Ham City Fall Fest

Ham City Fall Fest Effingham’s favorite fall celebration! 🍂 Live music, German-inspired food & beer, shopping, kids activities, and more - Saturday, Oct. 4 in Downtown Effingham.

10/04/2025

Corn pit for the kiddos In the making 🌽🥳

Today’s the day, Effingham! ✨The streets are still quiet at 6 AM… but soon, they’ll be alive with the sound of laughter,...
10/04/2025

Today’s the day, Effingham! ✨

The streets are still quiet at 6 AM… but soon, they’ll be alive with the sound of laughter, music, and community. 🍂 Families and friends will fill downtown for our Ham City Fall Fest — a full day of fall-filled fun, great food, and small-town magic.

🏃‍♂️ The fun kicks off with our 5K at 10 AM, followed by a Downtown Brunch at 10:30 AM, and the Kids Corner opens at 11 AM! Live music takes over the streets at noon and rolls all day long.

Come celebrate this beautiful community we call home, support local businesses, and make some memories in the heart of downtown Effingham. ❤️

See you soon!

10/03/2025

🚨 Tomorrow is the BIG day! 🚨

These straw bales will transform the streets of our Kids Corner into a downtown pumpkin patch, and it’s going to look magical. 🍂🎃✨

The fun kicks off tomorrow at 10 AM with our Ham City Fall Fest 5K, then we roll right into brunch at 10:30AM and open up the Kids Corner at 11 AM.

From there, it’s a full day of live music, food, drinks, and fall fun for the whole family!

Downtown Effingham is the place to be tomorrow—don’t miss it! 🙌

10/03/2025

Haven’t signed up for the Ham City 5K yet? 👀

No worries - you can still register TONIGHT at XCHNG! Already registered? Awesome - swing by and grab your race bib & packet so you’re ready to hit the ground running TOMORROW!

🏃‍♂️ Packet Pickup
📍 Tonight, 5:30–7:00 PM @ The XCHNG (214 W Jefferson – West side entrance)

⏰ Race Day Pickup: If you can’t make it tonight, you can also pick up your packet Saturday morning from 8:30–9:45 AM @ Joe Sippers, Section Avenue.

WHAT THEY SAID ‼️🍁🎉
10/03/2025

WHAT THEY SAID ‼️🍁🎉

✨ Tomorrow is the day! ✨Pulling off our Bavarian-inspired brunch for Ham City Fall Fest has been nothing short of a comm...
10/03/2025

✨ Tomorrow is the day! ✨

Pulling off our Bavarian-inspired brunch for Ham City Fall Fest has been nothing short of a community effort 🙏

We’ve been blown away by the generosity of our local businesses who stepped up to make this possible:

🥓 Sausage donated by Nuxoll’s Food Center
🥚 Farm-fresh eggs & maple syrup from IGA
🧇 Waffle mix from Krusteaz
☕ Coffee from our friends at Joe Sippers
🍁 Beautiful boards from John Boos

And tying it all together, Chef Thaddeus Bruno will be cooking it all up right in the heart of downtown.

This brunch is for EVERYONE—join us tomorrow at 10:30AM for an outdoor meal that celebrates food, fall, and community. Adults eat for just $12, kids for $8—and right at 11AM, the Kids Corner opens for fun and activities. 🍁

Let’s pack downtown, eat together, and give back—a portion of proceeds supports the Downtown Effingham Business Group. This is what small-town love looks like. 💛

Big thanks to Save A Lot for helping us bring fall to life at this year’s Ham City Fall Fest! 🍂🌼 They graciously donated...
10/02/2025

Big thanks to Save A Lot for helping us bring fall to life at this year’s Ham City Fall Fest! 🍂🌼

They graciously donated 25 mums that will brighten up our tables as festive decor for the day.

We love how easy it is to work with local small business owners who jump right in to support community events like this. Effingham shines a little brighter when we all pitch in together! 🙏

TWO DAYS AWAY 🍂🍺 We’re raising a toast to our amazing beverage sponsor, Koerner Distributing—we couldn’t make this happe...
10/02/2025

TWO DAYS AWAY 🍂🍺

We’re raising a toast to our amazing beverage sponsor, Koerner Distributing—we couldn’t make this happen without them!

This year we’re doing something extra fun… introducing our custom Ham City aluminum cups 🥳 Keep your draft beer cold all day long while you sip your way through Koerner’s incredible fall beer lineup (plus plenty of cans—seltzers, beers & more—for everyone’s taste).

The first pours hit the taps during our Bavarian-inspired brunch at 10:30 AM and the fun keeps flowing all day downtown.

Grab your crew, grab a cup, and let’s celebrate fall the right way—together in Ham City! 🍻🎉

🍂 The flavors of fall are taking over downtown Effingham THIS Saturday for our 2nd Annual Ham City Fall Fest — and trust...
10/02/2025

🍂 The flavors of fall are taking over downtown Effingham THIS Saturday for our 2nd Annual Ham City Fall Fest — and trust us, you’ll want to come hungry!

We’ve rounded up some incredible food vendors who are bringing their best to the table:

🔥 Royal Smoke BBQ – German beer cheese soup & slow smoked German pork shoulder

🥨 Thaddeus Bruno with Table for Twelve – German Brat Kraut with whole grain mustard + house-made chips

🍧 Izzy’s Shiver Shack - sno-cones & lemonades, perfect for the kiddos at the Kids Corner

🥨 Gopher’s Grill – giant Bavarian pretzels you won’t want to miss

🍫 Black Bird Chocolate Co. – premiering their fall artisan chocolate lineup, only at Fall Fest!

Bring your friends, bring your family, and bring your appetite… because there’s something for everyone downtown this Saturday, October 4th.

Let’s pack the streets of Effingham and celebrate fall the best way we know how — with food, fun, and community!

📍 Ham City Fall Fest | Downtown Effingham | Saturday, Oct 4

Shout out to Game On - Shelbyville, IL for being one of our kids corner sponsors! They are graciously donating two infla...
10/01/2025

Shout out to Game On - Shelbyville, IL for being one of our kids corner sponsors! They are graciously donating two inflatables & more for our event.

Come check them out on Saturday! They are launching their new business in Shelbyville very soon. 🎉😎

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214 W Jefferson Avenue
Effingham, IL
62401

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