6-17-25 Top 5 Worst Iowa Summer Festivals

From the top it's top five Tuesday on the rock 108 morning show

All right, so top five Tuesday for today with friend of the show Tom Garland who's in right now?

This weekend you get out and about at all.

Yeah, I went to For father's day my dad wanted to go to the Robbins roundup What?

The Robbins Roundup.

It's like they have like their little summer festival.

Yeah.

And so I took my parents were there and I took my wife there.

My wife, you know, we previously lived in Las Vegas.

So we're pulling up to park and she's like, we're going to drive on the grass.

I was

like, damn,

Skippy, we're going to drive on the ground.

This is from Iowa.

We'll show you how we get down.

I think the Robbins Roundup, though, they need to round up some beer.

Oh,

they didn't have any?

No.

They were like, you want a pizza or a corn dog?

I was like, I want an alcoholic beverage.

Do you have that?

They had soda and water, and they need to get some beer

up there.

Well,

that's a shame that you didn't have it at the

Robbins Roundup.

I mean, was there anything else

that did?

It was fun.

They had a band and the fireworks and stuff.

So they did a pretty decent job.

But some of these festivals, these summer festivals, Brian, in Iowa, I could do without.

I know

that's

a big thing here, because the weather's nice and stuff like that.

And so for the top five today,

these are the top five worst, the worst Iowa summer festivals.

Number five, the Cedar Rapids Downtown Market After Dark, or as I like to call it, the market before the fights.

Wow.

Maybe they should book it.

They should just put the octagon right there

on it.

I'd be fine

with that.

You know, third and second avenue.

Yeah, just right there.

You guys ready to go?

Who you got your money on?

Number four, the Hiawatha road construction days.

Ah, I know this all too well.

Yeah, he's gonna fly in, you know, just drop in.

Chopper in every morning.

Yes, that'd be perfect.

You know, just like a little parachute.

I made it.

Number three, the St.

Jude's sweet.

Teen UFC match.

Oh, yep.

And more fights.

If you want to see some 16 year olds beat the crap out of each other, the sweet corn festival is the place to be.

You want to find out where this this corn on the cob goes?

I've always what it's like.

There's so many cops there, too.

Yes.

But the cops will all like somehow congregate to one side.

And then the kids are like, all right, the cops are on the right.

Let's fight on the left.

The fight just.

Somehow the

cops can't get to it every year.

Did you think anybody burst the balloon so they can beat somebody up with a large stuffed animal?

Just steal the darts from the watch out Wow

That's violent number two these are These are the top five worst Iowa summer festivals number two the great Jones County disappointment.

Oh

Like we'll have a Nelly this year just don't just somebody just put an iPad on and Do that you don't you don't want to have some country grammar.

I I liked him.

I guess when he was Nelly now, I don't know what he's like It's like a mix of what he used to do in Kid Rock and I don't know yeah, and you know in case you're listening and you're not

from Iowa, I wanted to make one that was at least nationwide.

So

the top worst Iowa summer festivals, this one's nationwide riot fest, or as I like to call it, the mostly peaceful protest fest.

Oh.

Going on in a city near you.

Yeah, just find out where you want to go and line up.

It's all good.

Stand, make sure that there's a line leader and somebody to take up the caboose.

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