COME JOIN US FOR DES MOINES' BIGGEST WINTER PARTY!
Join your fellow village idiots for Shiver on the River, the premier event for pointless jackassery and top fuel feats of trivial competitions. Compete in winter games—each one more insignificant than the last—, enjoy food and drink and stay cool!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
4:00pm: Shiver Eve Register for events and spend the most romantic day of the year in the silliest way possible!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15
10:00am: Opening CeremoniesHear opening remarks, see the lighting of the eternal flame and see the crowning of the Shiver Queen
11:00am: Buck Saw
11:30am: Turkey BowlingYou get two tries. Roll/slide/shove the frozen turkey at the bowling pins. Stay behind the line.
12:00pm: Tug of WarMaximum of 5 people per team. Can be less if you think you're tough enough. 8 teams max. Pull hard on the rope. Hopefully it won't break this year. Other than that, I think you know what to do.
12:30pm: Beer Cooler CurlingYou get two tries. Using our Playmate beer cooler loaded with 4 of the Captain's tallboys, slide it down the ice. Try to come close to the target. Or whatever.
1:00pm: Hump N' Bump Tube Racer
1:45pm: Homewrecker SlapshotYou get two shots at this. Make them count. Using our hockey stick, try to shoot the puck down the ice and get it inside the little house. The house is covered by a pretty flimsy homeowners policy so try not to bust it into tiny pieces. If somehow more than 1 person makes this happen, there will be a shoot-off elimination with each person shooting once until they miss or hit, whichever seems to make more sense.
2:30pm: Skee Ball
3:00pm: Bike Time TrialTimed event. Best time wins. Wade will tell you where the course goes. There will be a few obstacles but this time we will not be riding on the ice strip because that was a disaster wrapped in a catastrophe during a calamity. No studs on tires. It is OK to fall down (and sometimes funny). Must ride bike, not push like a first grader crossing a busy street on the way to grandma's house.
3:00pm: Buck Saw
3:30pm: Turkey BowlingYou get two tries. Roll/slide/shove the frozen turkey at the bowling pins. Stay behind the line.
4:00pm: Beer Cooler CurlingYou get two tries. Using our Playmate beer cooler loaded with 4 of the Captain's tallboys, slide it down the ice. Try to come close to the target. Or whatever.
5:00pm-8:00pm: Live Music with TOASTER