float-a-palooza

Food trucks, Float-a-palooza, and triathlon are all on Saturday

Aug 6, 2025

Ohuta Beach will busy Saturday, Aug. 9, with three interrelated summer events. First up is the fourth annual Y-Knot Tri triathlon. “Join us for this 4th annual race to paddle, bike, and run your way through a fun course,” the Lake City Chamber of Commerce said on the event website, https://www....

Aug. 10 offers a chance to feast, float, and compete at Ohuta Park

Aug 7, 2024

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce has a full day of activities planned at Ohuta Park on Saturday, Aug. 10. Events begin in the morning with the Y-Knot-Tri triathlon, followed by the Float-a-palooza beach party and the Rolling by the River food truck festival. “With the beautiful backdrop of Lake...

Three events converge on Ohuta Park Aug. 10

Jul 31, 2024

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce is planning not one, not two, but three events at Ohuta Park on Aug. 10, and one of them is a triathlon. This year a food truck festival joins the Y-Knot Tri and Float-a-palooza, which have shared a date and location in past years. The Y-Knot Tri triathlon...

Y-Knot Tri, Float-a-palooza bring hundreds to lakefront

Aug 16, 2023

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce’s Y-Knot Tri triathlon and Float-a-palooza brought people to the beach at Ohuta Park Saturday for paddling, running, riding, floating, food, prizes, and live music. The Lake City Community Choir sang both the National Anthem and the Lake City Alma Mater at the...

Y-Knot Tri back for a second year, shares date with Float-a-Palooza

Jul 26, 2023

Lake City welcomes the Y-Knot-Tri back for a second year on Aug. 12. “After the inaugural 2022 race, which shattered all expectations, 2023 promises another great event,” the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event, said in a news release. “With the beautiful backdrop of Lake Pepin...

Tri tried, floating too

Aug 17, 2022

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce is pleased with the outcome of its two events at Ohuta Beach on Saturday, Aug. 13, despite weather that wasn’t perfect for one of them. “The Chamber staff and Board of Directors are so humbled by the awesome organization of the Tri by its committee, the generosity...

Float-a-palooza, ‘Y-Knot’ triathlon this Saturday

Aug 10, 2022

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce is hoping to have two great events that go great together Saturday, Aug. 13, when it puts on the first Y-Knot Tri triathlon and the annual Float-a-palooza beach party. Ohuta Beach park will be the focal point for both events. All three legs of the triathlon will...

Float-a-palooza lands  on Hok-si-la beach

Aug 18, 2021

It was a warm day full of sun shine for this year’s Float-a-palooza event. Instead of Ohuta Beach in Lake City, which is under construction, this year’s event was held at Hok-si-la Park. At the beach and in the lake nearby, people played in the water as 80s rock played from a sound-system. Children...

Float-a-palooza is Sunday at Hok-Si-La

Aug 11, 2021

Lake City’s family summer beach party is back after a one-year hiatus. Float-a-palooza is set for Sunday, Aug. 15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. with lots of free activities in the water and on land. With the Ohuta Beach area under construction, the event’s organizers, the Lake City Chamber of Commerce,...

New date, location for Float-a-palooza

Jul 21, 2021

Float-a-palooza is returning this year, but in a different location and on a different day of the week. This year’s event will take place Sunday, Aug. 15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Hok-Si-La Park. Past Float-a-paloozas were held on Saturday at the Marina beach next to Ohuta Park. Construction at...