GREENVILLE — Darke County will showcase the Darke County Food Truck Rally & Monster Mash on Saturday, June 18, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Great Darke County Fairgrounds.
The food truck rally and monster mash will be a celebration of local, small businesses. The food trucks confirmed so far are: Adam’s Food Trailer, Buckeye Burgers, Chuck’s Foods, Creme de la Creme Cakery, Fiske Fries, Get Loaded Lemonade, Godowns Fixins, Homestead Spud, Grandma’s German Kitchen, Hot Dish Midwestern Comfort Food, Kettle Colonel, Kona Ice, La Granja Mexican Food, Little Boijon Cuisine, Mommaz Boyz, MBJ Concessions, McNasty’s Great Food Express, Mikesell’s Concessions, Nacho Pig, Scott’s Wood Fired Pizza and Wholly Smokes BBQ.
A large selection of local craft vendors and specialty clothing boutique trucks and shops will also be present. The craft vendors will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and located just inside the coliseum and outside under tents.
There is a full day of entertainment in the gazebo with great local bands from Darke County. The live entertainment includes the following: Local young talent “Mora & The Boys” from 11 a.m. to noon, Amanda Livingston from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Darke County native Noah Back from 2 to 4 p.m., 5678 Dance studio will perform from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., and finishing up the day will be another upcoming local talent Zeke Wright from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Jungle Island Zoo will be offering pony rides and a petting zoo for the kids from noon to 6 p.m.
There will also be prize drawings of over $1,000 in prizes donated from local restaurants and businesses and anyone interested can enter at the registration table, located across from the gazebo area. Entry tickets are given while parking cars at the fairgrounds. Solid Rock Apostolic Church will be taking care of the parking for the event. Winners will be announced at the top of each hour for the chance to collect a special prize and that can be picked up at the registration table.
Full Throttle Monster Trucks will include Monster trucks from all over the midwest area including American Scout, Bootlegger, County Mounty, Invader-1, Never Satisfied and Stomper. The monster trucks will be competing in three main events including: side by side racing, freestyle competition and a wheelie competition. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m. The Pit Pass party is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Pit Pass party allows anyone with a Monster Mash ticket to meet the drivers of the monster trucks and take up close pictures with the monster trucks.
Tickets can be purchased for the Monster Truck show online at www.darkecountyfair.com or www.etix.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Darke County Fairgrounds office in person or by calling 937-548-5044. Box tickets are $20, red grandstand tickets are $18, track tickets are $17 and grandstand tickets are $15.
“We are very excited about celebrating local, small businesses for this much-anticipated event of the season,” Event Promoter Jason Blackburn said. “Celebrating and supporting local, small businesses here in Darke County will help grow our local economy and keep these entrepreneurs busy for years to come. We hope you can join us for a great day with your family by enjoying the large selection of amazing food, great vendors, and family-friendly activities planned throughout the day at the Darke County Fairgrounds.”
For more details about the event and to participate in contests, visit www.facebook.com/cremedelacreme.cakery and then click on the Events tab for “The Darke County Food Truck Rally & Monster Mash”, or contact Jason Blackburn at 937-621-2166 or [email protected].
