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Get ready for three days of fun around Peoria's Riverfront. The 44th Annual Steamboat Days Festival combines a bigger, better carnival, delicious food, drinks, great musical entertainment, and more in a family-friendly atmosphere! 

Continuing this great River City tradition, Steamboat Days Festival 2014 will be Thursday, June 12 through Saturday, June 14, 2014. This year's festival includes the bigger and better carnival featuring a monstrous 65 foot Ferris Wheel and other rides and games. You can also sit in the driver’s seat of a NASCAR race car and experience a thrilling simulated race. They’ll also have a 1988 Goodwrench Monte Carlo that was driven at Daytona by the late, great Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Get your picture with the car, take a look under the hood, and listen to the engine roar!

Steamboat Days Festival 2014 will celebrate Peoria’s Riverfront and attract families to a wide variety of events, including concerts Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, the internationally renowned Steamboat Classic race, a bags tournament, and other fun activities for all ages! Again this year, the Steamboat Classic race starts at 7am on Saturday ending in the soccer field with a post-race party and awards presentations until 11am.

Get more information on this year's Steamboat Days Festival by logging on to www.peoriaevents.com right now!

Come join the fun at the 2014 Steamboat Days Festival!