Friday

🌲 Spirit of the Forest Bigfoot Festival

📍 Mercer County Fairgrounds – Celina, Ohio

🟤 Friday Festival Schedule

🎟️ Get your raffle tickets for the chance to win a 3-foot Concrete Bigfoot!
👉 Tickets available at Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth or at the Beer & Wine Garden

Free Activities

12:00 PM
👣 Festival Opens!
✨ Free Activities Begin

🍴 Craft Booths & Food Trucks Open
🍷 Beer & Wine Garden Open

👣 Free Kids’ Activity Booths – Parent Supervision Required
✏️ Activity Table for Kids – Coloring Pages, Word Searches, Hidden Pictures & More
🎨 Create Your Own Bigfoot Mask (Kids Booths / Vendor Building)
🌲 Discover How Bigfoot Builds a Tree Structure for Shelter

2:00
📖 Story Time with Neoma Finn – at the Speakers Building by the Teepee

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
👣 Nance from Buckeye Bigfoot – at the Speakers Building
Sharing her favorite listener-submitted Bigfoot stories 

4:00 PM – 8:00 Pm 🚙 Cruise-In

6:00 Trick or Treating Out of the Trunk will begin at the Cruise Inn. Participants can proceed to the vendors and food truck area.

6:00 PM
🎟️ Vendor Raffle Drawing – at the Beer & Wine Garden
🛍️ Spend $20.00 at any vendor booth or food truck to be entered in the raffle. Donations are from the vendors and food trucks. 

7:00 PM
🦶🎟️ Bigfoot Raffle – Drawing for the 3-foot Concrete Bigfoot at the Beer & Wine Garden

6:45 Kids Movie time Harry and The Henderson 

👣 Share Your Bigfoot Experience

📖 Visit Nance at the Speakers Building to tell her your story.
🎤 She may select it to share with the audience!

Free Festival Fun Activities

🎉 Bigfoot Hollert 👣
Stop by Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth and sign up to share your best Bigfoot Holler over the PA system!
🌲 We’ll give you a shout-out when it’s time for your holler — let’s hear that Bigfoot call echo through the fairgrounds!

! 🗺️ Bigfoot Scavenger Hunt Free All day 

👣 Pick up your Scavenger Hunt Card at the Bar.
🔍 Explore vendors, food trucks, and festival fun to find all the hidden Bigfoot clues

TRICK OR TREATING AT 6:00 STARTING AT THE CRUIS-IN

🦶🎟️ Bigfoot Raffle

2 Chances to Win! Friday and Saturday
👣 Two 3-Foot Concrete Bigfoot Statues

📍 Drawings at the Beer & Wine Garden
🕖 7:00 PM – Friday
🕖 7:00 PM – Saturday

8:00 – 9:00 Join Neoma at the bonfire for some haunting stories.

Vendors and food trucks close at 9:00 pm, though some may remain open if attendees are still present. The Beer and Wine Garden stays open until 11:00 pm.

Have a safe trip home and watch out for a Bigfoot!!

🎤 Friday Speakers, Lectures & Classes

🔖 Note: Speakers, lectures, and classes require tickets for entry.
🎟️ Tickets can be purchased at Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth 

    Speaker Lectures and Classes  

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
👣 Mike Miller

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
👣 Casting Class

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
👣 Russell Acord

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
👣 Tracking Class Robby Raines D.A. Roberts

5:00 PM Seating for the VIP DINNER OPENS IN THE SPEAKER BUILDING PLEASE HAVE YOUR TICKETS WITH YOU.

6:00 – 7:45 PM DINNER 

8:00 - 9:00  

🔥By the bonfire’s flickering light,
Neoma Finn will chill the night.
Stories haunted, dark, and deep,
That steal your breath and stalk your sleep.  

Beneath the moon’s unholy glow,
The whispers rise; the shadows grow.
The crackling fire calls your name,
But nothing here will stay the same.

Bigfoot stirs beneath the pine,
A massive shape that blurs the line.
The fog creeps in, the air turns cold,
And all the tales you’ve heard unfold.

From St. Marys Lake, the Hodag crawls,
Its eyes like lanterns through Murkey walls.
Above, strange lights drift low and slow,
As aliens watch the scene below.

Ghosts glide by on sighing breath,
Their whispers hum the tune of death.
The werewolves howl, their hunger near,
Their silver eyes gleam sharp and clear.

So, gather close — the night won’t wait,
The woods decide each mortal’s fate.
The mist grows thick, the shadows skew…
👣 And something just might reach out… and grab you too.

9:00 – 10:00 PM

Join all the speakers for this adults-only nighttime tracking adventure!

If you already have Speaker Tickets, this class is included for free.
If you’d like to participate but don’t have speaker tickets, the class is just $10.00 — tickets can be purchased at Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth.

The Beer and Wine Garden Will Stay Open Until 12:00

🎤 Speaker Tickets & Classes 🌲
🎟️ Tickets can be purchased at Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth.
👣 You may also purchase individual class tickets separately.

Concrete Bigfoot Raffle
👣 Get your raffle tickets for a chance to win a 3-foot Concrete Bigfoot!
Drawing at the Beer & Wine Garden
🕖 7;00 PM – Saturday

Tickets are available at Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth or at the Beer & Wine Garden.

Free Festival Fun Activities

🎉 Bigfoot Hollert 👣
Stop by Susan’s Crafts & Relics Booth and sign up to share your best Bigfoot Holler over the PA system!
🌲 We’ll give you a shout-out when it’s time for your holler — let’s hear that Bigfoot call echo through the fairgrounds!

🗺️ Bigfoot Scavenger Hunt – Free All Day! 🌲
👣 Pick up your Scavenger Hunt Card at the bar.
🔍 Explore vendors, food trucks, and activities to find all the hidden Bigfoot clues

 👣 Free Kids’ Activity Booths – Parent Supervision Required
✏️ Activity Table for Kids – Coloring Pages, Word Searches, Hidden Pictures & More
🎨 Create Your Own Bigfoot Mask (Kids Booths / Vendor Building)
🌲 Discover How Bigfoot Builds a Tree Structure for Shelter

1:00- 2:00 STORY TIME WITH NEAMA AT THE SPEAKERS BUILDING BY THE TEEPEE

2:30 - 3:30 JR. TRACKING CLASS REQUIRES TICKETS

THIS IS A HANDS-ON CLASS FOR KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT TRACKING AND SAFTEY IN THE FOREST

4:00 BIGFOOT LOOK ALIKE CONTEST 

NO COSTUMES

2:00 - 4:00 BIRDS OF PREY 

PRESENTED BY OHIOS NATURAL RESOURCES

HUESTON WO0DS

4:30 RELIEGH RACE WITH BIGFOOT     

5:00 Nance Buckey Bigfoot shares some of her favorite bigfoot stories and stories that was picked from some of the festival attendee's

6:45 Kids Movie Time - Bigfoot Bad Attitude

8:00 Bo

🌲 ✨ Spirit of the Forest Bigfoot Festival ✨
  Speakers & Class Schedule 

Saturday

Entry Into the Speakers & Classes You Must Have Tickets. Please Purchase at Susans Crafts and Relics Booth

👣 9:00 - 10:00 AM – Russell Acord 🌲

👣 10:30 - 11:30 AM – Robby Raines & D.A. Roberts 🌲

👣 12:00 - 1:00 PM – Mike Miller🌲

👣 1:30 - 2:30 PM – Nance from Buckeye Bigfoot 🌲

👣 2:30 - 3:30 PM – JR Tracking Class with Robby Raines & D.A. Roberts 🌲

👣 2:30 - 3:30 PM – Casting Class 🌲 🌲  

👣 4:00 - 5:00 PM – Russell Acord Returns! 🌲

👣 5:30 - 6:30 PM – Adult Tracking Class 🌲

Robby Raines & D.A. Roberts 

👣 7:00 - 8:00 PM – Mike Miller 🌲