The Chalo Nitka Festival - Moore Haven, FloridaMoore Haven's Chalo Nitka Festival and Frontier Days are Glades County's county fair. The Festival and parage is held the 1st Saturday every March, with Youth Livestock Show held for seveal days before the Saturday Festival Day.
One of Florida's oldest continuous festivals, dating back to 1949 when the celebration started commemorating the completion of the paving of Main Street (now called Avenue J) in Moore Haven.
Chalo Nitka means "The Day of the Big Bass" in the Seminole Indian language.
“The Chalo Nitka Festival is really the Glades County Fair, and like fairs in small towns across America, it features homemade food and arts and crafts, carnival rides and beauty queens, but with a special twist, celebrating Glades County’s traditional friendship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida,” said Glades County Economic Development Council and Tourism Development Council executive director Tracy Whirls.
Here's the typical schedule of events and some scenes of recent festivals:
  10:00 a.m. Chalo Nitka Festival Parade - U.S. 27 in Moore Haven 11:00 a.m. - Craft and Food Booths Open (Chalo Nitka Park) - admission 11:30 a.m. Opening Ceremonies, Music, Entertainment until 4 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Rodeo at Bronson Arena - Barrel Racing, Roping, Tying, Racing, Bull Riding - $5.00 admission 8:00 p.m. Teen Dance (Wiggens Bldg.) - admission 9:00 p.m Adult Dance (Doyle Conner Bldg.) - admission for entrance and coolers   Come Visit Us Again! Live Video and Chat From LaBelle, Florida
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