‘Farm Fresh Fun for Everyone’ – The 2025 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair guarantees enjoyable, pancakes, custom

By TIFFANY MORGAN

Herald Correspondent

The 63rd version of the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair is about to start with the annual parade marching by way of downtown Statesboro on Monday, Oct. 13. 

The 2024 truthful attracted greater than 90,000 individuals and the theme for the 2025 truthful, which runs by way of Oct. 18, is “Farm Fresh Fun for Everyone.” Fair Chairman John Banter stated the area’s main agricultural roots is how this 12 months’s theme was born.

“There’s always been a big focus both on agriculture and the community and how those two things come together,” Banter stated.

Led by the Statesboro Kiwanis Club, the truthful additionally attracts on volunteer assist from greater than 300 people, by way of organizations just like the Brooklet Kiwanis Club, highschool scholar organizations related to Kiwanis “Key Clubs” from the native excessive colleges – Bulloch Academy, Southeast Bulloch, Statesboro and Portal and Georgia Southern University organizations.

The Kiwanis Club of Statesboro at the moment has 151 members. The group, based in 1960, focuses on “making a difference in the lives of children and families in Statesboro and beyond,” Barter stated. 

Barter has been a member for 14 years. He stated being part of Kiwanis helped him higher perceive the Statesboro and Bulloch County neighborhood.

“(The Kiwanis Club) helped me get to know the community, understand its needs and connect with the incredible people who live here,” Banter stated. “The fair gives Statesboro Kiwanis a way to support charities and projects that directly help kids and families in our area.”

Banter stated he has loved his time being part of one thing which means a lot to the neighborhood and to him.

“Being part of the team that works year-round to make (the fair) happen is something I really value,” Banter stated. “The dedication and effort from the volunteers on the fair committee and other Kiwanians is what makes it all possible.”

The parade begins at 5 p.m. Oct. 13, on the intersection of East Olliff and North Main Streets. It follows North Main by way of downtown Statesboro, down South Main Street and ends at College Plaza (the nook of Zetterower Avenue & Fair Road).

After the parade, the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fairgrounds on Highway 67 will open at 6:30 p.m.

The 2025 Fair will function from Monday, Oct. 13 by way of Saturday, Oct. 18. Hours: Monday – 6:30 p.m.-midnight; Tuesday-Thursday – 4 p.m.-midnight; Friday – 4 p.m.- 1 a.m.; Saturday – noon-midnight. 

Tuesday evening is Senior evening so everybody 65 and older will get in free.

Admission is $12 for advance on-line gross sales and $15 on the gate. Children 5 and beneath are free.

There shall be quite a lot of leisure acts, together with Jurassic Kingdom, The Fearless Flores –who have been featured on America’s Got Talent, Alfred E Gator, magician TJ Hill and extra. Rosaire’s Royal Racers will function a full monitor this 12 months for the pig races.

As all the time, Amusements of America supplies the halfway full of thrill rides and video games of probability, and the Statesboro Kiwanis Club operates the Heritage Village that options historic shows and vintage farm implements. Projects and artwork by native college students and different residents shall be on show, as nicely.

The Kiwanis Pancake House will function “the best pancakes in the area,” Banter stated. Local church teams and others will present loads of different meals choices.

Those focused on being a vendor can join truthful entry now up till Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. 

Also, Banter stated to make sure a protected, family-friendly occasion the truthful has applied a transparent bag coverage for the 2025 truthful.

For extra data, or to enroll to be a vendor, go to kiwanisogeecheefair.com or name (912) 681-2202.