Tractor hay ride

File photo of tractor pulling a hay ride.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The 4th annual Harvest Festival is celebrating the changing season with family fun and new events.

The festival held at the Macon County Fairgrounds will feature carnival rides, vendors, food trucks, haunted hayrides and a demolition derby.

The hayrides are free and will have kid friendly and full fright hours. The rides are kid friendly from 3-7 p.m. Saturday, and full fright from 7-10 p.m. Saturday. They will be kid friendly all day Sunday.

The festival is introducing a new family barn this year, which will feature various games like grain cart basketball, pumpkin bowling and free pumpkin painting.

There is also a new baby pageant at 3 p.m. Sunday. The entry fee is $25 per child, and the registration deadline is September 30.

The festival will run from Friday, October 3 through Sunday, October 5. More information on hours and admission fees can be found on the Macon County Fair website.

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