Old Fashioned 4th of July Picnic
Date & Time
Fri Jul 04 2025 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Location
655 Latham Ln, New Franklin, OH 44319-4338, United States | Portage Lakes, OH
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Details
Enjoy some family fun on the waterfront with lawn games, free carnival games, free train rides, and even a pie baking contest! Bring your own picnic or enjoy some local fare from on-site food trucks. Beer and wine available for purchase.Thank you to Aqua Ohio for sponsoring the 2025 Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration!
Here's a tentative schedule of events:
12-4pm: Music, games on the lawn, Little Roaming Railroad train rides, carnival games, and food trucks (Wagler Farms, Tacos & S'macos, Southern Thangs, and Kona Ice), beer and wine sales
1-1:30pm: Barbershop quartet ("Power Chord")
2pm: Sack races
2pm: Pie contest entry deadline
2:30: Pie contest judging
3pm: Pie contest winners announced
3:30pm: Tug-of-war
Calling all amateur pie bakers! Enter your pie into our Second Annual New Franklin Pie Baking Contest by 2:00 pm on the day of the event. To pre-register your pie, email your name and phone number to [email protected] or call the City of New Franklin at 330-882-4324 (8:30am-4:30pm Monday - Friday).
Check back for additional details as we get closer to the event!
Admission, train rides, entertainment, and lawn games are free. Food truck items and beverages are at an additional cost.
Event Location
655 Latham Ln, New Franklin, OH 44319-4338, United States, 655 Latham Ln, New Franklin, OH 44319-4338, United States,New Franklin, Ohio, Portage LakesEvent Host
City of New Franklin, Ohio