Community Celebration Returns: 11th Annual Family Fun Day on May 9

A beloved community tradition is set to return as the 11th Annual Family Fun Day brings a full day of food, music, and family-friendly fun to Front Royal on May 9.

What began as a small gesture of appreciation has grown into one of the town’s most anticipated annual events. The celebration is organized by William and Nina Huck, founders of C&C Frozen Treats, who turned their business success into a way to give back.

“No one thought an ice cream shop would last,” William Huck said. “But here we are 11 years later.”

That same spirit helped launch Family Fun Day, which started as a simple thank-you to customers and has since become a major community gathering.

“It was created as a thank you to the customers and the community,” Huck said. “Now it’s an event for, with, and about Front Royal and Warren County.”

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mother’s Day weekend, a date organizers chose to make it easy for families to remember and celebrate together.

“We chose Mother’s Day to have something special,” Huck said. “You can easily remember Mother’s Day Saturday.”

This year’s event will feature around 40 vendors offering crafts, art, food, and local goods, along with live entertainment including performances by the Jig and Jive Dance Studio.

One of the biggest draws remains the Louisiana-style crawfish boil, which has become the event’s signature. Organizers expect to serve about 650 pounds of crawfish, prepared using traditional techniques.

“It’s a piece of home. It’s a piece of our heart,” Huck said. “The crawfish boil is about family coming together and enjoying our time.”

The focus, he said, is not on profit but on bringing people together.

“It’s about coming out and celebrating,” Huck added.

This year, the Town will provide one of the trolleys where attendees can paint their handprints, creating a moving display of local pride that will travel around town after the event.

“It’s going to let your love and magic shine all over and make people smile day in and day out,” Huck said.

Local groups will also take part, including the fire department, which plans to hold a fundraising boot drive.

Over the years, the event has grown alongside the business that inspired it, but Huck said the heart of it remains unchanged.

Looking back, Huck credits the success not just to the event itself, but to the people who continue to support it.

“It’s the most amazing community,” he said. “We wouldn’t have been able to do this somewhere else.”

As the town prepares for another year of Family Fun Day, Huck says the goal remains simple: bring people together, celebrate community, and create lasting memories.

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