The Fall Festival is a longstanding (49 years long) tradition in the small outskirted town of Midway. Though many know about Midway, so many rarely, if ever, actually visit. Due to the size of Midway, very few of Woodford County’s big businesses reside there. Instead, Midway is home to small shops and a few local restaraunts most of which mainly cater to the elderly as a majority of Midway’s residents are in their later years. But that in no way means that Midway has nothing to offer. The main attraction of Midway, and the topic of this article, is the Fall Festival! Keep reading to see pictures and hear stories from someone who has grown up in Midway and an avid Festival attendee.

To start, the festival is of course home to various food vendors that stretch through all sorts of types and cultures. Just from a couple walkthroughs I saw a booth with delicious smelling mexican street food, they served chorizo and al pastor quesadillas and tacos that were as delicious as they really could be. The other side of main street had the 2 other standout vendors with an authentic Atlanta soul food booth with jerk chicken, jollof rice, along with grilled shrimp and other seafood, although I didn’t eat anything hear it was by far the best smelling booth at the whole festival. Across from that was a booth serving Indian street food, which caught my attention with the delicious smell around the entire area. There were also of course your standard grill booths with burgers and hotdogs, as well as 2 Ladies And A Kettle, who are always present at any Woodford County festival so many of you may already know about them and their delicious Kettle Corn!

In terms of businesses outside of food, the festival is full of art vendors. Just from what I saw, there were countless print vendors, there were wood sculptors, clothing vendors with custom tie-dye, and so many others with interesting art available. I myself ended up buying antique bottles and print made by Sara and Lee Busick, 2 local artists and former leaders of the Locally Grown Youth Group (check out the article written by Max Savage in 2018 about this group to learn more!). Sara and Lee create digital prints which have heavy inspiration from the local scenery of Midway. After talking more with both of them at the festival, I learned that they have been doing wholesale for stores all around the state that want to sell their products. Many state parks around Kentucky sell these prints and shirts in their gift shops for any and all attendants to purchase.