Friendship Festival Canton,IL

09/01/2026

APPLICATION DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!!!!!

Applications for the Canton Friendship Festival Parade, Merchants Building and Non Food Vendor Midway are now due by September 11th, NO EXCEPTIONS! You can request an application by emailing us at [email protected]. Applications and Payments can then be dropped off at the Canton Chamber of Commerce Office or by snail mail.

08/19/2026

The Canton Friendship Festival is still in need of Vendors for our Merchants Building! If you are interested please leave a comment or DM us and we will gladly send you an application. No open food is allowed but pre packaged food items are ok! Come and have some fun with us inside our Merchants Building!

08/17/2026

People's Choice table is all set up at Farmington State Bank located at 16 North Main Street in Canton this week. It will be picked up Friday August 21st about 430pm.

Next week it will be at Mid America National Bank in Canton.

There are cards to fill out and an envelope to put them in with your money. $1=1 Vote. Please then drop it in the locked drop box. I also left tape on the table in case your envelope wont close. Please dont throw loose money and cards in the box because we wont be able to figure out which contestant you were voting for. Checks can be made out to Canton Friendship Festival.

There are QR Codes on the sign if you would like to vote by PayPal or CashApp. Good luck to all the contestants!

Questions? Contact Chantel the Pageant Director.

08/17/2026

08/11/2026

We would like to Thank Kinsel Trkg & Excvtg LLC for Sponsoring our Merchants Building this year!

08/11/2026

08/11/2026

Wow! It’s already the 2nd week of August! Time is sure going by fast and the Friendship Festival is fast approaching. We are still hard at work trying to put finishing touches on everything. Application Deadlines are also arriving fast. If you still need a Parade, Merchants, or Midway(non food vendors only) application please message us and we would be happy to send it to you.
We look forward to seeing everyone at this year’s festival September 16th - 20th.

08/08/2026

ATTENTION FULTON COUNTY!!!!

The Friendship Festival is in need of 1 more sponsor and it is for our Merchant’s Building.

The sponsorship is $500 and with that you get to have the entire front of the Merchant’s Building to set up what you would want, your banner displayed on the building throughout the festival, advertising on our page, a spot in our parade as well as your banner carried in the parade.

If interested please email us at [email protected] or send us a DM