This year’s Flat Rock Creek Fall Festival started on Friday, September 21 and lasted through Sunday. The weather started off on Friday to be windy and clear. The evening chilled the place off and it really felt like fall! The entire weekend was beautiful and around 150 vendors did quite well.
The attendance this year was very good and the numbers were high! Looking out across the parking area showed that to be true.
Antwerp Conservation Club’s Aaron Kohler said by Saturday evening they had already gone through 2000 lbs of potatoes at their curly fry booth. The previous year they had only gone through 900 lbs. They were also offering raffle tickets for an WWII M1 Garand. The drawing will take place on October 6. Other vendors also concurred at the increased flow of traffic at the festival.
The tractor pull took place as usual inside the grand stands on the track, and the bands were also crowded with listeners in the stage areas sprinkled around the fairgrounds. Around the west side of the horse track was the small engines. The old gas engines are very mesmerizing. Some were showing how water could be pumped, another was crushing cans for recycling!
WMYW 102.7 was broadcasting radio live at the event from the trailer that was wrapped by West Bend Printing. WPAU was also there interviewing people for their station.
One of the nice things that Mikayla Pieper of the Paulding Chamber planned was having golf carts taking people to and from the entrance. These shuttle services were well-used by many fair-goers. The Sheriff’s Deputies were managing traffic from the Command Station and a booth inside the festival.
Overall, Chamber director, Mikayla Pieper, was very pleased with the outcome of the Flat Rock Creek Fall Festival and looks forward to next year!
