Schedule Of Events

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM : Try DockDogs

A non-competitive opportunity to see if your dog is a good fit for the sport of DockDogs. Returning again in 2025 is “Let’s Try DockDogs” (pre-registration required!) If you've ever wondered about unleashing the untapped potential of your canine companion, here's your golden opportunity! We invite you to join us in the thrilling world of DockDogs before the seasoned professionals take the docks.

A team is made up of a handler and a canine, and you are a TEAM, you each have a role to play. Because of this, the registration is for a single team, not one person, many dogs, many persons of the same family and their many dogs; just one DockDogs team. 

The Let’s Try group of handlers who will be working with your dog are comprised of competitors from around the Midwest who have many years and many championships under their belts in a variety of dog sports and DockDogs. Listen to them, the advice they give is because they have seen what works and what doesn’t. Never competed before? No problem! Try DockDogs is designed for that very reason.

9:00 AM: Big Air Wave #1

10:30 AM: Big Air Wave #2

1:00 PM: Big Air Wave #3

3:00 PM: Big Air Wave #4

5:00 PM: Extreme Vertical Competition

Location : Newbo District: 1325 1st Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

9:30 AM - 3:00 PM : Freedom Bike Ride & Kids Ride

A community ride through Eastern Iowa

Join us for our Freedom Bike Ride! Starting in Cedar Rapids, we will kick off the ride at Big Grove. Get your first beer free prior to the ride and enjoy a FREE breakfast hosted by Big Grove! Beginning downtown, the route will take you south to Ely where you can enjoy food and drinks at local establishments. From Ely you’ll go through Solon where you can take a pitstop at Big Grove - Solon. The ride will end back in Cedar Rapids at Newbo where you can stick around to enjoy Patriotic Fest happening from 11 AM - 10 PM with our parade starting in the afternoon following the ride. 

Our Kids Freedom Bike Ride will take place in Ely at 12 PM. Kids activities, food trucks, and freebies from local organizations will be set up at the Ely City Park from 10:30 AM - 2 PM. A bike decorating station will be available for kids to enjoy prior to their ride kicking off!

9:30 AM - Breakfast and kick off event at Big Grove

10:30 AM - Freedom Bike Ride starts at Big Grove

10:30 AM - Kids activities/food trucks begin in Ely

12:00 PM - Kids Freedom Bike Ride starts in Ely

2:00 PM - Kids activities/food trucks end in Ely

3:00 PM - Freedom Bike Ride ends in Newbo

Location : Big Grove Brewery: 170 1st Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404