Come on back to the 44th annual Good Ol' Days!

The 44th Annual Fort Scott Good Ol’ Days Festival kicks off on Friday June 6th, 2025 with The largest parade in Bourbon County.  Be sure to bring your lawn chair and line up along Main street between 6th street running north to Wall Street, then west to National, then back south to 6th Street. This years Grand Marshall is Kenny Clary. Parade Info

The first year had several locations where events took place, the pool, Frary field, Gunn Park, and downtown. Eventually it was realized that everything should be downtown, and that’s where we are 44 years later!!

The Downtown Good Ol’ Days Parade kicks off Friday night at 6 pm. This year’s theme is “Where our history comes to life.”  It’s the biggest parade of the year here in Fort Scott so you sure don’t want to miss out! Click HERE to enter a float into the parade!!!

Have we mentioned that this year’s Good Ol’ Days Festival will be bigger & better than ever, so we decided to have not one, but FIVE concerts! Concert List Join us Friday, June 6th at 7:30 pm for the KC ALL STARS, the “Premier Kansas City Dance Band 2024”. The event will be held at Skubitz Plaza, Free of charge! Bring your lawn chair.

We’ll get started bright and early Saturday, June 7th with the Tom Davis Memorial 5k Run/Walk at 9am! Then downtown Fort Scott will come alive with craft vendors, food trucks, pony rides, live entertainment and so much more! If you make something awesome that you want to show off sign up as a vendor! (application) Red Garter will perform its first show and will continue all day on Saturday beginning at 10 am at The Liberty Theatre. The Care to Share Stage on Skubitz Plaza will be jamming starting at 11am all the way to 11pm! Holly Crays and Band will begin playing at 11am, Ty Ellis & The Flatliners play at 1pm, and Left of Center starts at 4pm. At 7:00 pm the Clarksdale Caravan feat. Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, Heather Crosse & Lee Williams, with special guest Shinetop will take the stage ALL the way from Clarksdale, Mississippi. FREE of Charge!!!

Schedule of the Event:

June 6, 2025

- 11 am – 2pm (on the hour) Trolley Rides at Chamber of Commerce – 231 East Wall – Adults $6.00, 12 years and under $4.00 More Info

- 5pm -10pm Craft & Food Vendors – Come check out our booths on North Main St. We will also have food trucks and more on Skubitz Plaza

- 6pm – Good Ol’ Day’s Parade – Starts at 6th & Main St, proceeds north on Main to Wall Street, west to National Ave, and south to 6th Street. More Info

- 7pm – 10pm – Street Dance at Skubitz Plaza – The KC All Stars will be performing on the Care To Share Stage See More

- 7pm – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 South Main Street

- 8pm – Beauty and The Bull (Theatre Play) at Episcopalian Church – 123 S. National Ave – $5 per ticket, 5 and under free

June 7, 2025

- 7am – 12pm – Farmers Market at Gathering Square Pavilion

- 9am – Tom Davis 5k Memorial Run/Walk at Frary Field – 9th & Main St

- 9am – 6pm – Craft & Food Vendors at Downtown Fort Scott

- 9am – 9:45am  Baby Contest REGISTRATION at Memorial Hall – 1 E. 3rd St (Enter through south door)

- 9am – 6pm – Pony Rides  at 1st & Main St

- 10am – 5pm – Bounce Houses & Inflatable Attractions at 3rd& Main St

- 10am –  Baby Contest at Memorial Hall – 1 E. 3rd St (Enter through south door)

- 10am – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 10am – 2pm – Trolley Rides (Trolley leaves on the hour) at Chamber of Commerce – 231 E. Wall St – Adults $6.00, 12 and under $4.00 More Info

- 10am – 3pm – Caricature Drawing  at Skubtiz Plaza See More

- 10am – Car & Bike Show Registration at Scott St, between Wall and 2nd St. ($15 pre-registration, $20 day of registration) Registration Form

- 10am – 5pm – Safety Fair at Wall & Main (Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office, Bourbon County EMS, Fort Scott Police Department, Fort Scott Fire Department, Kansas Highway Patrol)

- 10:30am – Beauty and The Bull (Theatre Play) at Episcopalian Church – 123 S. National Ave – $5 per ticket, 5 and under free

- 11am – 4pm –  Balloonist at Skubitz Plaza

- 11am – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 11am – Holly Crays and Band (Red Dirt)  at Skubitz Plaza on the Care to Share Stage See More

- 11:30am – Helicopter Landing at Wall & Scott

- 12pm – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 12pm – 3pm – Car & Bike Show at Scott St, between Wall and 2nd St.

- 12:30pm – Beauty and The Bull (Theatre Play) at Episcopalian Church – 123 S. National Ave – $5 per ticket, 5 and under free

- 1pm – Ty Ellis & The Flatliners  (Red Dirt) at Skubitz Plaza on the Care to Share Stage See More

- 1pm – Native American Dancing at Fort Scott National Historic Site

- 2pm – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 2pm – 8pm – Mechanical Bull at Skubtiz Plaza – $5 per ride

- 2:15pm – Native American Crafts at Fort Scott National Historic Site

- 2:30pm  – Car & Bike Show Awards at Scott St, between Wall and 2nd St.

- 3pm – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 4pm –  Left of Center (Rock/Country) at Skubitz Plaza on the Care to Share Stage See More

- 4pm – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 4:30pm – Beauty and The Bull (Theatre Play) at Episcopalian Church – 123 S. National Ave – $5 per ticket, 5 and under free

- 5pm – Red Garter Show at Liberty Theatre – 113 S. Main St

- 6pm – Kids Bicycle Race at Farmer’s Market Pavilion – $5 per racer

- 6:30pm – Beauty and The Bull (Theatre Play) at Episcopalian Church – 123 S. National Ave – $5 per ticket, 5 and under free

- 7pm – Clarksdale Caravan (Mississippi Blues) at Skubitz Plaza on the Care to Share Stage See More

- 8pm – Beauty and The Bull (Theatre Play) at Episcopalian Church – 123 S. National Ave – $5 per ticket, 5 and under free

Date: June 6-7, 2025

Location: Various Venue in Fort Scott, KS

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