HARROD, OH (WLIO) - It is the second weekend of June, and that means a beloved Allen County festival makes its annual return!
The Harrod Pork Rind Festival kicked off Friday, drawing in large numbers of people into the village. Organizers were busy at work frying up homemade pork rinds on site. After festival goers grabbed their bag of pork rinds, plenty of other summer fair food delicacies, performances, and games were available for people to enjoy—all things people from near and far look forward to each year.
"It's a nice little tradition. It's a family event. You get to see a lot of the kids running the streets having fun, playing on the rides, get to see a lot of family that you don't normally see—a lot of out-of-town people, too. We got people drive from all over to come pick up some pork rinds from little ole' Harrod, Ohio," says Chief Lyle Dray, Harrod Fire Department.
The Pork Rind Festival continues Saturday with the parade, car show, princess pageant, and the watermelon eating contest.
