The Annie Oakley Festival Committee members are very proud and excited about the upcoming 2023 Annie Oakley Festival, which will be our ​59​th ​year of being a festival that honors Darke County’s most famous daughter, Annie Oakley. Plans are already in progress for the 2023 festival, and we are continuing to bring to Darke County, a ​Free​ festival. Each year, our entire festival is only made possible through the sponsorships, grants, and donations that we receive from organizations, businesses, and individuals. ​Therefore, we are asking you to consider partnering with us for this wonderful, family oriented, time honored festival. Please review the attached information for the many ways that you can help us continue to bring to Darke County and all over Ohio, a wonderful event.

Listed below are the events that we have confirmed will be taking place for the 2023 festival, and we are so grateful to all of those involved in each of these events, and the excitement that they will be bringing to our festival.

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• Miss Annie Oakley Shooting Contest (ages 12 - 19) & pilgrimage to Annie Oakley’s gravesite

• Little Miss Annie Oakley and Miss Buffalo Bill Competition (ages 3-5)

• Annie Oakley Parade

• Free Historical Bus Tours

• Live entertainment including many singers

• Melodrama

• The Whip Artistry Studio & GLD Enterprises Communication Ltd

• Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association

• National Fast Draw Competition

• Richard Best – Buffalo Bill impersonator and story teller

• Annie Oakley Car Show

• Wiener Dog Races and Costume Contest

• Kiddie Tractor Pulls

• Souvenirs, Vendors, Concessioners, and exhibits throughout the weekend

If you have any questions about our festival, and what we are planning, and how you can be a major part of the success of the 2023 Annie Oakley Festival, please feel free to contact JoEllen at 937-623-9235 or by email at: ​president@annieoakleyfestival.org