Ellwood City Arts Crafts Foods and Entertainment Festival

July 3, 2023

PHOTOS: 2023 Ellwood City Festival

Thousands of visitors flocked to the grounds to enjoy local food, crafts, and plenty of entertainment during the 2023 Ellwood City Arts, Crafts & Foods Festival. While warm and clear weather greeted patrons on Friday, heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday made for a soggy end to the annual festival. Amid the rain on Sunday, the scheduled fireworks took place as scheduled. Reagan Boariu was named the 2023 Little Miss Firecracker on Friday while Asa Equels, 29, of Wilmington, Delaware, won the annual Ellwood City Ledger 10k race on Saturday. Joe Kozora, now a two-time winner of the Community Choice…

June 30, 2023

Festival Entertainment Part Five: Rust Valley Revival to Return to Festival with Rockin’ Lineup

The Ellwood City Festival is a bit of a Rock Reunion for Rust Valley Revival (RVR). This year’s Festival will mark one year since the band’s first gig. According to Terry “Terr” Engelman one of the guitarists for RVR, the band is looking forward to their return. “Everyone is so nice at the Festival. The band always have a great time. It’s just a great atmosphere.” Terr enjoys the festival so much he actually helps run sound during the event. And his bandmates also enjoy playing to the crowd. The foursome is made up of four male rockers with varying…

June 29, 2023

Festival Entertainment Part Four: 7 Mile Run to Bring a Little Country to the Festival Stage

For 7 Mile Run, the band, the music, the performances are “all in the good Lord’s plan.” They will bring their country style to Folino Stage during the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food & Entertainment Festival Friday, June 30 at 8 p.m. According to Frontman Brian Miller, festivalgoers should expect a Southern Rock Country kind of vibe. With six members, four of which have heavy rock roots, the band is far from the twangy country of the past but also not in the pop genre by any means either. And Miller said he is blessed to play next to the…

June 28, 2023

Festival Entertainment Part Three: The Fabulous Gemtones to Bring a Vegas Style Act to Ellwood City

Looking for a Las Vegas style stage act without leaving Ellwood City? Look no further than the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food & Entertainment Festival where The Fabulous Gemtones will bring a bit of Vegas right here to Ewing Park at 8 p.m. on Sunday July 2. Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn’t really stay there … especially with talent like this! The Gemtones bring dance and music to life through four lead vocalists and an experienced band. Band members include Josephine Crooks (vocals); Gwen Davis (vocals); Mikey Lathom (vocals); Lindsay Fitzpatrick (vocals); Nick Scanga (guitar); Charles Harris (drums); and…

June 27, 2023

Festival Entertainment Part Two: Little Miss Firecracker Pageant to Feature 11 Local Little Ladies

Folino stage is about to “Explode” with charisma and charm as eleven little ladies take the stage for the 6th Annual Little Miss Firecracker pageant. The festivities begin at 11:15 a.m. on Friday June 30th during the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food & Entertainment Festival. The event will be emceed by Mindy Wilson with pageant assistants and former Little Miss Firecracker title holders: Aria Cannon (2019 winner) and Dia Greco (2018 winner). The crowd will get to witness the contestants as they impress the three judges (Rochelle Spagnolo, Nicole Clow and Richard Griffith) on stage with their stage presence, patriotic…

June 26, 2023

Festival Entertainment Part One: Joey Lynn Hoops N Stuff to Bring a Movement of Heat to Ewing Park

The heat is on at the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food & Entertainment Festival and not just because it’s Summertime! Joey Tomko a performer with the Lawrence County Flow Collective is returning with her flow … and her fire and is ready to share her love of movement with Ellwood City. Tomko will provide strolling shows throughout the festival as well as two solo shows featuring fire on both Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. “Throughout the whole weekend, festival goers can come expect to have fun by my booth with free hula hoop lessons. Two of the three…

July 1, 2022

Festival Entertainment: Part 3: Dorals to Take the Stage July 4

You know them. You’ve heard them. They are festival favorites. They are the Dorals. With Jim Lombardo on lead vocals and saxophone; Dave Audia on lead vocals and guitar, Jack Marshall on lead vocals and keyboard; Tee Sands on bass and background vocals, Steve Domeck on drums and background vocals; Rob Verone on lead guitar and vocals and sound engineer Patrick Benincase, the crowd will be rocked and rolled and will want to sing along on Monday, July 4 during the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival. The Dorals are celebrating 34 years of playing music this year,…

July 1, 2022

Mascot to be Named at Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival

The Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival will kick off it’s 40th Anniversary with something new: A mascot! The patriotic eagle is a great addition to the Fourth of July Festival tradition. And the committee held a contest to name the mascot. There were five finalists, and the winner and name of the mascot will be announced on July 2 at 4:30 p.m. Finalists include: -Issac L (After Issac L Ellwood, Creator of Barbed Wire, and whom our town is named after) submitted by Donna Ann Hope -Ellwood The Eagle submitted by Kevin Swogger -Long Crested Woodrow (But…

June 30, 2022

Festival Entertainment: Part 2: Elmoz Fire to play Dance Favorites

A little bit Whitney a little bit Bruno Mars mixed with some Play that Funky Music and Brick House. It’s a recipe of Funk, R&B, and Dance music. It’s Elmoz Fire. The Pittsburgh-based band will play the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival on Sunday, July 3rd from 8:15 to 9:45. The bands guitarist Dennis Trivilino lives in Ellwood, and he said the band is looking forward to playing the festival “We will get to play for all ages,” Trivilino said. “The dance music effects everyone whether 16 or 60. Everyone will dance to Brick House.” He said…

June 29, 2022

Festival Entertainment: Part 1: Cherry Radium: Unique, Untraditional Sound, Energy

Are you ready? … For something new? Something untraditional? Something unique? The power quartet Cherry Radium will channel the vibes of Fleetwood Mac and other rock favorites on Saturday, July 2nd at the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival. The band will take the stage from 8:30 to 10 p.m. with New Castle-based musicians Gianna Cherry on lead vocals, Darrin Salzano on vocals and acoustic guitar, Zayne Strobel on bass guitar, and Greg Argiro on drums. Strobel said the band started in 2021. “We started as a three piece and have morphed into a quartet,” he said. “We…