The 27th annual Fairmont Farmers Festival will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2013. Plenty of activities are planned for this year’s festival including a pageant, parade, various entertainment, arts and crafts, a puppet show and lots of food.
The Fairmont Farmers Festival Pageant will be held on Saturday, October 12 and will crown six queens. The pageant will begin at 3:00 p.m. for the titles of Wee, Little and Tiny Miss and 6:30 p.m. for the titles of Junior, Teen and Miss. The pageant will be held at the E.R. Gause Auditorium at Rosenwald Elementary School in Fairmont. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 4-8.
The Fairmont Chamber of Commerce is hosting the sixth annual Farmers Festival Golf Tournament at Fairmont Golf Club on Friday, October 18 with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. The entry fee is $50 per player and includes cart and green fees, mulligan, red tee, range balls, prizes, and lunch. For more information, contact James Honeycutt at Fairmont Golf Club, 910-628-9931 or Chamber President Kelly Johnson, 910-770-1967.
The Festival kicks off on the 19th with a parade starting at 10:00 a.m. featuring several Shriner groups, marching bands and plenty of beautiful queens including Miss North Carolina Johna Edmonds. Following the parade, you can eat lunch from a variety of different food vendors at our food court area and browse the multitude of jewelry and crafts in the arts and crafts section. There will also be a Puppet Love show and kids’ activities in the Fairmont Community Park. Concluding the festival will be a concert by the Fantastic Shakers from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. at the old Peoples Warehouse on Industrial Drive. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
