Earlham Freedom Festival

05/05/2026

04/28/2026

As we kick off the year, we always look forward to hearing from new vendors. Please feel free to reach out and we can get you set up. All vendors also feel free to reach out for forms. You are all a huge part of our success and we look forward to another great Freedom Fest!!

03/05/2026

Wow winter has flown by and it's that time of year again!! we're starting to prepare and are excited for another great 4th!! Freedom Fest will be July 3rd and 4th this year and will we be celebrating 250 years of America!!
Vendors be on the lookout for emails within the next week or two if you know a food truck or a vendor interested please have them reach out. 2025 was a rough year and fundraising is also beginning. Do you have any great ideas want to help reach out creative minds always needed especially in this area!!!
Please remember while financial donations are greatly needed and appreciated. We can also use people with skills and abilities whether it's woodworking, painting, vinyl work, etc.. many hands make things run much smoother. I often times have people who want to help, but they don't have availability on the day if you have a skill and an ability there's probably something you can help us with beforehand. Feel free to reach out.

10/25/2025

Get out and support the class of 2030 and have a few Halloween scares while you're at it

👻 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 Friday + Saturday! 👻

The 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 is OPEN — step inside our haunted carnival for chills, screams, and twisted surprises! 🐍

✨ 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘: 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠-𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠.

Come out to Earlham and see what’s lurking behind the big top… 🎪💀

📅 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 | 𝟲–𝟵 𝗣𝗠
📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 | 𝟮–𝟰 𝗣𝗠 (𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗻 👀) — 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀!
📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 | 𝟲–𝟵 𝗣𝗠

📍 𝟭𝟬𝟱 𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗻𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝘃𝗲, 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗺
💀 $10 per person — Pay with Cash, Venmo, or Credit Card via Haunt Pay (https://app.hauntpay.com/.../bricker-price-block-haunted...)

𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙ℎ𝑎𝑚 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 2030 & 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟-𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 —𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 2030, 𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎!!

07/16/2025

The Freedom Fest would like to give a huge Thank You to the Earlham Fire and Rescue for passing the boot and raising over $800.00 for us!!!!

07/10/2025

07/09/2025

To those who helped on stage as an entertainment, thank you to the Earlham Boy Scouts for your annual flag raising ceremony. It's a tradition I look forward to every year and I thank you for your continued participation.

To Miss Kathy Hopkins, as always, your rendition of the national anthem was beautiful.

Thank you, Sean Boyle for accepting our invitation as grandma Marshall. You were truly deserving and we appreciate all that you do for the community.

To our entertainment for the day, you all were spectacular DSOD your dance girls never failed to bring such joy and energy to the stage.

Miss Sara Routh, as always hearing you sing is a pleasure thank you for taking the time out of your holiday to spend it with us.

Brenden Swank thank you for coming back to Earlham as well and sharing your talents. You were truly fantastic and I'm excited to see what your future holds.

Toby the Balloon Dude you were a hit as always!!!

07/09/2025

Thank you to my family. You didn't sign up for this yet here you are.
All four of you stepped up from chair stacking to garbage pick up to stage building there wasn't a task that one of you wasn't willing to help with. You became involuntary volunteers and I know you give up the entire day as well as a huge piece of me for months. I am forever grateful that you put up with my shenanigans and for the hands-on support you provide to make sure that freedom fest can be the best it can be.
 I am immensely proud of the human beings that you are and that you understand the importance of giving back to your community even if it means sacrificing some fun or time with your mom/wife. Getting to have you guys do this with me and see how amazing you are. Makes it all worth it.

07/09/2025

The biggest thank you goes to everyone who attended our events. You are the reason we do this. From the parade to the carnival to the fireworks. Thank you to those who bought Miss Earlham tickets your support is appreciated greatly

07/09/2025

Thank you to Nicole Scar and Traci Griffin while you may not have been on the board you were able to answer any questions as we navigated this all!

07/09/2025

Congratulations to The 2025 Miss Earlham winner Amelia Tessmer!!!! With a 5,234 she took the crown!!!

Overall our 11 contestants raised over 22,000 with raffle tickets to help pay for our Fireworks and carnival.

PC Ashley Tessmer and Jackie Hansen