WATERLOO, Neb. (WOWT) – Junkstock, an annual fall tradition, is kicking off its second of two back-to-back weekends at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo.
Event-goers can expect more than 250 vendors, 40 food trucks, 62 food vendors and live music.
The festival’s 15th-year theme, Junkstock Academy, features vintage school displays throughout the farm. Saturday, Oct. 10, includes a Husker football watch party with big-screen TVs and buy-one-get-one-free drink specials.
ReCaptured, a Journey tribute band, performs at 7 p.m. The concert is included with admission, according to the event website.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Junkstock’s $35 early-bird ticket includes weekend access and normally allows entry from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday.
Online ticket sales ended Oct. 8. Gate tickets are cash-only: $20 for daily admission, $30 for a weekend pass and $35 for early-bird admission, which includes weekend access. Children 12 and younger get in free; dogs are welcome.
Jaret Lansford with First Alert 6 Traffic reminds drivers to follow a clockwise traffic pattern. Travel west on Dodge Street to northbound Highway 275, exit onto eastbound Blondo Street, then head south on River Road Drive.
Free parking and shuttle service are also available from Metropolitan Community College’s Elkhorn Valley Campus.(First Alert 6 Traffic)
Free parking and shuttle service are also available from Metropolitan Community College’s Elkhorn Valley Campus, a release states.
Junkstock also hosts a spring festival that spans two weekends
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