Welcome to Albion, Iowa - The city near the Iowa River

The Albion Rail-Trail Festival will be held Friday night, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st. 

We are located 15 minutes NW of Marshalltown, 45 minutes NE of Des Moines and  45 minutes East of Ames on Highway 330. 

Friday evening events are held in the Albion City Park.  Admire classic cars, trucks motorcycles, tractors of all years and makes during the Show and Shine; the crowning of royality of Little Mr. and Miss Albion will be at 6:30.  Stay and enjoy a family outdoor movie under the stars, we will be featuring the movie Cars at dusk (approximately 9:30)  under the stars.  Bring your lawn chairs to enjoy the show. 

Start Saturday morning off with an fresh air stretch, the dual pavement/gravel bicycle ride.   Watch the fire trucks and cars go by as candy gets tossed during the community parade at 10:00 AM. Head to the Kids Fun Zone to: play carnival games, jump and bounce in the bounce house, challenge your friends at basketball or the 45 foot obstacle course, and emerge yourself with interactive activities, create one of a kind spin art.  We will have our tradition of the  handmade giant pinata at noon and Balloons by Zounds in the afternoon. 

Stroll and shop  the many vendors located in the the Iowa River's Edge Market hosted by AB Events- there is something for everyone! 

Grab a bite to eat from Clare's Tenderloin, Chad's Pizza, Appleberry's Apple Wagon  and Smokin Hog Pit-Stop BBQ. 

Join us for the Street Dance from 8:00 - Midnight.   Rock out with the high energy, seven piece, party band, The Punching Panadas.  They play everything from old school rock and roll, funk, blues, country, pop, rap and today's music!

A dusk watch a  spectacular fireworks show Saturday at the baseball field (sitting on the south diamond).

Sunday morning, join in a community fellowship church service at the 1st  Presbyterian Church at 10:00 AM