Corn Festivals in 2018: Where, When and More to Find a Corn Festival Near You!
Looking for a Corn festival in April 2018? There is no other listing as
complete and current as this list, just updated! Corn festivals are held through the United States,
Canada, Britain, and
Australia and much of the world. All the Corn
festivals we can find are listed on this page!
If you love Corn, look for a festival near you below! And I'm
looking for more Corn festivals! Please write me, if
you know of any to add! I update the dates as soon as the festivals
publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually
the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's
own website.
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links (the blue, underlined name of the each festival) to confirm this
year's dates on the website for each festival. If they don't have a
website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S
DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.
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Corn Festivals in 2018: Where, When and More to Find a Corn Festival Near You!
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Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Arizona
California
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Brentwood Cornfest - July
Oak
Street & Second, Brentwood, CA. Music, fireworks on Friday night,
cooking contests, vintage car show, food, kids fun zone. Note: It
wasn't held in 2014 nor 2015: For the second year in a row, the
Brentwood Corn Festival is not going to take place this 2015. In
its place, the Harvest Time Festival is scheduled for mid-July in
Downtown Brentwood. Read the press release for this year's Harvest Time Festival.
- La Habra Corn Festival - early August
El
Centro/Lions Park, Cypress and Erna Streets, La Habra, CA. Phone:
562-260-3750. Email:
[email protected]. Parking in neighborhoods around park.
Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/. Lions Club rides food vendors and
fun. The Corn Festival is the signature event for the La Habra Host
Lions Club. It has been a success for decades and continues to be
the highlight of the social calendar in La Habra. Located at El
Centro /Lions Park, the festival covers an entire weekend and
includes numerous rides and attractions, independent food, game and
craft booths, a market place, live music, a car opportunity draw
contest and Miss La Habra, the club queen and her court!
Colorado
- Loveland Old--Fashioned Corn Roast Festival -
August 19 & 20, 2016
Downtown Loveland, CO 80538. Phone:
970-667-6311. Email:
[email protected]. The Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival
includes the parade, corn shucking competition, corn eating contest
and all the roasted and boiled corn anyone could eat! In addition,
people of all ages enjoyed a variety of entertainment, great vendors
and more. General attendance and all concerts are free and open to
the public. Corn will be for sale throughout the festival. Roasted
corn will be available Friday, and roasted or boiled corn will be
available sale on Saturday. An ear of corn only cost two tokens and
all our corn is GMO free!
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Olathe Sweet Corn Festival - Friday and Saturday in early
August
Olathe, CO. "The Olathe Sweet Corn
Festival, held annually in the small town of Olathe Colorado, is a
full day of excitement, relaxation, food, fun, shopping, music,
entertainment, and the best sweet corn on the planet "
Connecticut
Florida
- Sweet Corn Fiesta West Palm Beach - Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm, ate April (in
2016, it's on April 24)
Yesteryear Village at the South
Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL
33411. Phone: (561) 996-0343. There will be lots of the world's best
sweet corn, live music, kids games and rides, lots of other yummy
food and beverages. A great value for a day of family friendly
entertainment. No outside food and beverages allowed. Ample, free
parking. Kids ride all day with wristband
Kids,and adults corn
shucking competitions. Professional competitive corn eating
competition. Live music by Krystal River Band. Free
parkingDirections: From I-95 South:
Exit at Southern Boulevard.
Exit #68. Go west approximately 7 miles. Turn right on Fairgrounds
Rd. Enter Gate 12 to main Expo entrance.
From I-95 North:
Exit
at Belvedere Rd. Exit #69. Go west approximately 7 miles to
Sansbury s Way. Turn left on Sansbury's Way. Go south for about 1/3
mile. Enter Gate 3 on Sansbury's Way to main Expo entrance.
From
Turnpike South:
Exit #97, Southern Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Go
west 1.5 miles. Turn right on Fairgrounds Rd. Enter Gate 12 to main
Expo entrance.
From Turnpike North:
Exit #99, Okeechobee Blvd.
in West Palm Beach. Go west 1.5 miles. Turn left on Sansbury's Way
and go south approximately 1 mile. Enter Gate 3 on Sansbury's Way to
main Expo entrance. (ADDED: April 28, 2016, JBS)
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Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival - A visitor writes on
May 21, 2016: "Just wanted to let you know that there has not
been a Zellwood Corn Festival in Florida since 2013 and no
announcements to bring it back"
Zellwood, FL. Phone: 866-440-7880.
Directions: Located
off Highway 441 at 4253 Ponkan Road in Zellwood, which is
approximately 30 miles north of Orlando. The Zellwood Sweet Corn
Festival is a Florida tradition that provides a day of arts, crafts,
entertainment and plenty of delicious sweet corn. The gates are open
Friday, at 11:00 am to 10:00 pm and Saturday,
from 11:00 am to 10:00 p.m. Adult (ages 13 & up) tickets (which
include all the corn you can eat) are $20.00 in advance and $25.00
at the gate. Children 12 and under are admitted FREE with a paying
adult. Tickets may be purchased online or by phone. Call or 407-886-0014. Area ticket outlets are listed on
their website under "Tickets." Parking is free. More information:
407-886-0014.( UPDATED: May 21, 2016)
Georgia
Illinois
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Dekalb Corn Fest Inc - late August
2583 Sycamore Road #80, Dekalb, IL 60115. Phone:
815-748-2676. Email:
[email protected]. Open: August 20th through Sunday, August 22,
2010 at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport; Festival Hours Friday,
3pm-11pm; Saturday, 10am-11pm; Sunday, 10am-6pm. Directions: The festival site at DeKalb
Taylor Municipal Airport in DeKalb, IL, which is about 60 miles west
of Chicago.
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The Mendota Sweet Corn Festival - August
Phone: (815)
539-6507. Serves nearly 50 tons of free hot, buttered corn during the
event. Music, parade, car show, ethnic and regional foods, handmade
crafts and flea market. The festival offers a variety of
entertainment events for the entire family. The events take place
primarily in the downtown area, and with the exception of the beer
garden, have no admission fees or parking fees. Free musical
entertainment is in abundance. The Crafters Market Place and flea
market features over 200 dealers in hand made crafts and unique
merchandise. There is a Queen Pageant, beer garden with live bands,
grand parade and a carnival with rides and games for both adults and
children, plus much more. The midways are lined with food booths,
featuring a multitude of ethnic, regional and festival foods, but
the "BIG EVENT" is the serving of the free Del Monte sweet corn on
Sunday afternoon. For over 60 years, it has been cooked to its
golden goodness with the help of a vintage steam engine. If you
would like to take some of the memories of Mendota's Sweet Corn
Festival home with you, the Mendota Chamber will be selling fresh
Del Monte sweet corn by the bag on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
during the festival.
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Grundy County Corn Festival - late September
Morris, IL.
Email:
[email protected]. Antique Gas Engine Show, Art Show, Corn,
Grain and Flower Show, Fireworks, Farm Fair, Parade, Eating Pie
contest, Queen Coronation and much more
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Urbana Sweetcorn Festival - late August
Admittance to the festival is free and yes ; that includes seeing
the bands. You will, however, need to purchase tickets for food,
drinks, and games at $1 each. There'll be ~30 food and drink vendors
to satisfy any craving, informational and merchandise vendors to
learn from and shop at, dozens of free and ticketed kids activities,
a vintage car show, and two nights of live music featuring local
favorites, regional up-and-comers, and national headliners. Oh, did
we mention the best-tasting sweet corn the fine state of Illinois
has to offer?The Urbana Sweetcorn Festival is host to two nights of
live music, featuring performances by local favorites, several
regional acts, and nationally-renowned headliners.
Indiana
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Popcorn Festival of Clay County, Indiana - Friday through
Sunday, early October; Carnival Starts Thursday, 30 September
Brazil, Indiana 47834. Birthplace of the best-known name associated
with popcorn, Orville Redenbacher. "This festival celebrates the #1
snacking product in the nation POPCORN! Orville Redenbacher
established his first popcorn plant in Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1979
the City decided to thank Orville by celebrating popcorn with an
annual festival." ConAgra Corn Maze, Farmer Ron's Amazing
Fieldtrip, Popcorn Eating Contest, Lion's Club Bed Race, Orville
Look-Alike Contest, a band and Luehr's Ideal Rides carnival.
Click here to see TV Commercial.
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Valparaiso Popcorn Festival - September
(always the Saturday after Labor Day), 7 am to 6:30 pm
downtown
Valparaiso, IN. Family-fun activities for all ages. Over 200 arts &
crafts booths, 30 food booths, kids games, the five-mile Popcorn
Panic, and the nation s First Popcorn Parade are only the beginning
of the excitement of this incredible festival. The Valparaiso
Popcorn Festival is located in beautiful downtown Valparaiso,
kicking off with the Popcorn Panic at 7 a.m. and wrapping up at 6:30
p.m. Plenty of off-site parking is available with a shuttle bringing
you downtown.
Iowa