Emporia Freedomfest

02/17/2026

Emporia Main Street has secured two race entries (excluding the XL distance) for the 2026 Unbound Gravel event—and they’re up for grabs at our Public Improvement Auction!

One entry will be featured in the Live Auction the night of the event, and the second entry is available in our Silent Auction, which is open for bidding right now. Click the link to bid: https://www.32auctions.com/emporiamainstreet26

Don’t wait—silent auction bidding closes at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday!

02/17/2026

Gufler Mansion Virtual Tour
https://youtu.be/pZHPF1goFu0
For Reservations call/text 620-983-6642 or email [email protected]

02/09/2026

We received this great thank you from USD #252 Honor Flight ❤️🤍💙 Thank u to everyone that supported our event this year!

01/27/2026

Another great program to benefit from Emporia Freedom Fest! Thank You for the support!

01/26/2026

If you are in the Topeka area on February 11th, then come on out to Annual Armed Forces Appreciation Day at the Kansas State Capitol. The VFW Department of Kansas will have an Information & Recruiting booth as well as our Department Service Officers will be on hand to assist with any VA claims or other matters. We hope to see you there, so stop on by!

01/26/2026

01/14/2026

Last night Russ Bonitatibus with the Emporia Freedomfest Committee presented a check to the USD #252 Honor Flight program! Thank you to everyone that supports this event and a shout out to Lyon County State Bank for being a long standing partner to Emporia Freedom Fest! Photos Captured by Marvin Tajchman!

01/14/2026

Barb Lowery (EFF Committee Member) presented Dianne Bedner-Smith with the North Lyon County Veterans Memorial Project inc a donation from proceeds of the 2025 Emporia Freedom Fest event! Thank you to everyone that supported and continues to support our efforts! Emporia Main Street KVOE 1400 AM, Country 101.7 FM, Mix 104.9 FM and KVOE.com

12/19/2025

12/15/2025

We are always happy to help with this GREAT Program!

Check out ALL of these gift boxes that are headed overseas to our wonderful service men and women (several from Kansas)! Huge shout out to the Emporia Community for helping us carry on this Holiday tradition with Emporia Freedomfest! Special Thanks to Village Elementary School, Logan Avenue Elementary School and the 4th Grade at Sacred Heart School for making these care packages extra special this year! Logan Avenue PTA Emporia Public Schools

12/11/2025

Just a reminder that Saturday is the deadline for donations to the Emporia Main Street Holiday Soldier Care Package Drive! Items and donations can be dropped off at 727 Commercial Street and online donations can be made at https://emporiamainstreet.com/events/soldiercarepackages/

Financial donations go towards shipping and purchasing items from local businesses!