Flywheel Fest

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST 4-8PM

Flywheel Fest is back!

A Fun-filled, Family, Farm Festival!

We are cultivating fun and celebrating all things agriculture during JUMP’s annual Flywheel Fest on Saturday, September 21st from 4-8 PM. 

Join us for some FREE, family, farm fun!  

• Antique Farm Equipment Demonstrations

  • Tractor drives through the park on the hour

• Pinewood Derby Tractor Races

  • Pick up your FREE tractor kit, available NOW in the JUMP lobby. Build and decorate your tractor then bring it to the Flywheel Fest to participate in the races!

• Kids Market

  • Over 60 vendors from local kid-run small businesses

• Cow Milking Experience

  • Race against your friends: who can milk the “cow” faster?!

• Inflatable “Petting Zoo”

  • You’ll just have to see to understand

• Carnival Games

  • Duck, Duck, Fish

  • Let is Go Lasso

  • Fish Pong

  • Huck-a-Cluck

  • Flywheel Toss

  • Egg Maze

  • Tractor Pull

  • Ring Toss

  • New this year: Live Action Slot Machine

• Cupcake Walk

  • Like a cake walk, but better

• Educational Agriculture booths and demos

  • Butter making

  • Potato Education

  • Boise Blacksmith

  • Treasure Valley Beekeepers

  • Boise Vertical Farm

  • All About Potatoes

  • Chicken Wheelchair

  • Fives Tiles

• Face Painting

•  LIVE Music & Entertainment

  • Dirt Road Dancing

  • Andrew Kinsey

  • Ella Duncil

• Food Trucks

  • Slay the Snow

  • Churro Bros

  • World's Best Corndogs

  • Big Beantz Tacos

• Beer Garden

• Prizes

• [Small] Pie Eating Contest

• 5-Story Spiral Slide

  • Operating from 5-7pm

• Spontaneous Chicken Dancing

When you hear the music, you know what to do

 What the Heck is a Flywheel?

Here’s a hint, it has nothing to do with a house fly. A flywheel on a tractor is a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy generated by a tractor’s engine to help power farm equipment to do work. Did you know that tractors (and their flywheels) were revolutionary in advancing farming? These important machines make it possible to feed more Americans with less water and land, thereby making food more affordable. We think that is something worth celebrating. 

The Flywheel Fest is your invitation to learn more about agriculture, tractors, and the important role they play in all our lives (and have a lot of fun too)!