Street dance, Wild West Show, “Field of Fun” at O’Fallon’s Fall Festival & Craft Bazaar
September 30, 2011
O’Fallon, MO
Celebrate the arrival of fall, festival-style, with live entertainment, festival food and beverages, kids’ activities, and shopping for unique items at O’Fallon’s 27th Fall Festival & Craft Bazaar, which will be held in Civic Park on Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, rain or shine. Festival grounds will be open from 5 – 10 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday. Admission and parking are free, and vendors’ booths will be open throughout the event. A nominal fee may be charged for some children’s activities on Saturday.
Fall Fest highlights:
Friday Night Street Dance – Join in dancing under the stars from 7 – 10 p.m. to high-energy rock and roll performed by Contagious. The dance will be held on Civic Park Drive .
Vendors’ booths – Enjoy festival food and beverages, and take your pick of hand-stitched or knitted wearables, hand-crafted accessories, seasonal home and yard décor, pumpkins and flowers, original art, high-end crafts, jewelry, dolls and doll clothes, hobby items, and one-of-a-kind gifts. Vendors will be open for shopping on Friday night from 5 – 10 p.m., and all day on Saturday.
Wild West Cowboy Show – Cowboy Bob Hamm’s repertoire of 150+ six-gun twirling tricks and other Old West skills have earned him World Gunspinning Championships in Deadwood, S.D. and Cody, WY.
Family shows – Families can enjoy the antics of the Peppy Puppet Troupe, and watching Bish the Magish performing magic tricks and creating balloon art, too.
Field of Fun – New this year! Kids can play checkers or tic-tac-toe on a super-sized checkerboard, learn to milk a cow, play carnival games for prizes, join in three-legged races, work off a little energy with jump ropes and hula hoops, create a take-home craft with paper and scissors, get face painting, doodle on the Doodle Wall, and use tools (with a little help from a grownup) to build something neat in the Home Depot Kids’ Workshop. Some activities call for a nominal fee.
Live music – Saturday’s entertainers include the Original Boneheads trombone quartet, Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats, the Ozark Revival, Pat McMenomy performing on the hammer dulcimer, and Aaron Burlbaw playing acoustic Latin guitar music.
O’Fallon Historical Society Log Cabin Museum tours – The museum will be open for tours, free; donations are welcome. The museum’s collection spans 155+ years of O’Fallon history, including Wabash Railroad items and many photos.
Volunteers are needed to assist with O’Fallon’s Fall Festival & Craft Bazaar. For more information, visit www.ofallon.mo.us/volunteer. Or, call 636-379-5507.
Find the latest Fall Fest updates at www.ofallon.mo.us/FallFest. Or, call 636-379-5614.
Visitors can park at the O’Fallon Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street , O’Fallon, MO 63366 (watch for signs to parking), or at the corner of Woodlawn Avenue and Civic Park Drive .
Directions: At I-70 Exit 217 (Highways K and M), turn north on Main Street and drive about one-half mile. Look for signs to parking. Festival patrons may park, free, at:
- The O’Fallon Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street , O’Fallon, MO 63366
- Woodlawn Avenue at Civic Park Drive (off-street parking)
From the City of O'Fallon, MO
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