Organizers of the Greater Alliance Carnation Festival have announced dates for the 2026 event.
The 61st festival will run July 30, 2026, through Aug. 9, 2026.
The Carnation Queen will be selected July 25 during the annual pageant.
The 2025 queen and her court will celebrate one of their final public events on July 19, 2026, during the Royal Afternoon at the Castle.
The Carnation Food Fest will run July 30 through Aug. 1 at University of Mount Union, while Days in the Park will be Aug. 5-8 at Silver Park.
The festival’s Grand Parade will be Aug. 8 along State Street and Union Avenue in Alliance.
More information will be announced closer to the festival.
The 2025 Greater Alliance Carnation Festival’s board of directors included President Sue Grove; Chair of the Board and Treasurer Staci Gurney; President-elect Missy Miller; Vice Presidents Lisa Baylor, Abbey Blake, Regena Clair and Logan McGee; Secretary Jeanne LeMieux; and board members Marikay Colbert; Tom Hines; Matt Lansell; Joy Lautzenheiser; Diane Mitchell; Dorothy Rogers; Lisa Trummer; and Renee Young. Legal adviser is Brent Barnes.
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Carnation Festival officials share 2026 dates
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Opps this is the same week as Hall of fame and parade. We probably won’t have a very big parade this year. Oh Well I will be watching anyway