Central South Dakota events receive tourism grants

South Dakota’s Tourism Advertising Promotion– or TAP– Grant Fund has divvied up a total of $200,000 between 40 different tourism-related projects and events statewide– including some in central South Dakota.

The purpose of the TAP Grant program is to provide marketing funds for tourism-related events such as festivals, concerts, rodeos and powwows. The TAP Grant program is focused on providing funding to events in smaller towns, cities and rural areas of the state, but entities and events of all sizes received grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. The investments are aimed at encouraging visitors to stay in South Dakota longer and to spend more money while they’re here, benefiting local economies.

Award recipients include:

• America’s 250th Celebration Week: Chamberlain Oacoma;

• Boots & Roots: 4th in Fort Pierre;

• Rooted: A Prairie Arts Weekend, Geddes;

• Mobridge Indian Relay Races;

• HWY 1804 Pick-Your-Own Pumpkin Patch, Pierre;

• Pollock, SD 125th Celebration;

• Storybook Land Festival, Aberdeen;

• Harvest Stroll Fall Festival, Aberdeen;

• Christmas in Arlington, Arlington;

• Salute To Ellsworth, Box Elder;

• Northern Fort Playhouse, Britton;

• Anderson Plaza Summer Performance Series, Brookings;

• Balloons Over Brookings, Brookings;

• Celebrate Canton 160th: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future, Canton;

• Crystal Springs Rodeo, Clear Lake;

• Custer Restaurant Week, Custer;

• St. Patrick’s Weekend Celebration, Deadwood;

• Homestake Volksmarch, Deadwood;

• Big STEM Day, Ellsworth AFB;

• Wild West Days, Wheels and Wings, Faulkton;

• Jesse James Days, Garretson;

• Light Up Hill City, Hill City;

• The Natural History Museum of the Black Hills Grand Opening, Hill City;

• Badlands Astronomy Festival, Interior;

• Neutrino Day, Lead;

• City of Lead 150th Anniversary Celebration, Lead;

• Harvest Festival, Lennox;

• Palace City Pre-Sturgis Party, Mitchell;

• Turner County Fair, Parker;

• Back Forty Adventure Farm and Sunflower Experience, Pierpont;

• Raymond Redwing Day, Raymond;

• Redfield’s Harvest Fest, Redfield;

• 150th Annual Rosebud Sioux Tribal Fair & Rodeo- Battle of Little Big Horn Victory Commemoration, Rosebud;

• Wings, Wheels and Meals, Spearfish;

• Black Hills Mountain Bike Classic, Sturgis;

• Tabor Czech Days, Tabor;

• An Evening with Rachel Barton Pine, Stradivari, and Stainer, Vermillion;

• 2nd Annual Harvest Bash, Webster;

• Ribfest, Wessington Springs; and

• Kickoff to Christmas in Yankton, Yankton.

Funding for the TAP Grant comes from the Department of Tourism’s internal budget, funded through the 1.5% tourism promotion tax.

For more information about the Tourism Advertising Promotion Grant, visit SDVisit.com/TAP.