The Orange Volunteer Firemen’s Carnival opened on Thursday at the Orange Fairgrounds, 525 Orange Center Road, with a comfortable temperature and dry conditions.
Today, Sunday, Aug 8, the carnival will be open from noon to 5 p.m. with the BIG Raffle drawing at 4:30 p.m.
If you purchased ride bracelets online go directly to the rear of the big raffle tent (across from the food pavilion)with your ID to pick them up.
Support the OVFD
Remember, there are a lot of food vendors offering a wide variety of snack, lunch and dinner choices. The OVFD runs and benefits from the big spread under the pavilion and the satellite tent on the street side of the grounds.
It also sponsors the 50/50 raffle under the big ticket tent across from the pavilion and other games that are separate from the carny run games.
NOTE: There are no pony rides this year and a couple of the usual rides will be missing due to a help shortage.
Looks Like Rain Today
Even if the rides aren’t running, due to rain, the volunteers will work tirelessly at preparing food for you and your family for lunch and dinner. So far, the forecast shows showers through 5 p.m. But the Carnival enjoyed nice weather for the first three days and thousands of visitors had a wonderful time.
More than 15 people are now vaccinated thanks to the Griffin Hospital staff and incentives given during the carnival on Saturday.