Ashmore Harvest Festival

The Ashmore Festival is making a comeback after 5 years! 

Ashmore's community festival started out in 1979 as a 1-day ice cream social called Ashmore Day, which included card games, cake walk, and face painting. A parade was added in 1983. The festival grew from year to year and eventually became Ashmore Ag Days around 2015. It was a highlight of the year in town until the 2020 pandemic when it came to a screeching halt and momentum was lost.

In 2023, a group of Ashmore residents (and even a couple non-residents) decided it was time to have a festival again, and in October 2024 Ashmore welcomed the festival back to town!!

Plans are underway (and funds are being raised) for the Ashmore Harvest Festival to be held on Fri-Sun, September 12-14, 2025.

Fundraiser: Saturday, March 29

4:00 - 9:00 pm
Ashmore Community Center
(211 S Illinois St)

Activities will include:

• LIVE MUSIC: Max Heuerman & the Little Truckers 6:00-9:00
• FOOD: Jonah Fish Fry & How I Roll Bakeshop
• Silent Auction (TONS of stuff to bid on!)
• Face Painting by Libby Jo
• 50/50 Raffle

Harvest Festival September 12-14

So many activities crammed into one fantastic weekend! Download your schedule below OR the schedule is also available on Facebook.

NOTE: the following is the schedule for LAST YEAR'S 2024 festival to give you an idea of what you can expect. Check back again to look for the upcoming 2025 festival!

Friday, October 11, 2024

• 4:00-7:00p Jonah Fish Fry
• 5:00-7:00p Hillbilly BINGO
• 5:00-8:00p Touch-A-Truck

Saturday, October 12, 2024

• 7:00-9:30a FREE Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
• 10:00-10:45a Parade
• 10:45a-5:00p Craft Vendors
• 11:00a-2:00p Kids Carnival (Games, Bounce Houses, & Face Painting)
• 11:00a-7:00p DJ Fire
• 11:00a-8:00p Food Vendors
  • Rollin' Smoke BBQ
  • Bubba's Burgers & Brats
  • How I Roll Bakeshop
  • Magoody's
  • We Li Kit Farmstand
• 11:30a-(Finish) Bags Tournament
• 11:30a-(Finish) Pickleball Tournament (in the Community Center)
• Noon Chili Contest
• 1:00p Jerky Contest
• 2:00p Kiddie Tractor Pull
• 2:00-4:00p Cake Walk
• 3:00-5:00p Pumpkin Painting with Libby Jo
• 4:15p AFPD Bike Raffle
• 4:30-5:15p Andrews Family Magic
• 5:15p AFPD Raffle
• 7:00-10:00p Sawyer Brothers

Sunday, October 13, 2024

• 10:00a Community Church Services in the Park

Donations

Ashmore Festival Committee, Inc is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization (FEIN: 99-2050355), and all donations are tax exempt. 
Donations may be submitted to PO Box 99 - Ashmore, IL 61912 or by CLICKING HERE (PayPal) or HERE (Square).

Festival Planning Committee 

The Committee Board & Officers are as follows:

• Kurt Crail, President & Board Member
• Brook Cottle, Treasurer & Board Member
• Tyler Heleine, Board Member
• Jake Johnson, Board Member
• Marshall Reinhart, Board Member
• Jackie Freezeland, Secretary

Other members of the Planning Committee include:

• Ellen Ashmore
• Carol Bradford
• Dawson Bradford
• Bill Edwards
• Heather Heleine
• Alex Hoshauer
• Destiny Johnson
• Cara Reinhart
• Jessica Hills

If anyone is interested in volunteering or joining the Planning Committee, please contact any of the individuals listed above.