The 50th annual Frontier Days festival is just around the corner, and this year there will be even more activities and entertainment for children and adults May 31-June 3.

In addition to having one of the oldest parades in Clermont County, the festival will feature carnival rides, games, several contests, a gambling tent and new events and activities this year.

“The karaoke contest is back,” Karen Wikoff, executive director of the Milford Miami Township Chamber of Commerce, said. “Eben Franckewitz is the host. He will be our Ryan Seacrest.”

Wikoff said the contest is sponsored by Center Bank and $500 in prize money will be split between the winners of the contest. She said they are only accepting 24 contestants, so those who wish to participate in the karaoke contest must pre-register by May 30.

“The other exciting thing is Frontier Days is having the Rusty Griswolds,” Wikoff said. “They will be the band playing Friday night.”

Wikoff said the Rusty Griswolds band has been voted “Best of Cincinnati,” and they will play from 8 p.m. until midnight June 1.

She said Four On The Floor, the band that includes Milford Mayor Geoff Pittman, will play Thursday night, and there will be live music each night of the festival.

Wikoff said another addition this year is more food vendors, which will be serving a variety of dishes for $5 and under.

“We have 15 food vendors this year,” Wikoff said. “It is the most we’ve had.”

Wikoff said the parade, which is one of the oldest in the county, will be the kick-off for the festival at 6:30 p.m. May 31. She said they are still accepting parade participant applications, but they will creating the line up for the parade soon.

“The parade usually lasts two hours,” Wikoff said. “The parade participants do pass things out along the route.”

She said the parade begins at at Olde Milford Barber Shoppe and ends downtown at Main Street and Locust Street.

Wikoff said there is a lot to do at the festival and encouraged residents to come out and be a part of the 50th anniversary of Frontier Days.

“For the people that haven’t come or haven’t been in a while it’s like stepping back to the old parades and old festivals,” Wikoff said. “We try to have something for young kids, older kids and adults.”

For more information about the festival visit www.frontierdaysmilford.com.