Pageant new for this year’s OFFD event

Old Fashioned Farmers Days information

This year’s Fourth of July weekend will include activities at the Van Wert County Fairground as part of the 39th annual Old Fashioned Farmers Days celebration. The event will be held from July 2-5.

This year’s festival will include antique tractors and gas engines, garden tractors and antique machinery on display, as well as beautiful quilts and needle artwork, antique car races, as well as a car show and antique tractor pull in front of the grandstand.

For the kids, there will be a kiddie tractor pull, as well as animal land, cow milking demonstrations, Grace C Giggles — the clown with a heart — kids’ games and the popular barrel train ride.

Adults can enjoy strolling through the flea markets and craft displays, the trading post or watching the mule, donkey and miniature horse fun show, as well as lots of entertainment, including the annual fiddle, banjo, and harmonica contest.

Featured entertainment includes Jess King Country Gospel, Blind Date and the Len Collier Band.

New this year will be a Farmers Days Pageant, an event that’s for all ages, as well as lots of good food, including beans and cornbread.

Camping is available on the fairgrounds, while admission is a donation of $3 per person, with those under 12 admitted free. A three-day pass can be obtained for $7 a person.

For more information on this year’s Old Fashioned Farmers Days, visit the event website at www.oldfashionedfarmersday.com or call 419.203.2700 or 419.305.2493.