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According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, autumn will officially begin Sept. 23 at 5:05 a.m. The folks in Luckey will be ready, willing and able to welcome the new season when the 29th Annual Luckey Fall Festival kicks off that same day at 8 a.m.
The old-fashioned fall festival, which runs Sept. 23 to 25 at Basic Park, located between Krotzer Avenue (SR 582) and Gilbert Road on Adams Street in Luckey, will be a celebration of all things autumn, according to Keith Niederkohr, who helps publicize the event.
Niederkohr, who has never missed a festival since the celebrations started as a fall dance in the park, says he looks forward to the last weekend in September every year.
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| Now in its 29th year, the Luckey Fall Festival set for Sept. 23-25 in the village's Basic Park, is a family oriented celebration of autumn. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean) |
“On a nice Sunday, it’s not unusual to see several thousand at the festival – they’ll be elbow-to-elbow,” he said. “A lot of folks who grew up here plan to come back that weekend – my neighbor’s son is coming from South Carolina.”
The festival offers something for everyone, including apple butter-making, entertainment, a steam engine hobo dinner and other food, daily sawmill demos, a Steam Engine Spark Show, tractor pulls, horseshoe pitching, antique and classic car show, a craft and flea market, bingo and more. In addition, the Battery H. First Ohio re-enactment group will be available all weekend.
The daily schedule includes:
Friday
8 a.m.: Scales open
10 a.m.: Eastwood FFA Antique Pull
4 p.m.: Supper (main tent)
6 p.m.: Bingo
6:30 p.m.: Luckey Area Business Tractor Pull
Saturday:
7 a.m.: Breakfast
8 a.m.: Antique tractor weigh-in
10 a.m.: Classic auto display
11:30 a.m.: Antique tractor pull
Noon: Bingo, hobo dinner
1 p.m.: Horseshoe pitch
4 p.m.: Power of Yesterday Club Raffle Tractor Drawing
7:30 p.m.: Main Street Country Band (on pulling track, weather permitting)
Sunday:
7 a.m.: Breakfast
9:30 a.m.: Church service
11 a.m.: Chicken Bar-B-Que (at bingo tent)
1 p.m.: Horseshoe pitch; registration for adult & kiddie pedal tractor pull
2 p.m.: Adult & kiddie pedal tractor pull
For more information, call Larry Swartz at 419-833-1812 (week of festival 419-266-9855)
Admission to the festival is free. Limited non-exhibitor camping is available at a cost of $30 per weekend. (Quiet time will begin at 11 p.m.; no generators after that hour.) No ATVs will be permitted on the grounds. All dogs must be on a leash. No hookups are available.
For more information, visit www.luckeyfallfestival.com. Next year’s festival dates have been set for Sept. 28-30, 2012.
Now in its 29th year, the Luckey Fall Festival, set for Sept. 23-25 in the village’s Basic Park, is a family-oriented celebration of autumn. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)
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