2022 Kekionga Festival "A Celebration of our Heritage"
The 2022 Kekionga Festival comes to Decatur this August. The official dates of the Festival are Thursday, August 26 through Sunday, August 28.
Friday, August 26th
9:00 am - 2 pm - Education Day - This event is open to all public, private and home school students. (Riverside Park & Riverside Center
4:00 pm - Encampment opens to the public - Riverside Center
7:00 pm - Cookie Stick - Pioneer Village
Saturday, August 27th
9:00 am - Encampment opens to the public
Black Powder Gun Shoot - Pioneer Village
9:00 am -6 pm - Tomahawk & Knife Throw Demonstration - Pioneer Village
10 am - 5 pm:
Riverside Center
Pioneer Encampment \ Living History Village
Educational Exhibits
Food Vendors - Riverside Parking Lot
10:30 am - Mayor's Challenge - Riverside Park
11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Open Air Art Show - Riverside Center by North Adams High & Middle Schools Art Classes - Silent Auction will be held 1:00 - 3:00 pm inside Riverside Center
11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Sidewalk Chalk Art - Riverside Center - Mama Talk & The Old 27 Ice Cream Shop
11:30 am - Archery - Pioneer Village
330 pm - Registration for Kekionga/Adams Memorial Hospital Greenway Gallop - Riverside Center
4:30 pm - Kekionga/Adams Memorial Hospital Greenway Gallop - Riverside Center
DARK - Council Fire - Primitive Village, Riverside Park
DEMONSTRATIONS & EDUCATION EXHIBITS
Spinning Wool & Flax - John Lindsey
Civil War Cannons - will be shot at 10 am, noon & 2 pm - Lawrence & Karen Dietz
WOOD CARVER, Scott Lepley will do demonstrations at 10:00 am, 12 Noon, 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm., The four carvings will be sold at auction at the conclusion of the last show. - Sponsored by Complete Printing Service, Custom Car Care, and Reidenbach Equipment
ENTERTAINMENT
(Located in the Food/Entertainment Tent - Riverside Center)
11:00 am - Comedian/Magician - Jim Barron (Tent)
12:00-2:00 - Aleena York Duet
2:00 pm - Gabe Bailey
3:00 pm -John Hebein (Frank Sinatra)
3:00 pm - Sunday, August 28th
11:00 am - 2:00 pm - Pioneer Encampment \ Living History Village - Riverside Center
10:00 am - Primitive Church Service by Preacher Mike - Pioneer Village - Open to the Public
11:00 am - Women's Skillet Toss Demonstration - Pioneer Village
1:00 pm - Children's Coin Hunt - Pioneer Village
2:00 pm - Camp Meeting & Prizes - Pioneer Village
KEKIONGA FESTIVAL SPONSORS: Decatur Chamber of Commerce, Decatur Main Street & City of Decatur
GOLD: Porter Family Foundation, Adams County Community Foundation, Indiana Arts Commission
SILVER: City of Decatur, Complete Printing Service, Custom Car Care
BRONZE: First Bank of Berne, PSI IOTA XI Sorority, Reidenbach Equipment
A special thanks to the City of Decatur, The Parks and Recreation Department and the United Way of Adams County and DecoArt for their Support.
