{"id":180015,"date":"2024-06-04T03:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=180015"},"modified":"2024-06-05T03:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T08:44:53","slug":"peony-festival-ready-to-offer-fun-for-people-of-all-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/peony-festival-ready-to-offer-fun-for-people-of-all-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival to offer fun for people of all ages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two full days of fun will offered at this year\u2019s Peony Festival, Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, in downtown Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the various activities planned for Friday: a free children\u2019s tent with face painting, games, crafts starting at 10 a.m., plus photos with Queen Jubilee Claire Keysor and her court at 1 p.m. at Fountain Park. Inflatables will be at Fountain Park as well from 12-8 p.m., along with superheroes and friends from 3-8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Peony Festival typically draws a big crowd to downtown Van Wert. Bob Barnes photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A fan favorite, Food Truck Alley will be open for business from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and the Peony Cafe will be open at the concession stand from 4-8 p.m., with all proceeds benefiting the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other attractions on Friday will include the Peony Festival Car Show from 4-8:30 p.m., carnival games and putt-putt golf from 4-9 p.m. at Jefferson and Central, and a new event, the Battle of the Businesses at 6 p.m. at the end of Jefferson and Central. It will feature teams of 4-6 people competing in “minute-to-win-it” type games for bragging rights and custody of the traveling trophy. The day will end with live music by Whoa, Man! at the Fountain Park Pavilion at 7:30 p.m., which will serve as the kickoff to the Feel Good Fridays summer concert series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday\u2019s list of attractions includes breakfast at Peony Cafe at the concession stand from 7-10 a.m.; a children\u2019s fishing derby from 9-11 a.m. at Camp Clay; a craft and vendor fair from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Central Ave. parking lot; relife yoga with Audra Zinn at the pavilion at 10 a.m.; a free children\u2019s chalk art contest at 10 a.m. in the park with the winner announced at 11 a.m., and a free children\u2019s bike rodeo from 10:30  to 12 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Other activities and attractions on Saturday will include talent performances by Queen Jubilee Claire Keysor and her court at 11 a.m. at the pavilion; free visits with superheroes and friends and Power Wheels drag races, both from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; a performance by the Lincolnview High School \u201cLancers of Steel\u201d steel drum band at 1 p.m. at the pavilion, and the grand parade at 5 p.m. along Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the parade, Major Snafu will perform at the pavilion and from 6:30-8:30 p.m. the Van Wert band\u2019s \u201cJail & Bail\u201d fundraiser will take place at the gazebo. The day\u2019s activities will end with Queen Jubilee\u2019s glow dance party at the children\u2019s tend at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Peony Patio Beer Garden will be open from 1-10 p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday in Fountain Park by the bike rack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Two full days of fun will offered at this year\u2019s Peony Festival, Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, in downtown Van Wert. Among the various activities planned for Friday: a free children\u2019s tent with face painting, games, crafts starting at 10 a.m., plus photos with Queen Jubilee Claire Keysor and her court at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 21:03:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180015"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180060,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180015\/revisions\/180060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}