Seeking Royalty Candidates! 

The Hopkins Raspberry Festival has begun it's recruitment for the 2008-2009 Royal Family. Each year the festival crowns nine people to represent Hopkins in parades and appearances around Minnesota for full year.

Candidate information sessions have been set for May 13th and 22nd, both at 7:00pm at Caribou Coffee on Hwy 7 . To view the invitation, click on the invite below.

 Follow the links below for more info.
  Royalty Candidates | Junior Candidates | Senior Candidates

The Dee Lumley
Raspberry Nite at the Dome

Monday, June 2, 2008  at  6:05 pm

The Raspberry Royalty is scheduled to make their annual appearance at the Metrodome on Monday, June 2nd. They will each be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch as well as singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with the entire Royal Family during the 7th Inning Stretch!

Sponsorship Recruitment Underway

The Hopkins Raspberry Festival has benefited from the generous donations that businesses in and around Hopkins have been able to donate to us over the years. And we have greatly stepped-up our efforts in recent years to build better relationships with local businesses. Are you interested in sponsoring our festival? Click on the link below for more information!

Click to view sponsorship information

1955 Parade and Rodeo

What were festival parade floats made of 50 years ago?  How have they changed? Did you know they actually had a Parade AND a Rodeo in Hopkins 50+ years ago? Interested in seeing video footage from 1955? Click the link below!

Click to view streaming video

 Celebrate Hopkins!
 July 15th-20th, 2008

Registration Quick Links Click on the raspberry below the heading of the category you are interested in:
Membership	Royalty Candidate
Parade Unit	Jr. Royalty Candidate
Craft Vendor	Sr. Royalty Candidate

Walking Tour

Take a walk around Hopkins to see some sites and learn some history about our town.

For information on the walking tour, and loads of information about Hopkins, follow the link below.

www.thinkhopkins.com

Royalty Appearances

Find out when our Raspberry Royalty will be appearing to promote the Raspberry Festival and the community of Hopkins.

Click to view appearance schedule