PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
By: Jacob Kessler
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
ARCHBOLD – The Archbold Parks and Recreation Department put on their annual Route 66 Bash this past weekend. This year’s Bash was themed “Back to the 80’s” and was held on Friday, June 21st in downtown Archbold.
The event began at 5:00 p.m. and ran until 11:00 p.m. Several food truck options were available, along with beer and live entertainment provided by The Y’s Guys and My 80’s Vice.
Director of the Archbold Parks and Recreation Department, Jen Kidder, explained that the event has been happening every year since 2019, with the exception of a break due to COVID.
“This was started back in 2019. We had to take a break due to COVID, but we have continued ever since. It has been a great event for our community and people coming in from smaller communities.”
“We started out with country music, but we had more requests for rock. We went with that last year, and it was very successful.”
Kidder continued with, “So this year we went with that again but just more 80’s focused. We have a huge amount of community involvement, community groups, and downtown businesses. The community has been coming together to make this happen.”
“It’s nice that we can be able to gather in a place like this. People don’t typically get to hang out in the middle of a road they drive down every day, so it’s a different venue than people are used to when it comes to our parks.”
