2011 El Paso Corn Festival

Please check the date on your parade sign-up forms.  We had a few instances where the parade form that was mailed out had last years dates on it.  The parade is on Saturday this year just like it always is.  Again, the parade will be on Saturday September 10th at 11:00.   Thank You.

Saturday, July 30th the Corn Festival Committee sold out of pork chops at the El Paso IGA making it a great fundraiser for us.  We appreciate the support from everyone buying our sandwiches and we had a great time serving everyone.

 

The 2011 El Paso Corn Festival will be held on September 8th, 9th, and 10th  2011 in downtown El Paso Illinois.  If you haven't been to our festival before, you are in for a real treat.  We have free entertainment every night along with a huge Carnival and approximately 60 vendors in our tents.  Come by on Saturday morning for one of the best parades in Central Illinois with over 100 entries every year.

The El Paso Corn Festival Committee is creating a soft cover, spiral bound cook book with more than 250 recipes.  Books will be selling for $10/ea.  Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to pre-order.  Or call any committee member to place a pre-order.   No limit on ordering.  These will be for sale at the Corn Festival and is the first ever corn festival cookbook.  Tell all friends and family.

 

Arm Bands will once again be on sale for unlimited rides at the Carnival for Thursday and Friday nights.  Armbands are good for either Thursday or Friday evening from 6 - 10 pm. Prices this year are $14.00 in advance and $16.00 at the Carnival.  They can be purchased at any of the following local merchants: 

Busherts Shops of Westgate

City Hall

Heartland Bank (both locations)

Flanagan State Bank

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No one goes away hungry if they come to our festival.  Between the Carnival food, food in the tents, and the three dinners served in the library park each night there are plenty of options for lunch, dinner, and everything else.  On Thursday night we have the local Fireman's Steak Fry, Friday night is the Kiwanis Spaghetti dinner, and on Saturday it is the Baptist Church Chicken dinner.  In the tents we always have Uncle Bob's ice cream, the Lutheran booth with more fresh pies than you can imagine, and the local Boy Scouts cooking up pork chops all day and night!