The Francesville Fall Festival opens its 55th annual event today.
Continue readingThe 55th Annual Francesville Fall Festival Starts Tomorrow
Francesville Fall Festival Begins Today!
The 53rd Annual Francesville Fall Festival Begins Today!
The Francesville Fall Festival will open its 53rd annual event today!
Continue readingTraffic Alert for This Weekend’s Francesville Fall Festival
With work continuing on U.S. 421 during this weekend’s Francesville Fall Festival, Coordinator Betty Kruger alerts visitors to use an alternate route to get to events in downtown Francesville.
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The Francesville Fall Festival has been canceled due to COVID-19. The festival committee made the decision Thursday, according to a post on the Francesville Fall Festival Facebook page.
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Continue readingFrancesville Fall Festival Gets Underway Today!
People from all over the area will be visiting Francesville this weekend as the Francesville Fall Festival begins its three-day run.
Continue readingFrancesville Fall Festival Kicks Off Today!
The Town of Francesville has been celebrating their “small town with a big heart” for more than 5 decades with the annual Fall Festival.
The event kicks off today at 4:30 p.m. EST with the Firemen’s Fish and Tenderloin Fry which will wrap up around 8 p.m. ‘Chicken Bingo’ will be going on uptown throughout the weekend-long event. Continue reading
Francesville Fall Festival Continues through Sunday
Francesville Fall Festival Spans the List of Activities
Francesville Fall Festival begins today and runs into the weekend.
Francesville Town-Wide Garage Sales Tomorrow
Francesville’s town-wide garage sales will take place tomorrow during the Francesville Spirit Day celebration. Fifty vendors in and around the community will be taking part in this year’s event. Continue reading
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Francesville Fall Festival Starts Today
Today’s the start of this year’s Francesville Fall Festival. Continue reading
Falloween, Francesville Fall Festival Continue Today
Plenty of activities are going on this weekend throughout the Kankakee Valley area. The Falloween Fest in Walkerton and the Francesville Fall Festival move forward today. Both will start the day off with breakfast at 8 a.m. EDT and continue their activities throughout the day.
49th Francesville Fall Festival Begins Today
The 49th Annual Francesville Fall Festival is this weekend. Festivities get under way this afternoon with the American Legion Fish Dinner starting at 4:30 p.m. EDT and ending at 8 p.m. Continue reading
Francesville Fall Festival Starts Sept. 19
The 49th Annual Francesville Fall Festival is back next weekend. Festivities get under way Friday, Sept. 19 with the American Legion Fish Dinner starting at 4:30 p.m. EDT and ending at 8. The Master Cracker Jack and Miss Candy Korn pageant starts at 6:30. Later learn to dance with the Tri County Kickers at 7. Continue reading
Francesville’s Spirit Day Town Wide Garage Sale
A plethora of garage sales will cover the Francesville area this weekend for the town wide garage sale on Saturday, July 12. Come browse the various items set out and see if anything catches your eye. Continue reading
Francesville Fall Festival Kicks Off Today
The Francesville Fall Festival kicks off today, marking the 48th anniversary of the festival that was originally created to celebrate the town’s new firehouse nearly five decades ago, but has since evolved into a beloved community event. Friday features attractions such as the Heritage Quartet at 6 p.m., Tri-County Kickers line dancing at 7 p.m. along with a “Master Cracker Jack and Miss Kandy Korn Contest.” Chicken bingo wraps up the day at 8:30 p.m.
Francesville Fall Festival Next Weekend
The third weekend of September will mark the 48th year of the Francesville Fall Festival, a festival that, according to secretary Betty Krueger, grows each year. She said the event was originally a celebration for the town’s new firehouse, but it has since evolved into a much-loved event.
“It started out as a celebration for our new firehouse, and I guess they had so much fun, that we decided to have a celebration every year, and it just seems like it has grown and grown until this year. I think this year is one of our good years; we’re going to have lots of free entertainment. We like to have free family entertainment where you can bring your kids and spend the whole weekend and not spend a whole lot of money. The only thing you have to pay for is what you eat,” said Krueger.
The weekend features a variety of food fundraisers, including a fish and tenderloin supper Friday night, a chicken dinner Saturday night, and a pork chop dinner Sunday night. The local Boy Scout troop will also host a breakfast on Saturday morning.
This year also marks the first year for a few entertainers, according to Krueger.
“We have a couple entertainers that have never been here before. One of them is Ken the Cowboy, he’s coming from California and he’s going to show and tell what it is like to be a cowboy in the old days where you do the roping and hang out on the range, and I’m hoping that the kids are really gonna enjoy it,” she said.
This year’s festival will also feature the petting zoo, and other entertainers like J .T. and Tommy Oaks as well as the Heritage Quartet, a local gospel group. Friday night includes events like the Master Crackerjack and Candy Corn Contest, and on Saturday morning, the festival will feature a bake contest and auction and entertainment by Jungle John with his pet snakes at his Corn Snake Care centre.
But the number one feature for the event, according to Krueger, is the parade that takes place Saturday at 2 p.m.
“We always have a good parade. Usually it’s an hour or an hour and a half, and a lot of local things, and a lot of out-of-town things come to the parade and the streets are really full. After the parade, there’s everything going on, so you stay around. I’d say the parade is the highlight of our year,” she said.
The festival also features amusement rides for kids and an auto show Sunday morning at the park, along with a cornhole tournament.
For more information on the Francesville Fall Festival, taking place from Sept. 20 to Sept. 22, visit francesvillefallfestival.com.