{"id":119527,"date":"2025-07-06T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=119527"},"modified":"2025-07-07T01:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:40:57","slug":"119527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/07\/06\/119527\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Fort Fest seeks volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tBig_Fort_Fest_logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-117651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tBig_Fort_Fest_logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tBig_Fort_Fest_logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tBig_Fort_Fest_logo-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tBig_Fort_Fest_logo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Festival organizers are gearing up for the inaugural Big Fort Fest this coming week and are looking for volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Big Fort Fest organizers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Big Fort Fest in need of volunteers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 6, 2025) &#8211; Festival organizers are gearing up for the inaugural Big Fort Fest this coming week and are looking for volunteers. \u201cEverything is really falling into place but we just need some volunteers to help make our event run smoothly.\u201d says one of the event organizers, Addie Farris.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer are needed for the following events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forum + Fork Fest on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday<\/li>\n<li>Concert set up and tear down on Saturday<\/li>\n<li>Big Fun Fest (children\u2019s festival) on Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Volunteers who sign up can receive free tickets to the concerts that take place at the festival. To sign up, email hello@bigfortfest.com or visit their website <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfortfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bigfortfest.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_11_05_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Headwaters Park and the annual parade of colors as seen from the Lincoln Tower Observation Deck.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='5933e1fe0ef135cb4fd32b061b2e1f9b' data-image-id=\"1675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_11_05_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_11_05_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2008\/11\/05 - Fall colors\" data-description=\"Headwaters Park and the annual parade of colors as seen from the Lincoln Tower Observation Deck.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008\/11\/05 - Fall colors\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008\/11\/05 - Fall colors\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1675\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_11_05_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_02_12_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The St. Mary&#039;s River and Headwaters Park during February flooding.  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