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2024 Schedule of Events

Friday, September 20, 2024

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12 - 2 p.m.

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  • Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Set-Up
    Vendors Enter Festival at Michigan Avenue
    & N. Superior Street

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2 - 3 p.m.
 

  • Cruise-In & Car Show Set-Up/Registration
    Classic Cars Enter Cruise-In at S. Superior
    & Elm Streets

  • Day-Of Registration at Yesterday's News:
    117 N. Superior Street, Albion, Michigan

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3 - 7 p.m.

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  • Cruise-In & Car Show sponsored by
    Team 1 Plastics

  • 50s & 60s Music at Center Stage (Center Street) featuring DJ Keb-Loc Akeba 

  • Artists, Exhibitors, Businesses, Nonprofits, Food Vendors, and Food Trucks located at Stoffer Plaza and along Superior, Cass and Erie Streets

  • Carnival (Reiger Park)

  • Petting Zoo (Reiger Park)

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3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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  • Kanoe The Kazoo Free Paddle - No Registration Required Enter at Riverside Apartments Exit at Stirling Books & Brew

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5 - 9 p.m.

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  • Polish Dinner & Polka Dancing St. John Catholic Church

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5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
 

  • Festival Book Sale at Albion District Library

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6:30 p.m.

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  • Run Albion - Forks 5K Race Registration Corner of Superior & Ash Streets

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7 - 8 p.m.

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  • Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Tear Down
    Vendors MUST BE torn down by 8 p.m.

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7 - 9 p.m.

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  • Kick-Off Party sponsored by Albion Malleable Brewing Company featuring Devil Elvis Show
     

Saturday, September 21, 2024

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8 - 10 a.m.

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  • Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Set-Up
    Vendors Enter Festival at Michigan Avenue
    & N. Superior Street

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9 a.m.
 

  • The Foundry Mile - Elite Men's Race

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9:15 a.m.

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  • The Foundry Mile - Elite Women's Race

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9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 

  • Festival Book Sale at Albion District Library

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10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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  • Free Science Activities at Program room in Kids 'N' Stuff Children's Museum

 

10 a.m.

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  • 2024 Festival of the Forks Parade 
    Downtown Albion, Superior Street featuring Grand Marshal Juanita Solis-Kidder

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10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 

  • 120+ Artists, Exhibitors, Businesses, Nonprofits, Food Vendors, and Food Trucks located at Stoffer Plaza and along Superior, Cass and Erie Streets

  • Carnival (Reiger Park)
    Petting Zoo (Reiger Park)

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10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

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  • 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament sponsored by Play Right Sports Academy (Stoffer Plaza - Upper Parking Lot)

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11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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  • LIVE Music at the Center Stage featuring SUDDEN RAGE

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12:00 p.m.

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  • Pie Eating Contest (Bornelis Park) Reclamation Community Center

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1  - 2:30 p.m.

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  • LIVE Music at the Center Stage featuring AIRTIGHT

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1  - 3 p.m.

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  • Joystick Mobile Video Gaming Foam Party sponsored  by BlueOx Credit Union, a division of ignite Credit (200 W. Cass Street)

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1  - 5 p.m.

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  • NEW in 2024 - LIVE Chainsaw Artist (Intersection of Cass & Superior) featuring SWAG Chainsaw Art

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​2 - 2:30 p.m.

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  • BlueOx & Printer Source Rubber Duck 600 Raffle sponsored by Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce (License Number: R76771)
    Proceeds to Benefit Kids 'N' Stuff Children's Museum & Festival of the Forks
    Location: Kalamazoo River (Clinton Street & Cass Street, Albion, Michigan)

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3- 5 p.m.

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  • Youth Activities with Difference Makers (Center Stage) Including Giant JENGA, Hula Hoops, Line Dancing, Jump Ropes, and MORE!​

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3:30 p.m.

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  • Arts Midwest World Fest (Bohm Theatre) featuring Farah Siraj

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5 p.m.

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  • Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Tear Down
    Vendors MUST BE torn down by 6 p.m.

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​7 - 10 p.m.

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  • LIVE Music at the Leisure Hour Club featuring Swamp Gas

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