| April 25-28 | NASCAR Weekend |
| 3 night minimum. Holiday rates apply. NASCAR Truck and IndyCar Series. |
MAY 2008 |
 |
May 2-4 | Cinco De Mayo Block Party |
| Come celebrate Cinco De Mayo at Basswood. Enjoy hot dogs, hamburgers, and a live Mariachi live band. Children's activities include pool games, face painting, and piñata making. |
| May 9-11 | BBQ Contest |
 |
| The 13th annual Basswood BBQ Competition, sanctioned by KCBS. Adults and kids can compete. Great $$ prizes. Food, fun, art activities. Join the Fun!! Live Band on Friday night, BBQ Sandwiches & Chips. Make a mother's Day card and flower bouquet |
| May 16-18 | Scout Weekend |
| Basswood is dedicating this weekend to Scouts and their Troops. Come out and go on a scavenger hunt and earn more merit badges. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. Bring the whole family for a fun game of bingo and sno-cones. |
| May 23-29 | Memorial Week |
3 night minimum. Holiday rates apply.
Come out and eat hot dogs or hamburgers. Dress up and participate in a Memorial Day Parade. Let your creative side show and make a postage stamp to honor a war hero or create a one-of-a-kind windsock. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
June 2008 |
 |
May 30-June 5 | Picnic Week |
| Take your family on a picnic at Basswood. We'll be hosting an Oscar Mayer Kid Contest so get those little ones ready to sing that famous song…"Oh I wish I were an…" you know the song. Who can eat the most ice cream? Come find out during our Ice Cream Eating Contest. Make a picnic basket to include a bologna sandwich, chips, juice box, snack then enjoy it after a nice nature hike. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| June 6-12 | Flag Week |
 |
| Come out and let your creative side take over by making a family creed flag. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| June 13-19 | Father's Day/Superhero Week |
| Bring your father to Basswood this weekend for rest and relaxation. Make an original Father's day card for your dad. Who is your favorite superhero? Dads are encouraged to participate in the Best Superhero Contest. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| June 20-26 | Strawberry Festival Week |
| Come listen to the live band. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. Bring the family for a water balloon toss, relay races, Strawberry Shortcakes and Strawberry Smoothies. |
| June 27-July 3 | Chocolate Week |
| Candy bar bingo-Card for every candy bar, Chocolate Pudding Slip and Slide, Hershey Kiss Toss, M & M Jar Guess, Hot Fudge Sundaes! Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. MOVIE: Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
July 2008 |
| July 4-10 | Independence Week |
| 3 night minimum. Holiday rates apply. Bring the whole family out for 3-legged races, family tug-of-war, face painting, pool games, wagon rides with Marvin the Monkey. Participate in our red, white, & blue parade. Basket Bingo, Silent Auction. |
| July 11-17 | Carnival/Mardi Gras Week |
| Basswood is flashing back to the old carnival days. Participate in a pie throwing contest, dunking booths, cotton candy, and Sno-Cones. Bring a healthy appetite for our Cajun shrimp boil and baked good sales. Make a Mardi Gras Mask and dress up for our Mardi Gras Parade. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| July 18-24 | Christmas in July |
| Decorate your site and you could win a prize. Make Christmas ornaments, Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. Bring the children out for pictures with Santa. |
| July 25-31 | Survivor Week |
| Survivor at Basswood!!! Participate in our create-your-own Survivor buff contest, Immunity challenges, reward challenges and tribal counsel. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
August 2008 |
| Aug 1-7 | Watermelon Week |
| Enjoy the hot summer with one of America's favorite summer fruits-WATERMELON!!! Families can participate in watermelon spitting contests, family games, and enjoying cold watermelon treats. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| Aug 8-14 | Rock-On Week |
| Come out and see who is the best of the best in our Air Guitar Contest and X-box/Guitar Hero 3 Contest. Prizes to be announced at a later date. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| Aug 15-21 | Fishing Week |
| Learn how to bait, cast, and catch a fish. Make lures with feathers. Participate in our fishing contest. Winners will receive prizes. Context entry fee. Make a Suncather. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| Aug 22-28 | Hawaiian Luau Week |
| Aloha!!! Bring the family out for hula hoop contests, a big pig roast, coconut relay races, and a limbo contest. Make a Leis. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
September 2008 |
| Aug 29-Sept 1 | Labor Day Weekend |
| 3 night minimum. Holiday rates apply. Help Basswood celebrate the end of a great season. Enjoy bingo, family games, face painting, pool games, and wagon rides with Marvin the Monkey. |
| Sept 5-7 | Grandparent's Weekend |
| How will your family hold up to others when the pressure is on? Bring your family out for a friendly game of Family Feud Basswood style. Make your grandparents an original handcrafted card. Bingo. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| Sept 12-14 | Retro Weekend~~50's, 60's, 70's |
| Travel back in time to the "golden oldies." Participate in a dance contest, best hair-do Contest and Name that Tune. Enjoy face painting, pool games, and a wagon ride with Marvin the Monkey. |
| Sept 19-21 | V-ROD Rally |
| Sept 26-29 | NASCAR Weekend-Trail of Terror |
3 night minimum. Holiday rates apply.
NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series
Come out for a Basswood Haunting. New features will include:
Trail of Terror, including the haunted burial grounds
Black Maze
Haunted Village
Special Opening Weekend is 2 for 1 ~ Friday & Saturday night 7:30-10 |
October 2008 |
| Oct 3-4 | Trail of Terror |
| Friday & Saturday night 7:30-10 pm |
| Oct 10-11 | Trail of Terror |
| Friday & Saturday night 7:30-10 pm |
| Oct 17-18 | Trail of Terror |
| Friday & Saturday night 7:30-10 pm |
| Oct 24-25 | Trail of Terror |
| Friday & Saturday night 7:30-10 pm |
| Oct 31 | Trail of Terror Finale |
| This is the Grand Finale for our Trail of Terror. Join us and check out all the Basswood Haunting features. Plus our Halloween Bash, including Trick or Treating, a bon fire and a movie fest.
Friday & Saturday night 7:30-10 pm |
