This year’s Lambert Days will be held, as always, on the “Third Full Weekend” in July. The dates this year will be July 21-23 at the Ohio City Firemans Park and Community Building. The grounds are located on OH-118 on the northside of the Village. If you are interested in being a vendor please contact, Scott Bigham (419) 953-9511 or visit lambertdays.com
The weekend will “unofficially” start on Thursday (July 20th) with a community garage sale.These sales will continue all weekend. There will be sales throughout the Village, Liberty Township, and vendors at the park. A map of the sales will be available at each sale and at the Ohio City Express. If you are interested in participating in the community garage sale and to be added to our map, please contact Laura Morgan at (419) 771-9463 or visit lambertdays.com.
Friday (July 21) at 4:00 begins with a steak dinner at the Community Building (carry-out available). At 5:00 there will be a flag raising by American Legion Harvey Lewis Post #346. A generous donation from David & Kelly Williams has made it possible for the inflatable/fun zone to be free to the public. The fun zone will be open at 5:00. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Williams. At 7:00 there will be a Texas Hold ‘em tournament inside the Community Building, for more information please contact Jeff Agler at (419) 513-0585. The band, “Major Snafu”, will start under the tent at 7:30. Fireworks will begin at approximately 10:15. In case of rain, The fireworks will be moved to Saturday. Follow lambertdays.com for any updates.
Saturday (July 22) starts with co-ed volleyball and co-ed softball at 9:00. If you are interested in volleyball contact Tim Mathews at (419) 203-2946. Your contact for softball is Ron Riggenbach (419) 769-9991. Our car show this year is organized by the Black Mark Mafia (BMM) and registration will start at 9:00, with the car show starting at 11:00. We have also brought back the “Burn Out Contest”, also organized by BMM and its registration is at 2:00, with the contest at 4:00. For more information please contact BMM-Rick Lamb at (419) 203-7246. Cornhole registration starts at 11:00 with the tournament starting at 12:00. If you are interested in cornhole contact Vince Morgan at (419) 771-3275.The inflatables/fun zone and other kids games will start at 12:00. At 4:00 the Community Building will be serving a hog roast dinner (take-out available), along with music provided by Jeff Unterbrink under the tent. Bingo starts inside the building at 5:00. The band, “Shifferly Road” will start under the tent at 7:30.Sunday (July 23) will continue with softball at 9:00. We will be serving our chicken dinner, provided by Black Angus Catering, at 11:00 inside the building (take-out available). The band “Triad” will be performing inside for your listening pleasure. The inflatables/fun zone and other kids games will start at 12:00. Our 2023 Lambert Days Parade will have its lineup starting at 1:45 and the parade will begin at 3:00. The 2023 Grand Marshals are the owners of Ohio City Express, Kully and Tony Sangha.
There will be an array of food items available at the Community Building all weekend. There will also be 50/50 tickets and raffle tickets for the dozens of baskets and items. This year we decided to try a new community participation project by allowing individuals and families to paint the Village’s fire hydrants. More than 80% of the hydrants have been spoken for to paint. Please enjoy driving around the Village to admire the artwork. The winner of the “Paint a Fire Hydrant” contest will be decided by voters at a booth that will be located inside the Community Building.
If you have any question, please phone our general contacts: Jason (567) 259-9460, Brenda (419) 965-2000, or Scott (419) 953-9511 or you can follow us on Facebook or visit our website: lambertdays.com
