Upcoming events
Holiday Stroll
Join the Red Wing Royal Ambassadors around town during the most wonderful time of the year!
Story Time
4 p.m. | NEW LOCATION | Fair Trade Books | Listen to the Ambassadors favorite holiday stories!
Tree Lighting
5 p.m. | Corner of Bush Street & Third Street | Join as the Ambassadors count down to light up Red Wing.
Letters to Santa
5:30 p.m. | Tootsie Too’s | Write a letter to Santa with Ambassadors Cadence, Kendra, and Bryn. Maybe Santa will even write back!
Parade
7:30 p.m. | Downtown Red Wing
Grocery Bagging
Support the Red Wing Royal Ambassador Program while you do your weekly grocery shop at Family Fare. Let the royalty bag your groceries!
Red Wing Fall Art Festival
Join the 2024 Red Wing Royal Ambassadors at our beloved local art festival in pretty Downtown Red Wing! The festival spans October 12-13. Spot the ambassadors there on Saturday.
Red Wing Royal Ambassador Coronation
This Barbie is a Red Wing Girl! Join us to crown the 2024 Red Wing Royal Ambassadors.
Tickets are available through the Sheldon Theatre Box Office or online.
River City Days Dunk Tank
Dunk the ambassadors and candidates down at River City Days!
Have a River City Days button? Get one throw FREE! Find buttons sold at businesses around Red Wing.
Business After Hours
Meet the 2024 Red Wing Royal Ambassador candidates, 2023 Red Wing Royal Ambassadors, and local businesses at Business After Hours to kick off River City Days weekend.
There will be live music, a food truck, kid friendly activities and more! Proceeds from the evening will support the River Bluff Humane Society.
Purse Bingo
Join the 2023 Red Wing Royal Ambassadors and 2024 candidates for a fantastic FUNdraiser to support our programs and scholarships.
10 Bingo Cards fo $50
50/50 Raffle Tickets: 1 for $5 or 3 for $10
Cash or Check ONLY at the door.
Win a stunning luxury bag as prize for getting BINGO!
Doors open at 5 p.m. | Bingo begins at 6 p.m.
Enjoy food and beverages for purchase from the American Legion.
Grocery Bagging
Support the Red Wing Royal Ambassador Organization while getting your groceries for the week!
Let the candidates and ambassadors help bag your groceries from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 21 at Family Fare, 615 Main Street in Red Wing.
Red Wing Aces Game
Join the 2023 Red Wing Royal Ambassadors and 2024 Red Wing Royal Ambassador Candidates as they cheer on the Red Wing Aces!
Bring some extra cash to purchase a River City Days button or a hot dog from one of our ambassador candidates.
Go Aces!
Princess for a Day
Princesses (ages 4 through fourth grade) will be entertained by royal crafts, story time, a dance party, the Royal Hair Salon, and a snack fit for a princess! To remember their day, princesses will receive a keepsake tiara and sash (must be in attendance to receive items).
Princess attire is encouraged, but not required.
Please arrive with clean, brushed hair, ready for your “crowning” at the Royal Hair Salon. This is a 'kids only' princess party!
Tickets are $25. A service fee applies and tickets are non-refundable. Must be present to recieve the above mentioned items and keepsakes.
We cannot gaurantee ticket availablity at the door, so please register in advance.
This is a kids only event (ages 4 through fourth grade).
Check-in begins at 5:15 p.m. Return at 7:10 p.m. for the runway show and photos!
Tickets are $22+fees for each Princess attendee.
Candidate Informational Meeting
THIS EVENT IS RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MAY 28.
Join us to learn more about the 2024 Red Wing Royal Ambassador Candidate Program! This event is free to attend and you are encouraged to bring parents and friends along. Be entered to win a door prize by simply attending!
Candidacy is open to all young women who live, work or go to school in Red Wing, Minnesota; and who will be entering their senior year of high school up to age 21.
Candidate Informational Meeting
Join us to learn more about the 2024 Red Wing Royal Ambassador Candidate Program! This event is free to attend and you are encouraged to bring parents and friends along. Be entered to win a door prize by simply attending!
Candidacy is open to all young women who live, work or go to school in Red Wing, Minnesota; and who will be entering their senior year of high school up to age 21.
Button Contest
The Red Wing Royal Ambassador Organization is seeking art for the
2024 River City Days button!
Submit your image by Sunday, May 5, 11:59 p.m., for a chance to be the featured artist of the 2024 River City Days collectable button and the winner of $150 in Chamber Bucks!
The 2023 Red Wing Royal Ambassadors will select the winning design, which will be announced this summer. The artist will be recognized at River City Days. Artists must live, work, and/or go to school in Red Wing.
Please submit an image representing the community of Red Wing WITHOUT any words or years on it. Those will be added later!
NOTE: Your submission may be shared on Red Wing Royal Ambassador Organization social media!
Questions? Reach out to missredwing@gmail.com.
Salsa-licious
Since 2013, the Red Wing Masonic Lodge has graciously raised more than a quarter-million dollars as part of its annual Salsa-licious fundraiser. One evening a year, join together as local nonprofits compete for the best salsa.
Come vote for the Red Wing Royal Ambassador salsa this year — Shrek’s Spicy Swamp Water! Join us on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 ($5 at the door) for the salsa tasting and raffle drawing. Need NOT be present to win.
Grand prize is a $3,000 travel voucher to Amazing Adventures with Shelly Orr.
Reach out to buy a $20 raffle ticket from us at missredwing@gmail.com.
Vulcan Torchlight Parade
Vulcanus Rex will use his wily ways to light up the streets of downtown Saint Paul for the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, marking the Vulcans march to overthrow King Boreas and bring summer back to the city of Saint Paul.
American Legion Kids Christmas Party
The Red Wing Royal Ambassadors will be face painting at the American Legion’s Kids Christmas Party. This event requires registration.
Holiday Stroll
Join the Red Wing Royal Ambassadors in celebrating the holiday season at the annual Holiday Stroll in “Pretty Little Red Wing.” Here’s where you can find Emma, Bri, and Kylie!
1 p.m. Holiday Movie: Home Alone at the Sheldon Theatre.
4 p.m. Story time at the Red Wing Public Library.
5 p.m. Tree lighting at the Corner of Bush & 3rd Street.
5:30 p.m. Polar Express near Hallstrom’s Florist.
7:30 p.m. Lighted Parade.
Cambridge Lighted Snowflake Parade
Join the ambassadors as they travel to Cambridge to celebrate their annual Lighted Snowflake Parade.
Eat, Drink & Be Thankful with Goods For Girls
Join the ambassadors as they support Red Wing’s Goods For Girls, a local nonprofit dedicated to helping girls and women affected by period poverty in our community. Enjoy live music, a silent auction and more.