Darke County will showcase the 8th annual Darke County Food Truck Rally & Craft Show on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 11am-9pm at the Great Darke County Fairgrounds. The food truck rally 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 first large food truck event of the season. These local small businesses need your support NOW more than ever! The event will take place rain or shine on Saturday, May 3, at the Darke County fairgrounds.
The 10,000-pound monsters are returning to the Darke County
Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 3, 2025, for the Darke County Monster Mash. This year there will be two action packed shows at 1pm and 7pm as the monster trucks go head-to-head in fierce competition including side by side racing, free style performances and a rockin’ wheelie contest.
See the Full Throttle Monster Trucks including the 50th Anniversary edition BIG Foot, Bugzilla, Monkey Business, High Roller & Funky Monkey.
Tickets can be purchased at: darkecountymonstermash.com OR at www.promotix.com OR by calling the fairgrounds at 937-548-5044.
General Admission Family ticket deal: ONLY $40 for 4 tickets ($20 savings)
Grandstand tickets & track seating only $15
Red reserved seats – $18 and box seats are $20
The Pit Pass party starts at 11am for the afternoon show and 5pm for the evening show and is included with the ticket price. The Pit Pass party allows anyone with a Monster Mash ticket to get up close pictures of the monster trucks, meet the drivers, autographs and experience the thrill of a ride on a real monster truck. Monster truck rides will take place before, after, and during intermission for an additional cost per rider.
The food trucks confirmed so far are:
Badges BBQ, Bowman’s Concessions, Buckeye Burgers, CaliOH Eats, Chuck’s Foods, Creme de la Creme Cakery, Fren-Cheese Eats, Fiske Fries, Godown’s Fixins’, Gypsy Kitchen, Kettle Colonel, Kona Ice, Martin’s Old Fashioned Lemonade, Mikesell’s Concessions, Nacho Pig, Paulines Filipino Corner, Philly Pretzel Factory, Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee, & Werling Street Eats.
We also have a large selection of over 50 craft vendors, artisans,
specialty clothing boutique trucks and shops. Spend the day shopping for that special and unique gift for Mother’s Day. The craft vendors will be open from 11am-7pm and located inside of the coliseum and outside under tents.
There will be live entertainment outside near the food trucks on an outdoor stage with local bands from Darke County. The live entertainment includes the following: Gage Thomas Band from 11am-1pm and from 2-4pm The Green de Villes. Local Darke County artist Shannon Clark & The Sugar will perform from 4:30-6pm.
This family-friendly event will have several fun activities for the entire family to enjoy including a petting zoo and pony rides from noon-7pm. Also,new this year will be a car show presented by the local Mopar Outlaws Car Club Southwest Ohio chapter from 12-5:30pm. All makes and models are welcome for this car show. Vehicle registration from 12-2pm with a $10 registration fee. Awards include Best of Show, Kids’ Choice and top 20 awards and will be presented at 5pm. 50/50 raffle and door prizes. Classic class (95-older) and modern class (96-newer). For more information send an email to: moparoutlawscc.swoh@gmail.com
Stop by the registration table located across from the gazebo area to enter your name in a drawing for a chance to win over $1000 in prizes donated from local restaurants and businesses. You will receive an entry ticket for the drawing when you park your car at the fairgrounds. Solid Rock Apostolic Church will be taking care of the parking for the event.
We appreciate all of our local business sponsors for helping promote this great event for our community. Winners will be announced at the top of each hour for the chance to collect a special prize and that can be picked up at the registration table located across from the gazebo.
“We are very excited about celebrating local, small businesses for this much-anticipated event of the season,” according to Jason Blackburn,
the promoter of the event. “Celebrating and supporting local, small businesses here in Darke County will help grow our local economy and keep these entrepreneurs busy for years to come. We hope you can join us for a great day with your family by enjoying the large selection of amazing food, great vendors, and family-friendly activities planned throughout the day at the Darke County Fairgrounds.”
For more details about the event and to participate in contests, you can go to the following: www.facebook.com/cremedelacreme.cakery and then click on the Events tab for “The Darke County Food Truck Rally & Craft Show”
& “2025 Darke County Monster Mash + Food Trucks & Craft Show & Car Show”.
You can also contact Jason Blackburn for more information by email at: thepromoterllc@gmail.com.