Special Events & Festivals

45th Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival
September 25 & 26, 2021
Huntington County Fairgrounds

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

10:00 a.m.
Festival Opens
Opening firearm salute by 1st U.S. Light Artillery, 1812
Entertainment by Applejack Cloggers - stage
Hoosier author Kayleen Reusser (until 3 p.m.) - hoosier authors showcase

Patrons of the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival are invited to attend the non-denominational, pioneer-style worship service that will be hosted at the festival on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 9 a.m., at the Huntington County Fair Grounds.

The Huntington County Historical Society will be at the 2021 Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival.

Volunteers will staff the Historical Society space at Hier’s Park on both Saturday, Sept. 25, and Sunday, Sept. 26, during regular festival hours. It will be situated amid other historical exhibits in Heritage Hall.

In addition to a historical display, the society will offer books and other souvenirs for sale and there will be an opportunity for festivalgoers to complete forms for Historical Society membership.

Roanoke Elementary School students, teachers and staff members participated in the Roanoke Fall Festival Parade on Saturday, Sept. 11, in downtown Roanoke.

The Roanoke Fall Festival hosted a Demolition Derby at Roanoke Park on Saturday, Sept. 11.

Indie (left) and Ronan Magnuson take their turn on a carnival ride on Friday, Sept. 10, during the Roanoke Fall Festival.

The Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival will return to Huntington this month for its 45th year, filling the Huntington County Fairgrounds and adjacent Hier’s Park with the sights, sounds and smells of a bygone era.

The festival is set for Saturday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Costumed re-enactors demonstrate the everyday skills of the era while the 1st U.S. Light Artillery 1812 engages in military drills and riders on horseback exhibit their sharpshooting skills.

The Roanoke Fall Festival Pet Parade on Saturday, Sept. 11, featured (from left) Aubrey, Logan and Addison Tyler displaying their costumes and dressed up pet bunnies.

Gunner Russell pitches during the Friday, Sept. 10, Roanoke Fall Festival All Star Baseball Game at Roanoke Park.

The Roanoke Fall Festival began on Friday, Sept. 10, with the singing of the National Anthem by Kelli Kreider and the presentation of the colors by the Roanoke American Legion Post No. 160.

Kole Kreider was one of the three contestants in the Roanoke Fall Festival Little Mr. Competition that took place on Thursday, Sept. 9, at Roanoke Park.

At the Huntington County 4-H Horse and Pony Awards night on Sunday, Aug. 29, three 4-H’ers won belt buckles for their high point scores for this year’s horse and pony shows. The first two buckles were sponsored by Linzy Zahm (left) and went to high point multi horse exhibitor Madison Wajer (second from left) and high point single horse exhibitor Allie Raab (center). The last buckle went to Dawson Husband (fourth from left), presented by Chad Kreider (right) who sponsored the award in memory of his father, Phil Kreider.

The Roanoke Fall Festival is returning this year to offer live music, kids activities, parades, a ducky run, food, crafts, a cake and cookie contest, pageants and more, from Wednesday, Sept. 8, through Saturday, Sept. 11.
The annual Cake and Cookie Competition will take place on Saturday, Sept. 11. There will be cash awards given out. Forms to enter may be found on their website, roanokefallfestival.org.

The American Legion Post No. 160 is still looking for parties interested in being a part of the 67th annual Fall Festival Parade in Roanoke on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 3 p.m. There will be several competition categories. Every parade entry must be registered with the American Legion Post in order to be in the parade. Forms must be returned to the Post by Saturday, Aug. 28.

Forms may be returned to the Post at 1122 N. Main St., Box 331, Roanoke, IN 46783. The Post phone number is 672-2298. Registration will be at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church parking lot. Line-up begins at 2 p.m.

On Saturday, Aug. 14, members of the community gathered together at the Cottage Event Center in Roanoke for the 2021 Miss Roanoke Fall Festival Scholarship Pageant, where the Roanoke Fall Festival Queen was crowned.

This pageant marked the first time that a Roanoke Fall Festival Queen was crowned since 1976, when Nancy Lutz was crowned the winner. Of the three contestants for 2021 - which were Addison Dennis, Jordan Hofmann and Christine Niccum - it was Hofmann that took the crown for the evening. Dennis took first runner-up and Niccum took second runner-up.