🇺🇸 100th Gold Camp Jubilee🇺🇸
Thursday, July 2nd through Sunday, July 5th, 2026
In 1926, Homestake Mining Company threw a party to celebrate 50 years of mining called the Golden Jubilee. In memory of that amazing event, we now organize the Gold Camp Jubilee. This festival celebrates our iconic golden mining history and our amazing community.
Join us for the best fireworks show in the Black Hills over the impressive Open Cut with amazing echoes and booms. Relax with live music, family-friendly activities, food trucks & vendors, bounce houses, volleyball, pickleball, horseshoes, and many other events, all while enjoying the small-town charm of Historic Lead Main Street!
Photo courtesy of Dennes Barrett
🎸 Rock The Hills At Mountain Top Music Festival Tickets: Click here to purchase tickets!
🎆 2026 VIP Fireworks Viewing Party Tickets: Click here to purchase your tickets
🚗 2026 Gold Rush Cruisin' Classics Show Registration Form: Click here to register!
📚 All School Reunion: Click here for agenda & contact information
2026 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
*Please note: the schedule is subject to change.
Events at Manuel Brother's Park, unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, July 2nd
9am-6pm: Free Temporary Tattoos - Miners & Merchants Trading Post
9am - 5pm: Mining Museum Tours - Black Hills Mining Museum
📍The following activities will be at Homestake Opera House & LD Arts Center:
10am - 5pm: History Comes Alive - Hands-on history & science activities for all ages!
10am - 5pm: Alumni Art Show
🎨 to enter, email: [email protected]
5 - 7pm: Alumni Art Show Reception
7pm: More Than Gold - a musical jukebox program celebrating Lead's history
Purchase tickets here: 🎟️ Tickets - More Than Gold
All Day: Park, Playground, Skate Park, Pickleball Courts & Splash Pad, Historic Preservation Tours & More!
Friday, July 3rd
9am-6pm: Free Temporary Tattoos - Miners & Merchants Trading Post
9am - 5pm: Mining Museum Tours - Black Hills Mining Museum
9am-1pm: 2nd Annual Gold Rush Cruisin' Classics Car Show - (Registration above)
Sponsored by Northland Auto & Lead Area Chamber of Commerce
✨ 10am -12:30pm - Car show voting window
🏆 1pm - Car show winners will be announced
🎶 11am - 2pm: Live Music - Kuhl & The Gangstas - Manuel Brothers Park upper shelter
10am: Skate Clinic sponsored by Northern Hills Rec Association - Skate Park
10am-6pm: Inflatable & Bounce House Bonanza (FREE)
10am-dusk: Vendors & Food Trucks
Noon-10:30pm: Rock The Hills @ Mountain Top Concert: Hosted by City of Lead
🎤 noon - Bittersweet
🎸 3 pm - Brandon Sprague Band
🎶 5 pm - Stereo Trip
🥁 8:30 pm - Lexington Lab
2pm - 4pm: Cornhole Tournament
All Day: Park, Playground, Skate Park, Pickleball Courts & Splash Pad, Historic Preservation Tours & More!
Saturday, July 4th
🚃 10am - Midnight: FREE Trolley Transportation (approx. every 50 mins)
*Provided by the Lead Area Chamber of Commerce
📍Sherman Street parking lot - Deadwood
📍Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center - Lead
📍Hampton Inn - Lead
📍Lumpy's Casino Bar - Central City
7am-10:30am: Pancake Feed (Rod & Gun Club)
9am-6pm: Free Temporary Tattoos - Miners & Merchants Trading Post
9am - 5pm: Mining Museum Tours - Black Hills Mining Museum
9am: Horseshoe Tournament - Horseshoe pit across from the park (no preregistration necessary)
9am: Golf Chipping Contest - Horseshoe pit across from park (no preregistration necessary)
9:30am: Live Like Cash: Skate, Scoot & Bike Competition - Manuel Brothers Skate Park
• 9:30-11am - Registration
• 11am - Event begins
10am: Mile High Smackdown Volleyball Tournament
10am-dusk: Vendors & Food Trucks
11am-dusk: Beer Garden (Dakota Shivers & Aspire Boutique)
12pm: B-1 Flyover from the United States Air Force
12pm: American Legion Flag Raising - Davis Ring
12pm-12:30pm: Music and Patriotic Presentation - Davis Ring
12pm-7pm: Inflatable & Bounce House Bonanza (FREE)
12pm-2pm: Live Music - Garrett Holtz
2pm-2:30pm: Watermelon Eating Contest hosted by Sarah does...
2:30pm-4:30 pm: Live Music - Buckskin Cult Trio
4:15pm: Parade down Lead Main Street
5:30pm-7:30pm: Live Music - Unsinkable Rose
8:15pm - 10pm: Live Music - The Elevens
7:30pm-9:30pm: VIP Fireworks Viewing Party (ticketed event) with Live Music by Tyler Bills - Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
8pm-9pm: Live Music - Northern Hills Community Band - Davis Ring @ SLHVC
9:30pm: (approximately): Fireworks Show - Open Cut
All Day: Park, Playground, Skate Park, Pickleball Courts & Splash Pad, Historic Preservation Tours & More!
Sunday, July 5th
9am-11am: Lewie's Pregame Party - Lewie's Burgers & Brews
10am - 12pm: Lead vs. Deadwood Baseball Game - Mountain Top Field
12pm-2pm: Community Potluck - Mountain Top Field
2pm: Nina McIntire: Echos Of Lead, History Through Photos & Song - LDHS Auditorium
4pm: Time Capsule Reveal - TBD
FAQ's:
- "Can you watch the fireworks from Main Street?"
- Not exactly, but you can get a great view from Manuel Brothers Park and the parking lot of the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center. If you can see the Open Cut, you'll be able to see the fireworks.
- "Will the fireworks be rescheduled in the event of a weather situation?"
- Depends on the weather situation. If rain/storms, then yes, they will be rescheduled for the following day. If due to dry conditions that pose a fire risk, then no, they will be canceled completely. All updates will be live on the Lead Area Chamber of Commerce Facebook Page.
❓Questions? Call or email us: [email protected] (605) 591-0209
