Cambridge City’s Canal Days brought families together for festival fun and fundraising this past weekend. The downtown festival, with a theme of “Peace, Love & Canal Days,” kicked off with one event on Friday, Sept. 5.
The weekend was filled with delicious food, live music, a golf tournament, games, arts and craft vendors, a foam party, a car show, Cambridge City Area Chamber of Commerce’s duck race fundraiser and more.
Millicent Martin Emery captured these photos of the event for Western Wayne News.
Volunteers Brandi Myers, front, and Amy Craig sell tickets for Cambridge City Area Chamber of Commerce’s duck race fundraiser. First prize was $400. Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Raelynn Hampton, 6, of Cambridge City gets her face and arm decorated by Karlee Waelty at the MediCenter Pharmacy tent. Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Dorian Lakes, 5, of Richmond enjoys a hot dog with his mom, Alison Lakes. They attended Canal Days with family including Dorian’s proud nana, Lori Lakes of Cambridge City. Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Lindsay Waddell scoops a red raspberry waffle cone. She’s worked for Ullery’s Homemade Ice Cream for about a month after coming to Richmond from Greenwood to study psychology at Indiana University East. Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Lincoln High School senior Sage Nichols makes a chicken taco with meat grilled by fellow seniors Leon Lucas, left, and Jackson Kuhn. Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Janet Clements sells pie, brownies and other sweets at Cambridge City First United Methodist Church during its annual ice cream social. Photos by Millicent Martin Emery 
Photos by Millicent Martin Emery
A version of this article will appear in the September 10 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.