🎶🌊 THEY’RE BACK… AND READY TO SHAKE HERITAGE PARK! 🌊🎶 Travel back to the swinging sounds of the 50s and 60s with Hot Pastrami!—returning for their 2nd year at Wabasha Riverboat Days! 🙌🔥 Join us at Heritage Park on Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM for an afternoon packed with retro vibes and nonstop energy. From vintage surf and soulful grooves to bubblegum pop and classic rock ‘n’ roll, Hot Pastrami! delivers a full-blown dance party that hits all the right notes. 🎸💃 Expect groovy instrumentals, feel-good harmonies, and a high-energy performance that will have EVERYONE—young and old—on their feet and moving! If you caught them last year, you already know… and if you didn’t, now’s your chance. 👀 👉 Don’t miss Hot Pastrami! bringing the heat back to Riverboat Days—this is one set you’ll want to be front and center for!

🌊🎸 HOLD ON TO YOUR SUNGLASSES, WABASHA… 🎸🌊 We’re cranking up the surf and turning up the vibe—please give a BIG Riverboat Days welcome to THE SWONGOS making their FIRST-EVER appearance at Wabasha Riverboat Days! 🙌🔥 Straight out of the St. Croix River Valley, this instrumental surf trio brings a sound that rides the waves from 🌴 soft, dreamy grooves to 🤪 wild, psychedelic energy—and everywhere in between. Think surf rock meets spy themes, exotica, and a splash of psychedelic chaos… yeah, it’s THAT good. Inspired by legends like Dick Dale and The Ventures, with a twist of Frank Zappa and Pixies—The Swongos don’t just play music… they create a full-on experience. 🌈🎶 They’ve shared stages with surf and rock heavy-hitters and rocked festivals across the country—and now they’re bringing that same electric energy to Wabasha! 💬 “A breath of fresh air… I can’t wait to see where this band heads.” 💬 “Pure fun with a touch of the exotic…” 📍 Catch The Swongos LIVE: 🗓 Saturday, July 25, 2026 ⏰ 3:45 PM 📌 Heritage Park This is your moment to kick back, vibe out, and ride the wave right here in the Eagle Capital of America 🦅🌊 👉 Don’t miss it—because once the tide rolls in, you’ll want to be right in the middle of it.

Get ready to turn up the dial and celebrate community pride with Pure Country WPVW 99.7 FM—LIVE from the 47th Annual Wabasha Riverboat Days! 5:00 PM – LIVE Broadcast Show Join the crew on stage at Heritage Park as they go live with music, interviews, local flavor, and that signature small-town energy you know and love! 6:00 PM – Parade Announcing Team Stick around as WPVW 99.7 takes the mic again to announce the 48th Annual Grand Parade, presented by the Wabasha Rotary Club. Expect cheers, community spirit, and maybe even a few surprises as the floats roll through downtown Wabasha! Bring your lawn chairs, your best wave, and your Riverboat Days spirit—because this is Pure Country fun you won’t want to miss! Facebook Event

🔥 SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE BRIDGE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT BIGGER. 🔥 The 48th Annual Wabasha Riverboat Days is bringing a TRUE rising star to Heritage Park… and this one is the real deal. 🎤 HANNAH DASHER 📅 Saturday, July 25, 2026 🕢 7:30 PM 📍 Heritage Park – Wabasha, Minnesota 🎟 FREE CONCERT If you haven’t heard the name yet… trust us, you will. Hannah Dasher is one of the hottest rising names in Country Music right now — a Grand Ole Opry regular, a CMT Next Women of Country artist, a Fender Next artist, viral sensation and powerhouse songwriter whose songs have been recorded by stars like Lainey Wilson and Brad Paisley. She’s headlined tours across the country, is taking her “Wanted Tour” overseas to Sweden and the UK, and has exploded online with more than 1.5 MILLION followers on TikTok thanks to her larger-than-life personality, throwback country style, southern charm and absolutely electric live performances. And now… she’s coming to Wabasha. This isn’t some sit-down-and-clap politely kind of show. This is BIG hair, boots on the stage, rockin’ country music, crowd singing, hands in the air, summer night magic under the bridge energy. The kind of artist people discover and later say: 👉 “I saw her LIVE!” Music critics are already calling her one of Nashville’s best kept secrets — [...]