Elma Trail Days

 Elma Trail Days is the town's annual festival, occurring the weekend of the 2nd Saturday of July each year; dates for the 2023 festival are July 7-8-9.  The event has a few preliminary activities in the week leading up to the festival, such as a family-friendly "Chalk the Walk" event and a "Medallion Hunt", but the majority of festival activities take place Friday evening through Saturday evening  and end with a  Knights of Columbus community breakfast on Sunday morning and a euchre tournament by the American Legion Sunday afternoon.  Some annual features of the festival include a kid's pedal tractor pull & ball games, a ribeye steak sandwich meal in the park Friday night with additional entertainment, & beverage garden, operating late into the night with a  fireworks display at 10 :00 p.m.  Saturday morning begins with a 5k walk/run, community breakfast, 11:00 a.m. parade, and then a full day/evening of fun in the Elma City Park.  Saturday fun includes a NEW feature this year, FOOD TRUCKS instead of the concession stands of previous years, which should offer more food options.  The beverage garden opens from the park noon-12:00 midnight with a special "signature drink bar" available noon until gone.  Live music by The Chocolate Crackers on the stage at night ($10 charge at the gate),volleyball, show & shine car event,  inflatable bounce house & other kid's activities fill the afternoon & evening. 

Schedule of events is shown above, but all events are subject to change.