Walnut’s sixth annual Fall Fest on Main to be held Oct. 1

The Walnut Chamber of Commerce has announced the sixth annual Fall Fest on Main will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Square.

The day is planned to include free kids games, a vendor show, ax throwing, pumpkin painting, hayrack rides and First Christian Church sponsoring free donuts and ciders from Boggio’s.

The Walnut Fire Department will hold an open house with fire truck rides and other activities starting at noon. The Mobile Escape Room will return from 1 to 8 p.m. and family bingo will be in the Community Building from 3 to 5 p.m.

New activities include cow pie bingo at 1 p.m., Magic by Corey from 4 to 6 p.m. and a golf cart parade at 5:30 p.m.

Cow pie bingo squares are sold at participating Walnut businesses, with the square the cow “deposits” on will award the winning square up to $1,000.

Live music throughout the day will include local acts including The Barn Ratz from noon to 2 p.m., Industrial Wood 3 to 5 p.m. and The Wise Guys from 6 to 9 p.m.

A chili cookoff will be from 6 to 8 p.m. the night before Fall Fest at Liberty Square.

Food and drink vendors for the fest include Cafe 129, Swamp Tales, La Katrina Autentica, The Dog House, The Italian, Didoughs, Bent River Brewing Company, Cows Coffee, Sweet Butts Cotton Candy and Bills World Famous Lemonade.

“Fall Fest is a family friendly event with everything happening within walking distance right in the middle of Walnut on Main Street,” Chamber Director Brent Jamison said. “We have a great day planned again this year. We couldn’t do it without the 100 plus volunteers and our local businesses that support this event.”