Fire company slates festival

Lisburn Community Fire Company, 1800 Main St., Lisburn, will host its 70th annual Olde Time Festival from Wednesday to Saturday, Aug. 7 to 10.

Aug. 7 will be Ride Night from 6 to 10 p.m., featuring rides by AEB Amusements; there is a fee for wristbands. The large pavilion will be closed, but food, including sandwiches, sausage, pizza, and Hershey's ice cream, will be available. A DJ will provide entertainment.

The festival will also include free evening performances by Reminisce Band on Thursday, Aug. 8; Borderline on Friday, Aug. 9; and the country band Famous Rumors Band on Aug. 10.

Every night from Aug. 8 to 10, the festival will include a tractor parade of all makes and kinds of antique tractors. In addition, attendees will find bingo, a midway of rides and games, hayrides, a silent auction, a book sale, and arts and crafts vendors.

Also from Aug. 8 to 10, the fire company will offer french fries, homemade chicken corn and ham bean soups, funnel cakes, and barbecue chicken. In the large pavilion, attendees may obtain hot chicken and roast beef sandwiches with mashed potatoes and homemade pies and cakes. Additional food will include pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, hamburger barbecue sandwiches, funnel cake, Hershey's ice cream, root beer floats, and cold drinks. This year, credit cards may be used for payment at the small and large pavilions and the sausage stand.

The silent auction will be held in the social hall, and people do not need to be present to win.

All proceeds will benefit the volunteer fire company. For more information or to be an arts and crafts vendor, call 717-766-3994 or email LisburnFire24@gmail.com. Pets are not permitted at the event.

Volunteers are sought to help at the event or make a dessert to contribute. Those who help at the event will receive a free food pass.

To learn more about the fire company, visit http://www.lisburnfire.com or http://www.facebook.com/LisburnFire.

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