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River Rapids Water Park
1301 Progress Parkway
Ste. Genevieve MO 63670
573.883.5244
RiverRapidsWaterPark.com
Add to My Trip:River Rapids Water Park has daily and seasonal memberships available. This amazing facility includes several tubular tall water slides. The lazy river offers a relaxing float around the park. A 6 lane lap pool features a zip line, climbing ropes, and a diving board. An exciting kids’ play area has 30 different activities to enjoy. Come for a splashing good time!
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Harold’s Famous Bee Co
150 Market Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
800-748-9810
Harold’s Famous Bee Co.
Open 10:00-5:00 Tuesday-Sunday
Add to My Trip:Harold’s Famous Bee Co. carries a line of honey for sampling and for purchase. Different local honeys are also featured weekly. They also carry several products using ingredients harvested from the honey bee. Their flagship product, Harold’s Famous Bee Cream, is the only
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patent approved formulation that harnesses the healthy benefits of honey bee venom to effectively soothe joints, muscles, and dry, rough skin. Harold’s unique method of venom extraction causes no harm. Besides honeys and their signature cream, lip balm and facial creams are available. -
Iggy’s Pop Shop
233 Merchant Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-880-7075
Iggy’s Pop Shop
Monday, Wed, Thursday: 2:00-10:00
Friday: 2:00-12:00
Saturday: 12:00-12:00
Sunday: 12:00-10:00
Add to My Trip:Comics, Gaming, Events, and Everything Pop Culture! Explore this gaming and comics center!
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Ste. Genevieve-Modoc Ferry
Ste.GenevieveModocFerry.com
573-883-7097
800-373-7007
Add to My Trip:Enjoy a ride across the Mississippi River to Modoc, IL, Fort de Charters, and access to Illinois Highway 3. To reach the ferry go north on Main Street which ends at the ferry landing. Call ahead to make sure it is able to run.
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King’s Ball
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When: 1st Saturday evening in February
Where: VFW Hall, Memorial Drive
800-373-7007
573-883-7097The annual King’s Ball, originally held to celebrate twelfth-night, is just another of Ste Genevieve’s old French settlers’ traditions that has been celebrated annually for over 250 years. Each year a king to represent Ste. Genevieve for the year is selected by finding
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a secreted item hidden in the King’s Cake. During Leap Years, ladies have the opportunity to be crowned queen. Attendees are encouraged to dress in French Colonial attire and participate in the traditional music and dance. In addition, some guests dress their tables with a candelabrum, table clothes, wine glasses and buffets of food. Proceeds benefit the Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve.
Rural Heritage Day
When: October – Please see the Events Calendar for specifics
Where: St. Mary’s Road and in the Historic District
Admission: Donations appreciated
800-373-7007
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Rural Heritage Day is a celebration of history, reverie and reminiscence in dedication to the hard working forefathers and foremothers of Ste. Genevieve. Come see how it used to be done, whether it’s farming, cooking, spinning, lace making, leather working, soap making, wood carving, gardening, or good old-fashioned games.
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In addition, watch demonstrations of handicrafts of yesteryear. Try the Lions Club’s vittles or bring a picnic. Stay the day and have a blast from the past!
Sara’s Ice Cream & Antiques
124 Merchant St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-5890
Open Seasonally: Mid April-Mid October
Daily Hours: 12:00-5/6:00
Sara’s Ice Cream
Add to My Trip:Serving: Daily, Seasonally
Cuisine: Ice Cream, Novelty Cones rolled in local pecans, Phosphates, Soda, and Coffee are all served at an historic soda fountain surrounded by antique memorabilia.
ASL Pewter Foundry
183 South Third St.,
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-2095
Daily Hours: 9:30-5:00
ASLPewterFoundry.com
Add to My Trip:ASL Pewter Foundry makes high-quality, lead-free pewter products that are not only functional, but works of art. Open Daily 9:30– 5:00. Demonstrations daily.
Sainte Genevieve Art Center
and Art Museum3rd & Merchant Streets
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-535-9833Add to My Trip:
The Sainte Genevieve Art Center and Art Museum will be opening soon. It will display an overview of this county’s rich art history and art by local artists. The Center is home to the Art Guild and will offer art classes, workshops and other events.
Ste. Genevieve County
Community Center21390 Highway 32
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-5244
Ste. Genevieve County Community Center
River Rapids Water Park
Add to My Trip:The Ste. Genevieve County Community Center has daily, monthly, and yearly memberships available. This amazing facility includes a fitness center, walking track, gyms, and meeting rooms. The indoor aquatic center includes a slide, lazy river, and whirlpool. The Ste. Genevieve County Library, housing genealogical records, is also located inside the Community Center. Outside is the Challenger Baseball Field, Challenger Playground, a picnic pavilion, tennis courts, and River Rapids Waterpark. The water park includes several water slides, a lazy river, 6 lane lap pool, and an exciting kids’ play area.
Events
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Ste. Genevieve County Fair
Mid weekend in July
County Fairgrounds, North Main St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO
Ste. Genevieve County Fair
Add to My Trip:The Ste. Genevieve County Fair includes a parade, livestock shows, demolition derby, horse show, truck pulls, tractor pulls, queen contest, 4H and FFA exhibits and live entertainment most nights. There is a lot to see and do for adults and children all weekend with plenty of good food and entertainment.
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Holiday Christmas Festival
When: First full weekend in December
Where: Historic District, Ste. Genevieve, MO
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Experience a wonderland of Christmas festivities in Ste. Genevieve during the annual Holiday Christmas Festival. A cultural celebration of 500 years of holiday music, performed by renowned musicians from across the region, is featured at free performances in historic churches and other downtown venues throughout the weekend. A Christmas parade, caroling, colonial
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decorations, free pictures with Santa for the little ones, and so much more make this a truly memorable event. In addition, Ste. Genevieve Art Guild hosts an Art Show & Sale, downtown shops offer refreshments, some historic site offer open houses, and you can delight in an old-fashioned Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Saturday evening at the Welcome Center – a truly marvelous event! -
Le Reveillon
French ChristmasFelix Valle State Historic Site
Merchant and 2nd Streets
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7102
FelixValleStateHistoricSite.com
Add to My Trip Plan:This annual holiday celebration highlights the music, customs, and crafts of early French Colonial Christmas in Ste. Genevieve. The celebration, known as Le Reveillon, features costumed guides who explain the early 19th century customs of Christmas. Traditional foods and music of the period are featured on the first Saturday in December.
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Muny Band Concerts
8:00 Thurs Evenings, June and July
Valle School Parking Lot
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7097
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Ste. Genevieve’s Municipal Band performs a variety of favorites each week polkas, marches, show tunes, kids’ tunes, and popular melodies. Sit in your car or bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy one of the few municipal bands still around, a Ste. Genevieve tradition for over 70 years!
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Spirit Reunion in Memorial Cemetery
When: 5:00-8:00 pm
4th Saturday in October
Where: Memorial Cemetery
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
800-373-7007
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The spirits will again emerge from the crypts and tombs of historic old Ste. Genevieve’s Memorial Cemetery as the Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve hosts its annual Déjà vu Spirit Reunion. Visitors will experience Missouri’s oldest town through the spirits of those buried in the town’s Memorial Cemetery. This cemetery,
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established in 1787, includes the tombs and grave markers of the area’s earliest French pioneers as well as emigrants of German, Scottish and other heritages – slave, free and integrated spouses of black African and Native Americans.
This living history program of stories, traditions and nostalgia highlights the lives and personalities of notables such as U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn, Felix and Odile Vallé, Marie LaPorte, Joseph Bogy, Ferdinand Rozier (a one-time business partner of John James Audubon). This provides the visitor with an intimate taste of lifestyles and happenings in Missouri’s oldest town during the late 18th and 19th centuries. So tour the cemetery via lantern light and chat “face-to-face” with over 20 spirits clad in traditional dress and enjoy a hauntingly good time.
In addition, all proceeds help to benefit the Foundation for Restoration’s activities and restoration efforts. The FRSG is a non-profit community organization formed to promote the preservation and restoration of Ste. Genevieve’s historic structures and traditions. And in 2007 the FRSG was awarded the distinguished Governor’s Humanities Award for the Déjà vu Spirit Reunion program. -
Jour de Fete Arts & Crafts Festival
When: 2nd full weekend in August
Where: Historic District, Ste. Genevieve, MO
800-373-7007
573-883-7097Add to My Trip:
The annual Jour de Fête is southeast Missouri’s largest outdoor Crafts Fair. Held in the heart of Ste. Genevieve’s Historic District, visitors can browse through arts and crafts booths. Shop till you drop and enjoy live music, foods, living history demonstrations and other activities at this family-friendly event.
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French Veillee’
Second Weekend in June
Felix Valle State Historic Site
Merchant and Second Streets
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7102Add to My Trip:
Enjoy an evening in the garden of the Felix Valle House at this recreation of a La Veillee, a traditional French Colonial summer social gathering. Featured will be French folk dancing, folk tales, candlelight tours of the home, and refreshments.
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French Heritage Festival
Second Saturday in June
Historic District
Ste. Genevieve, MO
800-373-7007
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The French Festival is a living history event with live traditional music, folk dancing, French foods, wine tasting, re-enactors in period dress, historic home tours, street dancing, promenades (parades), children’s activities, walking tours, tea with ‘Marie Antoinette’ at the Guibourd and much more!
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Stretch your legs on scenic hiking trails, discover amazing museums and architecture, get to know the rescue tigers at the Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary, splash around at the River Rapids Waterpark and explore the nearby Challenger Playground, or take a ride across the mighty Mississippi River on the ferry! When you’re looking for fun that will appeal to all ages, bring your family to see the sights and attractions of Ste. Genevieve!
