Riley Creek Festival returns to Bluffton campus April 24
Bluffton University will host the seventh annual Riley Creek Festival beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 24, on the Neufeld Hall lawn.
The event is free-except for lunch-and open to the public. Lunch, served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is $6 for adults and $3 for children.
"Wild, Wild West" is the theme of this year's festival, a day of music, entertainment, games and, starting at 3:30 p.m. at the College Avenue bridge, the annual rubber duck race down Riley Creek. A racing duck may be purchased for $1, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross.
Providing music will be More Than A Show, We The Branches, The Promise Estate and The Great Transparency. A student comedy group will also perform. Activities booths, face painting and inflatables will be available as well. The festival will end at 4 p.m., but community members and their families are invited back to campus for a 9 p.m. showing of "Toy Story" on the Neufeld lawn.
Events will move to Marbeck Center in case of rain.
For more information, call Dan Stanowick, assistant director of Marbeck Center, at 419-358-3218, or Brian Starkel at 419-358-3303.
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