Event Schedule
2026
Event Locations Legend | C&G: Contests & Games | HP: Horticulture Pavilion | KC: Kids Corner | MS: Main Stage | TA: Tractor Area |
The Oldtime Farming Festival 2026 Event Schedule is in the works; activities and events will be posted as the information becomes available.
Friday 9/18/2026
- 10:00am – 6:00 pm – Crafter Set Up (see instructions posted on Facebook by committee chairperson)
- Tractors arriving from Dawn to Dusk
- 6:00pm – 8:00 pm Horticulture Show Registration
- 8:00 pm Security Starts
Saturday 9/19/2026
- 9:00 am – Noon Horticulture Show Registration (HP)
- 10:00am – PARADE – Starts at the Centerburg Church of Christ and up Main Street, turning onto St Rt 314 and into Memorial Park
- OPENING CEREMONY – MAIN STAGE – FESTIVAL BEGINS
- All Day Tractor/Machinery Display until dark (TA)
- All Day – Kid’s Pony Rides, Craft Show, Horticulture Show, Historical Center & Old Fashioned Demos, Pumpkin Vine Railroad, Horse-drawn Wagon Rides, Face Painting, Tractors(Most will close at 5:00 pm )
- 12:00pm – (they are usually ready by Noon) Cast Iron Kettle Cooked beans over open fire with Fresh Corn Bread (donations accepted, near the crafter area)
- 12:00pm – Sign Ups (C&G) – (Cookie entries must be turned in by 2:30pm Saturday)
- 12:00pm – Quarters in the Sand – sponsored by Mid Ohio Paving (C&G)
- 12:15pm Cake Walk (C&G)
- 12:30pm Watermelon Seed Spitting (C&G)
- 12:30pm Euchre (C&G)
- 1:00pm Spelling Bee (C&G)
- 1:00pm – 3:30pm Horticultural Exhibit CLOSED for Judging (HP)
- 1:30pm – Sack Races (C&G)
- 2:00pm NKTPA – Kiddie Tractor Pulls
- 2:30pm – deadline for Cookie contest drop off (C&G)
- 3:00pm – Cookie Contest Judging (C&G)
- 3:00pm – Math (C&G)
- 3:00pm – Valerie Hamill “Civil War Herb Lady” Presentation (HP)
- 3:30pm – Women 18+ Rolling Pin Throwing (C&G)
- 4:00pm – Tractor Parade through the Park
- 5:00pm – Bale Toss (C&G)
- 5:00pm – Band (MS) “HARD KNOX”
- 5:30pm – Chicken Dance (C&G)
- 5:30pm – 7:30pm Hot Air Balloon “tethered” rides (weather permitting) (at the ball diamond / sponsored by Tyler Griffith)
- 6:00pm – Pie Auction (MS)
- 7:00pm – Band (MS) “Hard Knox”
- 8:00pm – Good night, see you Sunday
Sunday 9/20/2026
- All Day – Kid’s Pony Rides, Craft Show, Horticulture Show, Historical Center & Old Fashioned Demos, Pumpkin Vine Railroad, Horse-drawn Wagon Rides, Face Painting, Tractors (Most will close at 3:30 or 4:00 on Sunday)
- All Day Tractor/Machinery Display until about 4:00 (TA)
- 9:00am – 10:00am Church Service (MS)
- 10:00am – Noon Square Dancing (MS)
- 10:00am Registration for Antique Tractor Pull
- 11:00am Antique Tractor Pull (TA)
- 12:00pm NOON – Sign Ups (C&G)
- Noon – 1:30pm Church of Christ Band (MS)
- 12:00pm – (they are usually ready by Noon) Cast Iron Kettle Cooked beans over open fire with Fresh Corn Bread (donations accepted, near the crafter area)
- 12:15pm – Cake Walk (C&G)
- 12:30pm – Euchre (C&G)
- 12:30pm – Bubble Gum Blowing (C&G)
- 1:00pm – Nail Driving (C&G)
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm Hillbilly Chuck (MS)
- 2:00pm – Speech Contest (C&G)
- 2:00pm – Lauren Banta “Medicinal Herbs” Demonstration (HP)
- 2:30pm – Wrench Throwing (C&G)
- 2:30pm – Horticultural Trivia (HP)
- 3:00pm – Arm Wrestling (C&G)
- 3:30pm – RAFFLE (MS)
- 4:00pm – Photography Awards, Art Contest Awards, Horticultural Exhibit Awards (MS)
- 5:00 pm Festival closes
- THANK YOU FOR COMING; see you next year.