at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve

I do not run any of these events and encourage you to call or visit the websites of the hosting locations, organizations, or stores with any questions and to confirm details. Many paid events and some free events require tickets or registration, and some may sell out or fill up quickly or very far in advance. Age and other recommendations are general guidelines provided by the event or activity organizer and should not be considered legal or medical advice and may not apply well to all children.

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