Wanatah Scarecrow Festival

08/30/2026

🌻🎃 WANATAH SCARECROW FEST HARVEST CONTEST! 🍅🌽

Think you grew the biggest, tallest, heaviest, or most unusual? Now’s your chance to prove it! 🌱🏆

Join us for a fun, friendly community harvest competition and show off what you’ve grown this year!

🏆 CONTEST CATEGORIES:
🌻 Tallest Sunflower
🫘 Most Bean Pods on a Plant
🌸 Largest Zinnia
🌽 Largest Ear of Corn
🎃 Heaviest Pumpkin
🍉 Largest Watermelon
🎃 Most Unusual Gourd
🍅 Largest Tomato

📅 Friday, September 25th
⏰ 3:00–6:00 PM

🏆 Winners will be announced Friday night at the Merchant Drawing!

And the best part? YEAR-LONG BRAGGING RIGHTS! 😄🏆 You could be the person everyone talks about all year long when they see that winning pumpkin, tomato, sunflower, or gourd!

Come out, have some fun, cheer on your neighbors, and see just how competitive Wanatah can get when it comes to growing things! 🌾🍂

Sponsored by Kankakee Valley REMC

🌻 Who’s ready to claim the title? 🌻
Tag someone who you KNOW is going to enter! 👇

08/28/2026

Let’s have a little fun, while we wait for the Wanatah Scarecrow Fest to arrive! Let’s hit 10k followers on our page, we have under a month to do so!

Not sure how to invite, watch our short clip below for more details!

When you’re done, come back and comment done. We will enter everyone who comments between now at Labor Day for a Gift Card!

08/26/2026

08/24/2026

🍂 ONE MONTH UNTIL THE WANATAH SCARECROW FEST! 🎃

The countdown is officially ON! 🎉 We’re just ONE MONTH away from the 32nd Annual Wanatah Scarecrow Fest, happening September 25–27, 2026!

Get ready for a weekend full of fall fun, entertainment, activities, and community favorites! 🍁🌽

👀 Keep an eye on our page! We’ll be sharing more upcoming events, activities, schedules, and festival details as we get closer!

📅 September 25–27, 2026
📍 Wanatah, Indiana

Mark your calendars, tell your friends, and get ready to celebrate! ❤️🍂

WE’LL SEE YOU IN ONE MONTH! 🎃🤎

Wanatah’s 32nd Annual Scarecrow Festival September 25th - 27th, 2026 Since 1994, the Scarecrow Festival has brought the community together to celebrate creativity, fall fun, and local pride. From quirky scarecrow displays to delicious food, live music, and family games, there’s something for eve...

08/10/2026

This is not sponsored by the Scarecrow Fest, but is a fundraiser in our town during the fest weekend! What a fun way to help the kids out with field improvements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11wav_isJflmhs7cvybw3vQDH6h3mba_k/view?usp=drivesdk

06/15/2026

One of our AMAZING food vendors at the fest! A cool little update and background story!

04/03/2026

🚨🚨🚨Edited Post- as of 12:30 CST on 4/13 all booths have been filled. I was able to fill 13 spaces with new vendors. If you did not receive an email, please keep in mind this is the least amount of openings I had in the 5+ years of the fest. Also, come September I normally have a handful of booths open up. If you are able to make it last minute. Please send me a message and I will note that on your application.

The time has finally come! This years application is now open!!

But here’s the not so good news… we have 10 spaces to fill!

We will keep the application open for the weekend then will shut it down Sunday night. After the 10 spaces are filled, everyone else will be on a waiting list!

https://forms.gle/uDUJxdjvWUzztDhc9

September 25-26-27, 2026 Friday 4-9pm, Saturday 9am-9pm, Sunday 9am-4pm Booth spaces will not be reserved until full payment is received. NSF checks will be charged $25.00 and no set-up will be permitted until NSF checks are made sufficient. Booth spaces are 10ft x 10ft No refunds due to inclement w...