This year Canal Fest in the City of Rome almost didn't happen. Luckily, it did. One local photographer captured some of the magic moments.

The Rome Rotary hosts, and organizes, Canal Fest for the City of Rome each and every summer. This year colorful rides filled the midway. Fair goers were able to enjoy  fried dough, snow cones, popcorn and lemonade lured hungry visitors. According to WKTV, there were also demonstrations and exhibits shown by multiple organizations throughout the entire event.

"Canal fest is pretty much our biggest fundraiser of the year and it goes towards a lot of projects we have later in the year, one big one is like the christmas party and just really any money that we want to donate to certain organizations like I was saying earlier like the humane society.", President Elect Kyle Cairns of Rome Rotary says.

CanalFest 2022 dates will be announced soon.

Meet Kathleen Bauer Skavina. Kathleen attended the event, and was able to capture some of the magic of 2021 Canal Fest:

Capture The Beauty That Was Rome Canal Fest 2021

This year Canal Fest in the City of Rome almost didn't happen. Luckily, it did. One local photographer captured some of the magic moments. Meet Kathleen Bauer Skavina. Kathleen attended the event, and was able to capture some of the magic of 2021 Canal Fest:


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