Planning is well underway for the 2025 Coloma Glad Peach Festival, set for August 2 and 3.
Festival Board President Jen Shier tells us they’ve got a new board this year, but the event will be the same fun time it’s always been. She says the festival is a proud tradition going back more than five decades.
“It started 58 years ago…as just the Glad Festival, and then they disbanded it for a couple years in 1956,” Shier said. “Then in 1967, it came back, and so it’s been pretty strong since then. I think they brought the peaches in in 1981.”
By “glad,” they mean gladiolus, flowers you’ll get to see all over town when the festival is held.
As always, the Coloma Glad Peach Festival will feature a 5 and 10K run and walk, a parade, and all kinds of activities for the kids.
“So we still have the pancake breakfast with the fire station. We have pony rides, face painting. We have different types of contests. We have the bake fest. We have the peach pit spit.”
Saturday, August 2 will feature a drone show that’s sure to wow the crowd. Things will wrap up at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 3.
