Darke County will showcase the 6th annual Fall into Christmas Food Truck Rally & Craft Show on Saturday, November 5, 2022, from 10am-7pm at the Great Darke County Fairgrounds. The fairgrounds is located at 800 Sweitzer Street in Greenville, Ohio. The food truck rally and craft show will be a celebration of local, small businesses. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy in the United States, Ohio and Darke County. Come out and help support them during this food truck and craft show celebration. These local small businesses need your support NOW more than ever!
The event will be rain or shine with free admission to the craft show.
$5 for parking and proceeds will help Solid Rock Apostolic Church from Bradford, Ohio. Solid Rock Church will be collecting non-perishable food for a Thanksgiving food drive to bless families in Darke County. Go to the registration table located across from the gazebo area to enter your name in the drawing for a chance to win over $1000 in prizes donated from local restaurants and businesses. You will receive an entry ticket when you park your car at the fairgrounds. You can earn extra entries for each non-perishable food item you donate for the food drive.
We appreciate all of our local business sponsors who have helped promote this great event for our community. Winners will be announced each hour and you can collect your prize at the registration table located across from the gazebo.
We will have unique food truck selections to choose from to meet every craving. The food trucks confirmed so far are:
Badges BBQ, Best Vittles, Buckeye Burgers, Crème de la Crème Cakery,
Get Loaded, GoDown’s Fixins, Homestead Spud, Hot Dish Midwestern Comfort Food, Kettle Colonel, La Granja Mexican Food Truck,
Lil Tiki Weenies, MBJ Concessions, McNasty’s Great Food Express,
Nacho Pig, Solid Rock Sweets, The German Corner, Timeless Tacos, The Forking Pierogi, Wooten’s Chicken and Wholly Smokes BBQ.
Shop from a large selection of over 150 local craft vendors and specialty clothing boutique trucks and shops to find that perfect Christmas gift.
The craft vendors will be open from 10am-7pm and located just inside the coliseum, 4H Building, Ohio Center and outside under tents.
This family-friendly event will have fun activities for the entire family to enjoy. All the way from the North Pole, Santa Claus will be making a special appearance to visit the kids at the Darke County Fairgrounds from 12-5pm inside the Ohio Center. Jungle Island Zoo will be bringing a petting zoo and pony rides from 12-6pm. Ro-Da-O-Farm from Arcanum will have horse-drawn wagon rides decorated for Christmas for the entire family to enjoy from 12-7pm.
There is a full day of entertainment located inside the 4H building.
The live entertainment includes the following:
Special dance performances from 5678 Dance company beginning at 10am,
Noah Back from 11:30-1:30pm and local Darke County band “Mora & The Boys” from 2-3:30 pm.
Back by popular demand, will be the Little Miss & Mister “Fall into Christmas” Pageant. The age groups will be from 3-10 years of age. The Pageant will take place at 4pm located inside the 4H Building. Contestants will be judged based on costume creativity (Fall or Christmas themed), personality, on-stage questions and natural beauty (no makeup allowed). The winners of the pageant will be able to ride in the Fall into Christmas parade in the evening.
If you are interested in participating, email Jason Blackburn for an application:
New this year will be the Darke County Dirt Drag races in the grandstands presented by 503 Diesel Performance. Tickets for this event are only $10 and can be purchased in the following ways:
www.darkecountyfair.com, over the phone at the fairgrounds at 937-548-5044 or in person at the fairground’s office.
Classes will include stock diesel, modified diesel, stock gas, modified gas,
2 & 4 wheel drive trucks, ATV/Razor & the popular “Run What You Brung” class. All driving participants sign-up on race day beginning at 9am. Practice runs begin at 11am and the races start at 12pm.
Participants can enter at gate 5, St. Rt. 121, right across from Flory Landscaping. $10 per person to enter fairgrounds at gate 5 and $10 will be reimbursed at the registration table if you participate in the dirt drag races.
Here are some photos from last year’s event.
