The 40th Annual Fort Scott Good Ol’ Days Festival kicks off on Thursday, June 3 with Fort Scott Talent! The show starts at 6pm at Memorial Hall in Historic Downtown Fort Scott. Join us in cheering on your friends & family at this one night event! The competition is no longer limited to musical acts, so if you have what it takes to impress the judges and crowd then don’t miss out on this chance to show off your talent! After the show head over to the carnival from 7-11pm!

You know we couldn’t host a Good Ol’ Days Festival without the Good Ol’ Chicken Dinner! Enjoy a dinner from Chicken Mary’s right here in Downtown Fort Scott! The meal will be available for pick-up behind the Lowell Milken Center on Friday, June 4th from 4:30-6 pm. The $8 ticket includes chicken, 2 sides, bread & a bottle of water.

The Downtown Good Ol’ Days Parade kicks off Friday night at 6 pm. This year’s theme is “40 years of Family, Friends and Fun, featuring the biggest birthday party ever! It’s the biggest parade of the year here in Fort Scott so you sure don’t want to miss out! Or have some fun and build a parade float to enter instead!

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 two concerts! Join us Friday, June 4 at 7:00 pm for The Wayward Betty’s live in concert. The event will be held at The Pavillion, Free of charge! Bring your lawn chair.

We’ll get started bright and early Saturday, June 5 with the Dragoon Charge at 8am! Then downtown Fort Scott will come alive with craft vendors, food trucks, a carnival, 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 TBD. After the Good Ol’ Days Festival street fair join us at The Pavillion for PDA they will be performing on Saturday, June 5th at 7:00 pm. FREE of Charge! Bring your lawn chairs!

So, Celebrate 40 years of Family, Friends and Fun in Fort Scott, Kansas, and join us for a fun-filled weekend at the 2021 Good Ol’ Days Festival!