OBSERVER File Photo The Forestville Fall Festival will be hosted at Forestville Middle/High School on the first weekend of the month of October.

FORESTVILLE — Forestville Middle/High School will again serve as host to an annual tradition later this fall, as the Forestville Fall Festival will be hosted at the school on the first weekend of the month of October.

The festival begins at 10 a.m. each day, running until 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. There will be a craft show throughout each day of the festival, along with various children’s activities. Produce and food vendors will be filling the halls and the gymnasium each day.

There will also be plenty of other options on site so that guests can leave the festival with a full stomach.

A Chili Cook-Off contest will be on Saturday, of which anyone can enter. Contestants are asked to name their chili and bring a five-quart crockpot by noon Saturday to participate. Guests will judge the chili before a winner is crowned late Saturday afternoon.

Sunday, the Forestville Fire Department will be holding a chicken barbecue at the Fire Hall. The chicken barbecue starts at noon and runs until it is sold out.

Local entities such as Imagine Forestville, the local Boy Scouts, and the Fall Festival Committee come together each fall to support the annual festival. Main Street in Forestville is decorated for the season well in advance each year. The Fall Festival Committee, led by Carol Woodward and Carol McEntarfer, support local causes with the profits from the event each year.

“The Fall Festival donates back to our community. The Fall Festival gives money to the Fire Department, the Food Pantry, and we give scholarships,” McEntarfer said. “That’s the reason we do this.”

For more information, contact Carol McEntarfer at (716) 965-4262 or Carol Woodward at (716) 965-2675.