Cornfest 2026 Tickets Now On Sale!

The wait is over — tickets for Cornfest 2026 are now available!

Join us on Friday, August 7, 2026, at the Hanover Raceway as the Rotary Club of Hanover and the Hanover, Bentinck & Brant Agricultural Society bring back a beloved community tradition.

📍 Location
Under the Grandstand at Hanover Raceway
(Enter through the Rotary Tent)

🎶 Live Entertainment
Blake Wilson – 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Skeleton Crew – 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM

🍔 Dinner
Roast beef or pork sausage on a bun, salads, and fresh corn on the cob.

🍻 Cash Bar
Bar prices will be posted on-site.

🎟️ Ticket Prices
Adults: $35
Children (14 & Under): $15

📍 Tickets Available At:

Tenth Street Wealth Management
825 10th Street, Hanover

Foodland Hanover
236 10th Street, Hanover

Holst Office Supplies
411 10th Street, Hanover

PURCHASE BY E- TRANSFER - To purchase tickets and make payments via e-transfer, contact us directly at:  hanoverrotaryfundraising@gmail.com

*CASH SALES ONLY AT RETAIL LOCATIONS*

Or from any Rotary Club of Hanover member

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We look forward to welcoming the community back for a great evening of food, music, and fun!

Cornfest Returns to Hanover in 2026

The Hanover Rotary Club, in partnership with the Hanover, Bentinck & Brant Agricultural Society, is excited to announce the return of Cornfest.

Join us on Friday, August 7, 2026, at the Hanover Raceway under the Grandstand for an evening of great food, live entertainment, and community spirit.

The event will feature fresh corn, beef or pork on a bun, live music from Blake Wilson and Skeleton Crew, and plenty of opportunities to reconnect with friends and neighbours while celebrating a beloved Hanover tradition.

Additional event details and ticket information will be announced in the coming weeks.

We look forward to welcoming the community back to Cornfest and creating new memories together.

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An estimated 500 million people worldwide became infected. Many cities closed theaters and cinemas, and placed restrictions on public gatherings. Rotary clubs adjusted their activities while also helping the sick.

This is how Rotary responded to the influenza pandemic that began in 1918 and came in three waves, lasting more than a year.

The Rotary Club of Berkeley, California, USA, meets in John Hinkel Park during the 1918 flu pandemic.

Photo by Edwin J. McCullagh, 1931-32 club president. Courtesy of the Rotary Club of Berkeley.

Rotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world.

During World War II, Rotary informed and educated members about the formation of the United Nations and the importance of planning for peace. Materials such as the booklet “From Here On!” and articles in The Rotarian helped members understand the UN before it was formally established and follow its work after its charter. 

Many countries were fighting the war when the term “United Nations” was first used officially in the 1942 “Declaration by United Nations.” The 26 nations that signed it pledged to uphold the ideals expressed by the United States and the United Kingdom the previous year of the common principles “on which they based their hopes for a better future for the world.” 

In early 1919, Rotarian Roger Pinneo of Seattle, Washington, USA, traveled to the Philippines to try to organize a Rotary club in Manila. Leon J. Lambert, a Manila business leader helped Pinneo establish the club. Several months later, on 1 June 1919, the Rotary Club of Manila was chartered and became the first Rotary club in Asia.

The club would be the only one in the country for more than 12 years. Eventually, Manila club members organized Rotary clubs in the Philippine cities of Cebu (1932) and Iloilo (1933). Iloilo club members then started a club in Bacolod (1937), and Rotary continued to expand across the country.

Every hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.”