1st-ever Mount Dora Corn Festival celebrates community with live music, fireworks, more

Festival takes place Friday, Saturday

The Corn Festival runs through Saturday. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

MOUNT DORA, Fla. – Corn, corn, and more corn will be the center of the first-ever Mount Dora Corn Festival this weekend.

The festival kicks off Friday, with Saturday featuring the big events of live music performed by Shelby Darrall, Will Jones and Mark Wills, fireworks and contests.

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“Join us for a celebration of agriculture, community, and the golden goodness of Zellwood sweet corn at the Mount Dora Corn Festival! Embracing our rich agricultural heritage, we invite you to indulge in a day filled with corn-themed delights, family fun, and fantastic entertainment,” event organizers wrote online.

Here are the festival hours:

  • Friday: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Saturday: 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

There will also be fun for children with hayrides, an inflatable corn maze, and a petting zoo (Saturday only). Don’t miss out on the corn-eating contests either.

What better way to end Saturday night than with a fireworks show over Lake Dora. Don’t miss it at 9:15 p.m.!

Even better? With every paid admission, you get to take home two ears of Zellwood sweet corn!

Parking is available in downtown and a free shuttle will be offered on Saturday at First Baptist Church of Mount Dora.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $9 for children 4-9, and free for children 3 and under.

For more information, click here.


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Brenda Argueta is a digital journalist who joined ClickOrlando.com in March 2021. She is the author of the Central Florida Happenings newsletter that goes out every Thursday.

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