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Experience agriculture up close when Cowtown USA comes to the 2026 National Peanut Festival! This entertaining and educational attraction gives guests a hands-on look at traditional farm life and the important role animals play in agriculture.

Visitors can enjoy demonstrations featuring cow and goat milking, working oxen, frontier tanning and the process of turning milk into useful everyday products. Guests will have opportunities to learn, ask questions and experience activities that many people rarely encounter outside a working farm.

Cowtown USA combines live animals, agricultural education and interactive fun to create an unforgettable experience for children and adults alike. Bring the entire family and discover where our food and farm products come from at the 2026 National Peanut Festival!

Blast off for an out-of-this-world adventure at the 2026 National Peanut Festival! The Mars Experience is an interactive, educational attraction that invites children and families to explore the challenges of traveling to and living on the Red Planet. Guided by Destiny the Mars rover, guests can discover how astronauts might mine Martian resources, build habitats, create life-support systems and grow food on Mars. This hands-on STEAM experience combines real-world science, technology and imaginative play to inspire the explorers of tomorrow.

Get ready for a wild encounter at the 2026 National Peanut Festival! The Grizzly Experience offers an unforgettable, up-close look at magnificent Alaskan grizzly bears. Watch these powerful animals interact with their experienced handlers and demonstrate natural behaviors while learning about bear species, habitats and wildlife conservation. This educational presentation also shares important bear-safety tips, explains what to do if you encounter a bear in the wild and reveals how bears are trained for movies. It is an exciting and educational experience for guests of all ages!

Travel back millions of years when the Prehistoric Dinosaur Adventure comes roaring into the 2026 National Peanut Festival! This interactive, educational experience brings the prehistoric world to life through realistic, life-size dinosaur puppets, audience participation, music, humor and special effects. Young explorers can learn about dinosaur species, fossils, prehistoric environments and the scientific methods used to uncover Earth’s ancient past. With hands-on activities, fossil discoveries and unforgettable dinosaur encounters, this family-friendly attraction is sure to thrill aspiring paleontologists of all ages!