FAIRS & FESTIVALS | Pageants, pet shows, a parade and more

Assumption Fest is a three-day, family-fun festival that has been going and growing for more than 80 years, and is proud to offer big-city entertainment in a small-town setting. Two new attractions for 2015 are the look-alike contest ($5 entry fee) and Woody’s Menagerie, a traveling wildlife exhibit. Other festival highlights include live musical entertainment from the Nashvillebased Jessie Brown Band on the main stage on Saturday, Feuding Hillbilly and 90’s Daughter in the beer tents, the 144 th Army Band, a flea market, a carnival with kids’ activities, the Ronald McDonald Magic Show, tractor pulls, a pet show on Thursday night, the Little Miss, Junior Miss and Miss Assumption pageants on Friday night, an hour-long parade leaving from Coal Street on Saturday at 11 a.m., and much more. For more information about Assumption Fest, contact festival president Angela Ohl-Marsters at 820-1690, or find Assumption Fest on Facebook.