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