Ayden Collard Festival

Name: Ayden Collard Festival
Start: 2026-09-12
End: 2026-09-12
Location: Ayden

The Ayden Collard Festival is a community event held in Ayden, featuring a parade, a collard eating contest, a collard cooking contest, and a Collard Pageant. The festival typically takes place on September 12.

Date: Sep 12, 2026
Location: Ayden

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Event summary

Highlights

Collard eating contest
Collard cooking contest
Collard Pageant
Community parade

The Ayden Collard Festival is a community celebration centered around collard greens, held annually in Ayden. A key attraction is the festival parade, which includes approximately 60 units, featuring participants such as the Ayden-Grifton High School Marching Chargers, the Sudan Shriners fire brigade, and the Johnston County Shrine Club’s Sudan Animated Animals.

Attendees can also enjoy and participate in competitive events like the collard eating contest, where contestants compete to consume the most collard greens, and a collard cooking contest. The festival also hosts a Collard Pageant, which crowns a Collard Queen, as evidenced by the mention of the 2026 Collard Queen, Savanna Jernigan.

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Before attending

Check the sources below for current opening times, admission prices and registration requirements. A date range does not mean the event runs continuously or that admission is free.