Schedule of Events

FREE PARKING     |     FREE ENTERTAINMENT     |     FREE ADMISSION

Friday, June 21, 2024

5:00 ............Lunch Stands Open 

5-9:00.........Craft Show 

5:00 ............Rides & Concessions Open featuring Chicketti Family Amusements (Wrist Bands $25, 5p to Close)

5:30 ............Volleyball Tournament 

7:00 ............Opening Ceremonies with Marion Local Band, Scholarship Presentation

7:30 ............Go Kart Races (Racing for Relief) 

7:30 ............Bingo 

7:30 ............Lift-A-Thon with Marion Local Football Team

8-12:00.......Shifferly Road Band (South Band Tent)             NEW!

8:30 ............Little Mr. and Miss Country Fest Pageant (North Stage)

9:00 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers NEW!

9:30 ............DJ Pac-Man (North Stage)
                      Celebrating 30 years of Cranking Tunes!!


9:30.............Almost Amazing Rex & Dana (West Stage) NEW!

10:00...........Roomba Challenge NEW!

10:30 ..........Tractor Square Dancing 



Saturday, June 24, 2023

8:00 ............Breakfast & Lunch Stand Open 

8:30 ............Kids' One Mile Fun Run

9:00 ............Mercer Health 5K Run/Walk                                                           (Call 419-852-0079) 

9:30-4:00....Relic Shrine Open (Museum, Pilgrim Gift Shop & Art Show) 

10-9:00.......Craft Show 

10:45...........St. Peregrine Chaplet & Veneration of the Relic (Praying for those with cancer)

12:00 ..........Rides & Concessions Open featuring Chicketti Family Amusements (Kids Day Special Wrist Bands $25, 12-4p or 5p to Close) 

12:00 ..........Volleyball Tournament 

12:00 .............Punt, Pass & Kick (ages 8-13) (Registration at 11:30)

12:00 .......Car and Motorcycle Cruise-In (in park)
Awards at 4:00

1:00 ..........Poor Boys Antique Tractor Pull - Division I and Division II, 4000, 4500, 5000, 5500, 6000, 6500, 7000 and money pull. (Doc 419-678-4352, Ken 937-295-2526) 

1:00 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers NEW!

1-4:00........Flat Bottom Boys (South Band Tent) NEW!

1:30 ............Dodgeball Registration & Tournament
(6 person team, 9 & younger, 10-14, and 15 and older. Call 419-852-3909. Registration at 1:00) 

2:30 ............Tractor Square Dancing 

3:00.............Almost Amazing Rex & Dana (West Stage) NEW!

3:00 ............Chicken Dinners by the Knights of St. John (Drive-Thru at Knights of St. John Hall) 

4:00 ............Folk Mass (in patio with music by Chris Keller & Erin Huelsman) 

5:30 ............Bingo 

5:30 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers NEW!

6:00 ............Quarterback Challenge 

6:00.............Almost Amazing Rex & Dana (West Stage) NEW!

7:30..............Country Fest Friendly Feud (West Stage)

8-11:00.......White Russian (North Stage) NEW!

8-12:00.......The British Invasion (South Band Tent)

8:30 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers

10:00 ..........Tractor Square Dancing 

Sunday, June 25, 2023

8:00 ............Breakfast & Lunch Stand Open 

9:00 ............Boys “3 on 3” Basketball Tournament (call 419-925-1504 - Elementary & Junior High Registration 8:30. High School & College Registration at 9:30) 

10-5:00......Craft Show

11:00 ..........Volleyball Tournament 

12-4:00.......Relic Shrine Open (Museum, Pilgrim Gift Shop & Art Show) 

1:00 ............90th Annual Pilgrimage (Services in the Patio)

11:30 ..........Rides & Concessions Open featuring  Chicketti Family Amusements (Kids Day Special Wrist Bands $25.00, 1:30 - close

1:30-9:30..Bubble Soccer NEW!

1:30 ............Mini-Indy Race & Registration (ages 4-6) 

2:30 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers NEW!

2:30 ............Corn Hole Tournament (Registration at 2)

2:30 ............Bingo 

3:00 ............Darke County Tractor Pullers Associations (937-459-0229) (5800# Hot Rods, 8500# Workstock Diesel Trucks, 8000# 2.5 Diesel Truck, 9000# Alt Farm Stock, 6200# Alt Gas Trucks, 9500# Hot Farm) 

3:00.............Almost Amazing Rex & Dana (West Stage) 

3:00 ............Chicken Dinners by the Knights of St. John (Drive-Thru at Knights of St. John Hall) 

3-6:00.........Noah Back (North Stage) NEW!

3:30 ............Spikeball Tournament (Registration at 3:00) (In Park)

3:30 ............Tractor Square Dancing 

4:00 ............Diaper Derby (Registration at 3:30) 

4 & 6:00.......Challenger League Baseball (ball field in park) 

5:00 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers NEW!

6:00.............Almost Amazing Rex & Dana (West Stage)

6:30............Auction of Loblolly Wood Turners Pieces (North Stage)

7-11:00......Saw Crush (South Band Tent) NEW!

7:30........... Barnyard Olympics NEW!

9:00..........Tractor Square Dancing 

10:00 ............Bruno Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers NEW!

10:30..........Raffle Drawing 

Featured All Weekend: 

Bucky the Robot

Almost Amazing Rex & Dana 

Corn Box

Petting Zoo

Loblolly Wood Turners 

Face Painting

Country Fest Jail & Bail

Paw Patrol's Chase & Skye

Art by Ben Heyne