Please Note:Due to the impact of Covid-19, guidelines established by the state of Ohio for large events and concern for the safety and comfort of our employees and guests, the 50th annual Bob Evans Farm Festival in Fall 2020 has been cancelled with plans to continue the celebration Down on the Farm in Fall 2021.

Bob Evans Farm Festival

Held in the fall, the Bob Evans Farm Festival is a celebration of food, family, music, crafts and more Down on The Farm®!

The Food

While you could dine at the site of the first Bob Evans Restaurant, the Farm Festival also features fall favorites including bean soup, kettle corn, apple dumplings, ice cream, Ohio-made cheese, cider slushies and local treats.

Crafts & Entertainment

Along with the great food, the Farm Festival features crafts from artisans from around the country and incredible music, live demonstrations and family-friendly amusements.

Wandering around the festival, you'll find hand-crafted decorations, toys, artisan foods from creators around the country.

Families a demonstration of farm life and meet a few animal friends or take a hayride around the festival grounds.

On the festival stage, enjoy live music from renowned bluegrass, country and gospel musicians.

Past festival highlights include:

Taps in Motion Cloggers: Competitive teams perform this authentic and distinctive form of American folk dance.

Great Lakes Timber Show: The lumberjack show features chainsaw carving, axe throwing, wood chopping, log rolling and loads of clean family humor.

Circle C Farm’s Hogway Speedway: They have been racing pigs for more than a decade. And it isn’t only pigs you can see taking to the speedway. Even some cute little ducks and goats get in on the action!

Reno Family Horseshoe Pitching: The Reno Family Horseshoe Pitchers have been putting on horseshoe exhibitions for 40+ years. They show the techniques of horseshoe pitching as well as doing some trick pitching, throwing horseshoes over and at each other.

Team Zoom Border Collies: Incredible stunt dogs you have to see to believe!

Camping:

FREE primitive camping (no electric or water hookups are available) is available Down at the Farm. Spots are available on a first come, first served basis and no reservations are accepted (but there's plenty of space!).