2025 Schedule Of Events

  • 9:00am Artisan Village opens
  • 9:00am Retail vendors open
  • 10:00am Parade
  • 11:00am Rides open
  • 11:30am Journonya
  • 12:00pm Food Vendors Open
  • 12:30pm Carolina HEAT
  • 1:00-1:30pm Imagine Circus (side of the stage)
  • 2:00-2:30pm Collard Eatin' Contest
  • 3:30-4:00pm Imagine Circus (side of the stage)
  • 4:00-6:00pm Morgan Hudson
  • 7:00-10:00pm The ‘69 Boys

Saturday, September 6

Pre-festival event!

  • Collard Pageants

  • 5:00pm Retail vendors open
  • 5:00pm Food Vendors Open
  • 7:00-10:00pm Soul Psychedelique Orchestra

Friday, September 5

Saturday, August 9

Thursday, September 4

  • 5:00-10:00pm Rides Open for wristband night!
                    $20 online purchase
                    $25 in person
  • Backyard Bandits Cruise-in

Thanks to our Sponsors!

The Ayden Collard Festival is sincerely thankful for the businesses and individuals who have sponsored the festival for the last fifty years.
Thanks to the generous contributions over the last several years, we are able to offer this festival without seeking additional sponsorships.