Past: 81st Peach Festival

The 81st Peach Festival will be held at the Cobden Community Park. The festival features a carnival with rides and games, queen contest, food, home-made peach cobbler, bingo, raffle and spin and win for peaches. The entertainment for Friday will be King Juba and Lone Howl will play on Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Cobden Lions Club. Proceeds will go to community and charitable projects. The Cobden Runner's/Walker's Club will sponsor its annual Cobden Peach Festival 5K Run/Walk and one-mile fun run starting at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. For more information on the run, call (618) 713-4245. The parade will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The Union County Museum will be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.