JESUP - The sawdust will fly at this year's Farmers Days celebration.

The Fred Scheer Lumberjack Show, a nationally renowned exhibition, will help make the 92nd annual event memorable with three shows Saturday.

Sheer's lumberjacks have toured the nation for 25 years. The performers have been featured on numerous national programs, including ESPN's Great Outdoors Games and ABC's Wide World of Sports.

Allan Wright, president of Farmers Day, said he first saw the lumberjacks at the Eastern Iowa Sports Show in Cedar Falls. Their appearance in Jesup is a first for Farmers Days.

The Lord's Warrior Drill Team Color Guard and Drumline of Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo will participate in the annual parade Saturday. The team will also perform after the parade.

Other attractions, including a myriad of local bands and the annual play, will also attract hundreds of people to the Buchanan County community.

One of the best parts of the entertainment at Farmers Days is the cost, Wright said.

"It's all free," he said.

Wright said this year's celebration begins the lead-up to Jesup's sesquicentennial celebration in 2010.

"It's a preview of things that are going to happen," he said.

The festival began as a way to celebrate Jesup's agrarian heritage and was originally held around harvest time. But when county fairs and other celebrations started, the event was pushed earlier in the year, Wright said.

Farmers Days begins Thursday and runs through Saturday. Events include:

Thursday

6:30 p.m., children's parade begins. Registration starts at 6 p.m. at in United Methodist Church parking lot.

7:05 p.m., prince and princess contest, park pavilion.

8 to 11 p.m., music by Fearless Overstreet and the Western Front, Sixth and Young streets.

Friday

1 p.m., bubble gum blowing contest, park pavilion. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.

5 p.m., music from the Great Pretenders, pavilion.

7 p.m., Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band Show, pavilion.

7:30 p.m., Square Dance, South and Young streets.

9:30 p.m., music from Nashville, pavilion.

Saturday

7:30 a.m., 5K run/walk, Young and Main streets.

10 a.m., 58th annual Great Farmers Day Parade begins. Line up starts at 8 a.m. at the school.

11:30 a.m., Lord's Warriors Drill Team Color Guard and Drumline, Sixth and Hawley streets.

11:30 a.m., music by Donna Capel, pavilion.

Noon, Fred Scheer Lumberjack Show, Sixth and Young streets. Shows also at 3 and 6 p.m.

12:30 p.m., music by Kathy Lee Ogden, park gazebo.

1 p.m., fire department water fights, Douglas and Main streets.

1 p.m., tractor pull, First and Young streets. Weigh-in begins at 11:30 a.m. at the East Central Iowa Cooperative.

2 p.m., Iowa State Fair Talent Show, pavilion.

4:30 p.m., music by Proud Image, pavilion.

6 p.m., music by Up Hill Rising, gazebo.

7:05 p.m., Farmers Days melodrama play, "The Veggie Villain," pavilion.

9:30 p.m., music by Milk & Honey, pavilion.

For information about the city celebration, go online at www.jesupfarmersdays.org.

Contact Josh Nelson at (319) 291-1565 or josh.nelson@wcfcourier.com.