Batavia American Legion to throw Fall Family Festival

By BEST OF THE FOX

October 20, 2021 at 6:48 pm CDT

The Batavia VFW will host its annual Fall Family Festival on Oct. 23. The family-friendly event features a pumpkin carving contest, games for kids and adults, and other festivities. The event is open to the public. (Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com/Matthew Apgar)

Batavia VFW and Auxiliary Post 1197 will present the annual Fall Family Festival at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at 645 S. River Road (Route 25). Admission is free to the event, which is open to the public.

According to a news release, the festival will feature games for children, pumpkin carving and decorating, a turkey shoot, raffles, costume pickup, first responder vehicles and live music.

Games for children include Bozo buckets, sack races and an egg on a spoon race. Children also will be able to select a free Halloween costume.

For adults, there’s bags and horseshoes.

Live music by Cirrus Falcon will start at 3 p.m., while Duke’s Dogs will have hot food available for purchase, the release stated.

For information, visit vfw1197.org.