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Cunningham Fall Festival Join us the 3rd Saturday in October as we celebrate fall with classic small-town charm and big-time fun!

Rooted in rural pride and local patriotism, the Cunningham Fall Fest is a chance to come together, make memories, and celebrate the season.

🍂 FALL FESTIVAL FYIs! 🍂9 days and counting!! Here are a few helpful things to know before you head to the Cunningham Fal...
10/08/2026

🍂 FALL FESTIVAL FYIs! 🍂
9 days and counting!! Here are a few helpful things to know before you head to the Cunningham Fall Festival! 🎃

💰 FREE… OR FREE-WILL DONATION!
The following activities are FREE or available for a free-will donation:
🎪 Kids Carnival Games
🚜 Hayrack Rides
🚂 Barrel Train Rides
🎨 Face Painting
✂️ Kids Craft Event
🐐 Petting Zoo
🍽️ Evening Meal — 5:00–7:00 PM
🎶 Street Dance

💵 BRING A LITTLE CASH!
You’ll want to bring some money along for all the things you’ll want to take home!
🛍️ Our amazing Craft Fair vendors
🎃 Pumpkins from the Pumpkin Patch
🎟️ Raffle Tickets
👕 Festival Shirts
🥤 Cunningham Cups
🍺 B**r

🌮🌭HUNGRY?! We’ve got you covered!!
☕️ Daydrinkers Cafe will be open in the morning for your caffeine fix and also offering delicious breakfast and lunch options through 1pm
🌮 Walking tacos and nachos will be available to purchase from 1-3pm from Cozys Pizza!
🌭 Freewill donation evening meal with brats, hot dogs, beans, chips, and cookies will be served from 5-7pm on sidewalk near the City Building
🎶 Concert munchies will be available to purchase through P&S Creations while you enjoy the music

🚫 OUTSIDE FOOD & DRINK
No outside food or drinks are allowed at the festival.
🍺 B**r may only be purchased and consumed inside the designated B**r Garden panel area.
➡️ B**r Garden entry will be on the NORTH side of the panels.
Please be safe, be smart, and help us make sure everyone has a great time! We want to be able to keep bringing this event back year after year without incident. ❤️

🚜 RIDE SAFETY
For everyone’s safety, kids must remain seated during both the hayrack rides and barrel train rides.
➡️ Children 6 and under MUST have an adult accompany them on the hayrack rides.

🪑 BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS!
Planning to stick around for the evening concert and street dance? Bring your own lawn/fold-out chairs!
Festival seating will be limited to the chairs and seating provided as part of the festival, so if you want a guaranteed spot to sit for the concert, bring a chair!

🛍️ CRAFT FAIR
The Craft Fair will be located inside the Community Center, with a few additional vendors set up along the sidewalk/street in front of the Museum.
Come ready to shop local and support some great vendors!

🎃 PUMPKIN CONTEST
If you’re entering the Pumpkin Carving/Decorating Contest, bring your pumpkin to the front of the Fitzsimmons Building for submission.

🎟️ RAFFLE TICKETS • SHIRTS • CUPS & MERCH
👉 Head to the Main Tent on Main Street and look for Peggy & Mike! They’ll have you covered.

Check out the attached Festival Schedule so you know what’s happening and when. Then grab your family, your friends, some cash, and your lawn chair and come enjoy a day in Cunningham! 🍂🎃

10/06/2026

‼️‼️ RAFFLE ALERT!!!! ‼️‼️

While the Fall Festival Committee prides itself on offering a family friendly, fun, festive, FREE event, there are a few things you might want to bring some 💵 cash 💵 for on October 17th.

🎃 Pumpkin Patch- buy your pumpkins local and buy them cheap! We beat any store’s price!
🍻 B**r Garden- it’s the best because it’s served by Cozys. What more could you want?
👕 Merch- NEW Fall Festival shirts and Cunningham cups complete with Cunningham’s famous motto (curious what it is? come find out!)

And last but not least…🎟️ RAFFLES!!!! 🎟️

I’m not exaggerating when I tell you we have more raffle items than you can imagine. Here’s just a taste of the raffle items up for grabs:
🧺 Loads of gift baskets & merch (15 raffle baskets to be exact)
💰 Over $1,000 in gift cards and gift certificates
🚜 Toys & kids’ goodies
💆‍♀️ Massages facial & other self-care items
🍪 Baked goods & sweet treats
🧰 Milwaukee tools
🔥 Battery powered warming coats
🖼️ Home decor
🏹 Diamond Archery merch & combat party
🐖 Complete pulled pork family dinner from Big 8 BBQ
🧼 Handmade goods
…. AND MORE!!!

🙏 A HUGE thank-you to all of the businesses, organizations and individuals who donated to this year’s raffle. Your generosity helps make the festival possible — and this year, every dollar raised benefits the Cunningham Swimming Pool! 🏊‍♀️❤️

🍂🏆 LET THE COMPETITIONS BEGIN! 🏆🍂What would the Fall Festival be without some friendly competition?! We are bringing bac...
09/27/2026

🍂🏆 LET THE COMPETITIONS BEGIN! 🏆🍂
What would the Fall Festival be without some friendly competition?! We are bringing back some of your favorite competitions this year — with a few twists, a brand-new contest, and opportunities to walk away with some cash! 💰

🎃 PUMPKIN CARVING & DECORATING CONTEST — A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR!
We’re switching things up! This year, 3 judges will be choosing the winners in each age group, and… there will be CASH PRIZES! 💵🎃
So bring your best pumpkin game — creative, creepy, silly, traditional, or completely over-the-top!

🏢🍁 BUSINESS DECORATING CONTEST — BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Businesses around town will once again battle it out to see who can bring the most fall spirit to their storefront! Get creative and help make Cunningham look festive! Last year’s reigning champs Ninnescah Valley Bank surely have already been game planning for their theme this year.

🦆🎯 NEW THIS YEAR — DUCK HUNT!
We’re adding a brand-new competition to the festival lineup! Details can be found in the flier below, so start warming up your hunting skills… these ducks aren't going to find themselves! 🦆😉

🌽🏆 CO****LE TOURNAMENT — BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR!
We’re expanding the tournament so more teams can play at the same time! And we need your help to make it happen.
👉 BRING YOUR CO****LE BOARDS!
The more sets of boards we have, the more teams we can get playing and the bigger we can make the tournament!

Whether you’re here to win or here for the bragging rights… there’s a competition for you! 😂

Start assembling your teams. Start decorating. Start practicing. And maybe start thinking about what you’re going to do with that pumpkin. 🎃🏆

Details in attached fliers. Rules, registration and prize details provided the day of.

📣 🎉🎃We’ve got raffle prizes galore! We’ve got kids games and prizes to keep the littles happy! We’ve got….well, it’s all...
09/17/2026

📣 🎉🎃We’ve got raffle prizes galore! We’ve got kids games and prizes to keep the littles happy! We’ve got….well, it’s all on the flier. 🎃🎉📣

The 🍁 3rd Annual Fall Festival 🍁 is quickly approaching, and we have an amazing day planned for Cunningham. Mark your calendars for October 17th and join us for a fun filled, festive day full of activities for all ages.

This is a free will donation event, including the evening meal and street dance. We will have donation jars set up in various areas around the festival so that you can show support for this year’s fundraising cause.

Bring cash for:
🎃 pumpkin patch
🍺 b**r garden
🧵craft fair
🎟️ raffle tickets

🍁🎃 Let’s raise some money for our 💦 Cunningham Swimming Pool 💦 and spend the day making memories as a community. 🎃🍁

09/01/2026

🍂 OKAY, FALL… WHERE ARE YOU?! 🍂

It may be hot enough outside to make us forget what month it is, and honestly, it doesn’t feel much like fall yet… BUT we’re choosing to think fall festival thoughts anyway! 🎃🍁

Because October 17th is coming, and we’ve got plenty of reasons to start getting excited! 🙌
Our complete itinerary isn’t quite finished yet, but here’s a little sneak peek at what you can look forward to at this year’s Cunningham Fall Festival:
🎨 A jam-packed Craft Fair
🎃 Pumpkin Patch
🎭 Face Painting
🎯 Kids Games with Prizes
💫 Bounce House
🎟️ TONS of raffle items
🌽 A Co****le Tournament
🌾 Hayrack Rides
🌭 A Free-Will Donation Dinner featuring bratwurst & sides
🍺 B**r Garden
🚂 Barrel Train Rides
🎃 Pumpkin Painting/Carving Contest

🎶 AND… a FREE-WILL DONATION STREET DANCE, open to the public, with LIVE MUSIC! 7-10pm 💃🕺*Sponsored by T&R Excavating*

So even if you’re currently sweating through your clothes and wondering if fall is ever actually going to show up… just picture crisp evenings, pumpkins, bratwurst, music, friends, and a good old-fashioned small-town celebration. 🍂🎃❤️

October 17th — mark your calendars!
We’ll have the full itinerary coming soon, but for now… start thinking FALL FESTIVAL! 🍁

It will be here before you know it! Let's get started with some awesome craft vendors. We plan on opening the Craft Fair...
08/26/2026

It will be here before you know it! Let's get started with some awesome craft vendors. We plan on opening the Craft Fair at 1pm on the 17th. Please use email in the flier below or text if necessary. Can't wait to see all the crafty goodies this year!

08/21/2026

🍁 SAVE THE DATE — THE 3RD ANNUAL CUNNINGHAM FALL FESTIVAL IS COMING! 🍁
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 17th — the 3rd Saturday in October! 🎉

We’re excited to announce that the 3rd Saturday in October will officially be the set date for the Cunningham Fall Festival each year, making it easier for everyone to plan ahead and keep this fun community tradition going! ❤️

From the very beginning, this festival has been about more than just a great day in our little town — it’s about coming together to support the things that make Cunningham special.
🍁 Year One: Festival proceeds helped purchase a new HVAC unit for the Cunningham Museum and Historical Society.
🍁 Year Two: Funds went toward upgrades and repairs for the Community Center.
🍁 Year Three: 100% of this year’s festival proceeds will benefit the Cunningham Swimming Pool!

Having a swimming pool in a town as small as Cunningham is a huge privilege, and keeping it open and in good shape takes community support. This year, we’ll be raising money to help address some leaks and provide much-needed shade structures so our community can continue enjoying this special place for years to come. 💦☀️

And, of course, we’ll have all of your favorites!
🎃 Pumpkins
🌮 Food
🛍️ Craft Fair
🚜 Hayrack Rides
🌽 Co****le
🎯 Kids Games
🐄 Petting Zoo
🎵 AND some exciting new events that we’ll be announcing later!

So SAVE THE DATE — Saturday, October 17th! 📅

Come spend the day in Cunningham, enjoy some good old-fashioned small-town fun, and help us support a place that means so much to our community.

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