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Quaker City Marks 121st Festival

07/20/2025 @ 1:13 am Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Events
Quaker City Marks 121st Festival
2025 Ohio Hills Folk Festival Queen Delaine Roe hosted royalty from many Ohio festivals Saturday afternoon prior to the Queens' Parade Saturday night. (OHHF photo)
by Bruce Yarnall, Barnesville Area News

QUAKER CITY – Residents, former residents and visitors from far and wide enjoyed the three-day Ohio Hills Folk Festival at Quaker City last week, July 10-12.

Highlighting the festival were three parades, contests ranging from frog jumping to tractor pulls, car and tractor shows, entertainment, races, quilt show and the festival store all ending in a spectacular fireworks display Saturday night, July 12.

2025 Festival Royalty selected were Queen Delanie Roe, Princess Charlotte Wehr, Prince Wesley Fannin, Little Miss Haisley Bosworth and Little Mister Knox Long.

The Barnesville High School Marching Band took part in the Phil Carpenter Memorial Mile Long Parade Friday night at Quaker City.
These costumed musicians entertained parade watchers at Quaker City last Friday night.
The 2025 OHFF Festival Queen and Court greeted parade attendees last Friday night.
Barnesville’s Joe Tires entered their popular barrel train in the Mile Long Parade.
US Armed Forces took part in Friday’s festival parade.
Popcorn anyone? “Popping in to the 2025 OHFF for a popping good time.”
One of the largest commercial entries in the Quaker City parade was this prefab unit by Ohio Valley Sheds.
The Little Roaming Railroad provided transportation about town all three days of the Ohio Hills Folk Festival.
Snoopy and his friends took part in the Ohio Hills Folk Festival Mile Long Parade.

(Ohio Hills Folk Festival Facebook photos)

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