National Hobo Convention

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Hobo Jungle Park and citywide. 2nd week of August annually. Week-long event sponsored by the Hobo Foundation, headquartered in Britt.

The National Hobo Convention is held on the second weekend of every August since 1900 in the town of Britt, Iowa, organized by the local Chamber of Commerce, and known throughout the town as the annual "Hobo Day" or "Hobo Days" celebration. The National Hobo Convention is the United States' largest gathering of hobos, itinerants, rail-riders, and tramps, who gather at the event to celebrate the American traveling worker.
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