Explore festivals: one funnel cake at a time.
A festival hosted by a church.
This post documents my experience on September 23, 2022. I stopped at St. Agnes Church in Fort Wright, Kentucky… …to visit their annual Oktoberfest… …and it was a festival filled with games. At one corner of the festival… …kids played various games for tickets… …and redeemed them for prizes. Around … Read more
2023 DATE: September 15-17, 2023This post documents my experience on September 22, 2019. At St. George’s in Fishers, Indiana… …their annual festival was taking place. Out in front… …the large yard was used for a children’s area with jump houses… …and prize games… …that included Test Your Strength and Skee … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 22, 2019. I walked onto the grounds of St. Thomas More Church… …for their annual Applefest… …stopping first at a large tent… …where festival goers examined tons of prizes in the huge basket raffle… …and then continuing to the Wine Spot, where adults … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 25, 2018. Just a three minute walk from Michigan’s tallest flagpole… …is St. Mary Queen of Creation Catholic Parish… …host of St. Mary’s Family Festival. Just passed the inflatables… …and inside this tent… …festival goers could find a children’s carnival area… …with games … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 25, 2018. This year marked the 100th anniversary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish… …and their 28th Annual Slovak Festival. Off to one side was the kids’ area… …where children could jump… …climb… …roll… …express themselves through henna and face painting… …and play … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: There is no parking on the festival grounds. Signs nearby direct festival goers to a parking lot at a neighboring business where buses transport people to and from the festival. This post documents my experience on August 25, 2018. ******************** When I arrived at the Nativity of the … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 9, 2017. 125 years after a chapel named after John Fox was completed… …the now Faith United Methodist Church decided to celebrate… …and they did it via a festival called FoxFest. At the festival entrance, the church offered free entries to win some … Read more
2023 DATE: September 8-9, 2023This post documents my experience on September 8, 2017. AUTHOR’S NOTE: I arrived at a weird mid-afternoon time right after some rain had passed through Carnegie, PA. ******************** I came to St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church… …to not only check out the beautiful … Read more