The two-day Archway Days festival in Centerville at Maplewood Park featured food, games, vendors and entertainment as well as a Saturday parade.
It was the 36th year for the event.
WWN photographer Joshua Smith was there and captured these photos.
Hazel Kennedy throws a dart to pop a balloon while playing a game at the Archway Days Festival in Centerville, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
Reden Gillum grills chicken kebabs for a customer during the Archway Days Festival in Centerville, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
Attendees at the Archway Days festival in Centerville on a sunny and warm Saturday, Aug. 24, wait in line at one of the many food concessions.
Cub Scouts toss candy to people gathered for the Archway Days parade Aug. 24.
Jim Resh rides on the Lions Club entry in the Archway Days Festival parade in Centerville, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
Parade grand marshal Ron Helderman, former Centerville-Abington Elementary principal, waves as he rides in a white Mustang.
Elizabeth Mobley, left, Geneva Mobley and Ryley Bragg look at bracelets during the Archway Days Festival in Centerville, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
First responders demonstrate how they tend to victims during a mock accident at the Archway Days Festival in Centerville, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
Festivalgoers browse vendors that lined streets and paths in Maplewood Park.
A festivalgoer tries the rock-climbing wall.
Musical act Collins and Gross Show perform during the Archway Days Festival in Centerville Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
A medical helicopter flies above Centerville during a mock accident demonstration during Archway Days.
Ben Hartman with Abington Media was also on hand for the Western Wayne News, and captured these moments in video:
A version of this article
appeared in the August 28 2024 print edition of the Western Wayne News.
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