Canton Day Off

August 18, 19, 20, 2023!

  • Schedule
  • Sponsors
  • Boomer Backyard
    BBQ Cook Off
  • Bean Bag
    Tournament
  • Pop Up Market
    on Main
  • News
  • Photos
    • 2019 Canton Day Off
    • 2018 Canton Day Off
    • 2017 Canton Day Off Christmas Parade
    • 2017 Canton Day Off
    • 2016 Canton Day Off
    • 2015 Canton Day Off
    • Past Photos
  • Location

For many years the highlight of the social life of Canton was its “Day Off”.

Today we celebrate “Canton Day Off” every year the third weekend in August.

During the final of the nineteenth century, the Ladies Aid Society of the Church of the Assumption, sponsored a church supper on August 15th which is the feast day of the Assumption in the Catholic liturgy. In 1903, the leader of the Canton bank, Percy Young, offered to bring the band to entertain during the dinner. The following year, the celebration moved downtown and on August 15, 1904, the whole town sponsored a day long festival the first “Day Off.” By the first world war, Canton’s “Day Off” had become a regional event and special trains were run to bring in out-of-town visitors. Festivities were increased to include county championship baseball games, speakers, merry-go-rounds, aerialist acts, and evening dances at the town hall. Annual “Day Off” celebrations were held in Canton for over 50 years. The last “Day Off” celebration was held on August 15, 1955.

SOME SHITTY COVERBAND Saturday, August 20th
Fest Tent – 8 p.m. to midnight

Check them out!

See the full schedule

Share Us With Others!

Canton Day Off

Canton Day Off - Boomer Backyard BBQ Contest - Bean Bag Tournament, Poker Run - Rett Syndrome

CANTON WEATHER

Copyright © 2023 · Website Design and Hosting by SMG Web Design of Preston, Minnesota