MOUNT CARMEL - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 47 S. Market St., will hold its annual festival at Fourth and Market streets from 6 p.m to 11 p.m. Friday with entertainment by the Shoreliners and from 5 p.m to 10:30 p.m. Saturday with D.J. Mike Wonzik providing the entertainment.
The event will feature theme baskets that boast the largest prizes the festival has seen yet, including three bicycles, a large flat-screen TV, appliances and kitchenware.
New games will entertain the kids, and food items include pierogies, pigeons, funnel cakes, potato cakes, sausages hoagies, meatball hoagies, hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue, wedding soup, beef vegetable soup, haluski, snow cones, chicken fingers, french fries, pastries, sweets and beverages.
The pre-event pierogie, pigeon, beef vegetable and chicken corn soup sale take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the church hall. Bingo will also be held in the hall. In case of inclement weather, food will be sold in the hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.