West Side Nut Club Fall Festival
west side nut club fall festival annual event held first full week every october franklin street evansville indiana organized west side nut club festival feature food booth run operated notforprofit group region feature eclectic variety food particularly traditional unique fried food festival also includes numerous form entertainment carnival attraction amateur talent competition parade festival chairman tom moore estimated people visit festival day member estimating busiest day west side nutclub estimated people visited festival leading week end around visiting day although lacked statistic support claim radio host paul harvey called secondlargest street festival u term attendee behind new orleans mardi gras important note new orleans mardi gras street festival closest comparison new york city street festival atlantic antic new york village halloween parade taste buffalo festival three successful year holding halloween type festival handful west side businessmen decided form organization would handle duty putting together successful fall festival “to initiate promote support movement betterment west side evansville indiana also betterment evansville whole” first west side nut club fall festival billed halloween night halloween carnival masked ball event one night affair consisted parade costumed people followed halloween mask ball crowd estimated first festival nut club continued one two night affair world war ii festival nut club coordinated decoration agricultural exhibit parade burdette post american legion sponsored street dance organizer incorporated three ride ferris wheel merrygoround mini auto exhibit caged animal concession circus act ride moved library park franklin street due world war ii festival halted festival commenced first time extended week monday saturday festival experienced substantial growth nonprofit organization began selling food booth franklin street howell baptist church put first booth according church source served festival first pronto pup also ushered larger ride well known entertainer marked first cancellation year next year centennial anniversary th overall instead held halfpot drawing nut club hold halfpot drawing year fall festival since halfpot largest date total pot million fall festival commences sunday run week day includes several music dance performance local band youth saturday last day festival marked large parade parade large draw substantial crowd year evansville native lilly king twotime olympic gold medalist year asked grand marshal parade request granted king noted make olympic team get grand marshal fall festival parade fall festival holiday it’s favorite holiday westsider love fall festival fair feature fried brain sandwich local speciality consisting battered deep fried calf pig brain served bun official webpage