2023 Schedule of Events
Friday, September 15, 2023
12 - 2 p.m.
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Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Set-Up
Vendors Enter Festival at Michigan Avenue
& N. Superior Street
2 - 3 p.m.
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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
3 - 7 p.m.
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Cruise-In & Car Show sponsored by
Team 1 Plastics -
LIVE Music at the Main Stage (Center Street) sponsored by Courtyard by Marriott & Colson Group Albion featuring Kung Fu Diesel
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Artists, Exhibitors, Businesses, Nonprofits, Food Vendors, and Food Trucks located at Stoffer Plaza and along Superior, Cass and Erie Streets
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Carnival (Reiger Park)
$25 Daily Unlimited Ride Armbands
$1.50 Single Ticket
Family Pack 20 Tickets $30 -
Petting Zoo (Reiger Park)
3 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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3-on-3 Basketball Tournament sponsored by Play Right Sports Academy (Stoffer Plaza - Upper Parking Lot)
5 - 5:30 p.m.
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2023 Festival of the Forks Opening Ceremony
at Gardner House Museum
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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AAUW Book Sale at Albion District Library
6:30 p.m.
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Run Albion - Forks 5K Race
7 p.m.
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After Party sponsored by Albion Malleable Brewing Company featuring Devil Elvis Show
7 - 8 p.m.
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Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Tear Down
Vendors MUST BE torn down by 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 16, 2023
8 - 10 a.m.
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Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Set-Up
Vendors Enter Festival at Michigan Avenue
& N. Superior Street
9 a.m.
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The Foundry Mile - Elite Men's Race
9:15 a.m.
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The Foundry Mile - Elite Women's Race
10 a.m.
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2023 Festival of the Forks Parade
Downtown Albion, Superior Street
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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AAUW Book Sale at Albion District Library
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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120+ Artists, Exhibitors, Businesses, Nonprofits, Food Vendors, and Food Trucks located at Stoffer Plaza and along Superior, Cass and Erie Streets
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Carnival (Reiger Park)
$25 Daily Unlimited Ride Armbands
$1.50 Single Ticket
Family Pack 20 Tickets $30 -
Petting Zoo (Reiger Park)
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Cornhole Tournament at The Leisure Hour Club
Registration: 9:30 a.m.
Tournament: 11 a.m. -
Giant JENGA Game
Cass Street: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. -
Line Dancing
Erie Street: 11:30 a.m. -
Pie Eating Contest
Bournelis Park: 12 p.m. -
Hula Hoops
Cass Street: 12 - 1 p.m. -
Line Dancing
N. Superior Street: 12:30 p.m. -
Jump Ropes
Cass Street: 1 - 1:45 p.m. -
Dr. Sheryl Mitchell Theriot & Louis Theriot
Servant Leadership Awards Program at the Albion College Ludington Center: 1 p.m.
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)
12 - 3 p.m.
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LIVE Music at the Main Stage sponsored by Courtyard by Marriott & Colson Group Albion featuring Ian Stewart
2 - 2:30 p.m.
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BlueOx Rubber Duck 300 Raffle sponsored by Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce (License Number: R71342)
Proceeds to Benefit Starr Commonwealth & Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce's Festival of the Forks
Location: Kalamazoo River (Clinton Street & Cass Street, Albion, Michigan)
3- 5 p.m.
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LIVE Music at the Main Stage (Center Street) sponsored by Courtyard by Marriott & Colson Group Albion featuring TC and the Roadmasters
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Joystick Mobile Video Gaming Foam Party
Location: BlueOx Credit Union (200 W. Cass Street)
6 p.m.
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Artist/Exhibitor & Food Vendor/Truck Tear Down
Vendors MUST BE torn down by 7 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
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After Party sponsored by Albion Malleable Brewing Company featuring VOLK wsg/Cash O'Riley
7 - 10 p.m.
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LIVE Music at the Leisure Hour Club featuring Swamp Gas