Visiting the Fontana Days Festival is a local tradition.

After 96 years the annual Fontana Days Festival is still going strong.  Now it is almost here and once again the Exchange Club of Fontana is ready to signal the beginning of summer with rides, games, a parade, livestock auction, and great entertainment.

The fun begins Thursday, May 28 and runs through Sunday, May 31st at Veterans Park, located at 17255 Merrill Avenue. Don’t miss out on this great, low cost, family event as we celebrate Adventures of a Bookworm, a topic that will remind us all of the changes that the new Lewis Library and Technology Center has brought to the community, as well as provide an inspirational theme for this year’s parade participants.

“The theme, Adventures of a Bookworm,” explains Fontana Days Festival planner Toni Lewis, “opens up all sorts of ways for people to use their imaginations while building floats for the parade.  We, [Fontana Exchange Club], also thought it was another way to make our wonderful new library part of this year’s celebration.”

Celebrate Fontana Days at Veterans Park with carnival rides, dance contests, and live entertainment.

Last year’s event had over one hundred entrants and offered a great deal of fun to those who were also participating in the annual Fontana Days Run.  This year with the two events being held during different weeks, planners are hopeful that they will have even more registrants and participants at the parade and carnival.

Bring the family and take advantage of carnival ride discounts at the Thursday night Family Fun Night.  The event runs from 5 to 10 pm.  No gate fee is required.  Rides are $1 each.

Let the weekend fun start early with carnival rides, vendors, and live entertainment. Hours are from 5 to 11 pm and there is a $1 gate fee.  Rides are regularly priced and require three to four tickets per ride.

Make your way to Arrow Boulevard and Sierra Avenue at 10 am for the annual Fontana Days Parade. Show your support for your schools, local service clubs, and the city by watching or joining in the big event. Parade applications are available at any local community center or City Hall. Stay for the carnival, vendors, and live entertainment from noon through 11 pm.  Wristbands will be available from noon to 7 pm. 

Gates open to carnival, livestock auction, and vendor goers at noon with live entertainment (including folklorica and mariachi contests) going on stage from 1 to 6 pm.  Wristbands are $18 from noon to 7 pm.  The carnival ends at 10 pm.

The Exchange Club of Fontana is one of the longest running service clubs in the community.  Each year, they conduct fundraisers like the Fontana Days Festival, and donate the monies raised to local community organizations. The club has helped to fund programming with the Fontana Boys and Girls Club, the Lewis Library Foundation, and many more.  In order to find out more about the organization or to volunteer, please call (909) 350-7655.