Career Exploration Fair & Community Expo
Free Admission
Waconia High School
Career Exploration Fair | Friday, April 10, 2026
Community Expo | Saturday, April 11, 2026
Career Exploration Fair & Waconia Community Expo
Waconia Community Expo
April 11, 2026 | 9AM-1PM
FREE ADMISSION!
Touch-a-Truck for kids, demos & performances, local businesses, activities & prizes
TOUCH-A-TRUCK
Get an up-close look at vehicles you see at work in the community.
Career Exploration Fair
April 10, 2026 | 8:30-11:00AM
The Waconia Chamber and Waconia High School work in conjunction with local businesses to provide a Career Exploration Fair for Waconia High School students to explore post-high school career paths.
This event is open to Waconia High School students only.
Students will receive more information in school.
Over 70 businesses and organizations were represented over the two days interacting with Waconia High School students during the April 8 Career Exploration Fair and the Waconia community during the April 9 Expo.
Entertainment | Saturday, April 11
Entertainment
9:00AM – 1:00PM
Touch-A-Truck for kids
City of Waconia, Gongoll Beef Tractor, Koch School Bus, Ridgeview, Waconia Dodge, Waconia Fire Department
- Goat Snuggling
- Pet Adoption | Warrior Dog Rescue
- Balloons and Face Painting
- Photo Booth | Jamie Joos Photography
For purchase | Mocha Monkey coffee, Mackenthun’s donuts, & Sweet Wink’s
Educational Seminars
9:30AM | Spring Planter Demo
10:00AM | Spring Fashion Show
Waconia Retail Shops
10:30AM | Kids Story Time
Waconia Public Library
11:00AM | Dance Demo
Cultivate Dance Collaborative
11:30 AM | Discovering Minnesota Birds
MN Master Naturalist Kerry Ward
12:00 PM | Meteorologist John Zeigler
KARE 11
12:40PM | Karate Demo
Dojo Karate
YOU’RE INVITED: Waconia Community Expo
WHEN: Saturday, April 11, 9:00am – 1:00pm
WHERE: Waconia High School
If we gathered a group of Waconia residents and asked them to describe the city in one word, we would no doubt hear terms like inviting, beautiful, vibrant, and home. There are a million reasons (sorry, biased resident here) why these words ring true. You simply can’t beat a drive along North Shore Road taking in the mirror-like sight of Lake Waconia, nothing makes you feel more a part of something than joining the whole town for a busy morning of school drops or bus stops, and you can feel the energy radiate in town on a Saturday afternoon. But what truly makes Waconia inviting, beautiful, vibrant, and home are the people. Their smiles are big, their doors are open wide, and when they gather… just picture the biggest family get-together ever. No matter if it’s an impactful Saturday morning cleaning up the school grounds with Conservation Club or gatherings that offer resources and networking avenues, the people are at the heart of it all.
2026 BUSINESSES
platinum Sponsor
Gold sponsors
Show Bag sponsor
Silver sponsors
Partners
Participating businesses
*American Family Insurance, Eveslage Agency
AT&T
Auburn Homes & Services
B3 Goats Mitigation Services
Bear Country Blooms & Bakery
beem Light Sauna, Excelsior
Blackwood Home Services
*Bongards
Buoy Project Partners
Cabinetworks Group
Cadence Academy Preschool
Canvas Health
CareerForce Chaska
Carriage House Studio
Carver County Community Development Agency
Carver County Parks
Carver County Sheriff’s Office
CFA Society of Minnesota
City of Waconia
Community Education ISD110
*Crimson Copper Plumbing
*Crown College
Custom Interiors Carpet One Floor & Home
Emagine Waconia Theatre
Epic Event Rental
Frattallone’s Hardware & Garden
Forum Delano
Fury Ford Waconia
Garden Expressions
Gather & Grow Food Shelf
Gilbert Legal
Gongoll Beef
Haferman Water Conditioning
Hartman Companies
HomeTown Bank
Iron River Construction
Jamie Joos Photography
JK Ads & Brands
Koch Bus Service
Kwik Trip
Lake Life Chiropractic
Lakeside Loft
Laketown Electric Corporation
Laketown Gymnastics
Lakeview Clinic
Landscape Structures
Lola’s Lakehouse
Mackenthun’s Fine Foods
Magnolia North
*Mav City Restoration
McDonald’s of Waconia
McGough
McLeod County Garage Doors
Mediacom
*Melchert Hubert Sjodin, PLLP
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
Minnesota Army National Guard
Minnesota Recreation and Parks Foundation
Mocha Monkey
Modern Design Cabinetry
Nagel Assisted Living & Memory Care
Nate Matousek State Farm
National Coalition for Men
Neubauer Chiropractic Health Center
Nothing Bundt Cakes
O2B Kids
*Old National Bank
Patriot
Paws Inn Pet Essentials
Premier Women’s Health-OBGYN West
Ridgeview
Ridgeview Foundation
Sackett-Waconia
Safari Island Community Center
Schmidt Chiropractic Center
Shape it Up Fitness & Athleisure Boutique
Shed & Fence Co
*Security Bank & Trust Co.
Simple Grace Promotions
Southern Valley Alliance
*SouthPoint Financial Credit Union
Steele Concrete Lifting
Stonwerk
SunnyDays Therapy
Sweet Wink’s
The Stash
Three Bears Play Den
Thrivent Financial
*Twin Cities Orthopedics – Waconia
The Waconia Farmers Market
Waconia Chamber of Commerce
*Waconia Comfort
Waconia DandyLions
Waconia Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM
Waconia Public Library
Waterside Healthcare and Wellness
Weathersafe Restoration
Wildford
Wild Rose Tattooing
…and more!
* denotes business who donated to the Waconia Chamber of Commerce Scholarships benefiting WHS seniors.
Event Location
Waconia High School
1650 Community Drive
Waconia, MN