Freedom Fest

Saturday, July 26; 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Freedom Fest is an annual, day-long festival featuring indoor and outdoor children's activities, live music, reenactors, and local food favorites. This year's event begins at 10 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m. Admission to the Freedom Center is free all day.

Guests who visit the Freedom Center during Family FreedomFest will be able to register for a Walt Disney World Resort vacation. The prize will be awarded at the end of the day.

“The Freedom Center is a perfect location to host Family FreedomFest, a family event planned to celebrate the importance of freedom – in the past – and today – and in the future,” said Donald Murphy, CEO of the Freedom Center.

He continued, “The Freedom Center’s purpose is to educate people about past struggles for freedom so that they can be inspired to act in the present to build a better future. Our hope is that the activities of the day will encourage even more guests to experience the Freedom Center.”

Family FreedomFest activities include face painting, a caricature artist, arts and crafts, a magician and balloonist, performances from the Madcap Puppet Theatre, re-enactors, Family FreedomFest Idol contest, a moonwalk and a visit from a group of performing "black cowboys." Entertainment includes performances by the Breathairean Ensemble, Is What, Loco Poco, Eclipse, Uptown R & B, and several gospel performances includingthe NAACP Gospel Choir and W.E.B. Dubois Academy.

Family FreedomFest guests will also be able to visit the changing exhibit, “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” a collection of portraits by Cincinnati native, Robert Shetterly, of Americans past and present who are “individuals who put themselves on the line, stood up for human rights issues, and made the United States a stronger nation,” said Shetterly.

Sponsors for Family FreedomFest include McDonald’s, Ohio Arts Council, Loud & Clear Inc., Metro, United Dairy Farmers, Radio One, WCPO-TV, Kroger and Cincinnati Bell.

For more information, contact Paul Bernish, Chief Communications Officer, at pbernish@nurfc.org or 513-333-7589.