The ‘Olivette on the Go’ fall festival runs Sept. 28-30 and Patch.com will be there. Patch will have a booth with personnel to explain all about the new .This is your chance to sign up for the free Patch newsletter, in your email inbox every morning. Or you can sign up for the Olivette Facebook page, learn how to blog, add an event or activity to the calendar and all.
This is the second year since Olivette switched from the mid-summer SummerFest to the new concept geared to local families and the like.
The carnival features all new rides, plenty of food booths and lots of good entertainment.
Last year, the headline act was ‘Little River Band.’ This year, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. highly-popular vocalist Erin Bode takes center stage. She has a very strong legion of fans and all concerts are free. Pull up a lawn chair but no coolers please.
Friday, the main act is DJ MC Reggie, hip hop artist with his own dancing stars. Sunday’s band is ‘Stone in Love,’ tribute band for Journey.
There’s plenty more activities. Saturday features a Chili Cook-off, sponsored by the Creve Coeur and Olivette Chamber of Commerce. A $1,000 prize goes to the grand prize winner.
Sunday, in Oak Estate subdivision, participants will take part in the annual 5K run and the family walk/run through Olivette. Jeff Wade, director of parks and recreation for Olivette has all the information: 314-991-1249 or go to the city’s festival website for all the details.
