Knowlton Fire & Rescue Food Truck Fest Returns Saturday

August 22, 2025

KN_Food_Trucks_01 Large — Last year’s food truck festival was a big success for Knowlton Township Fire & Rescue Co. No 1. Photo by Joe Phalon.

Last year’s food truck festival was a big success for Knowlton Township Fire & Rescue Co. No 1. Photo by Joe Phalon.

Bring your appetites Saturday to the Knowlton Fire & Rescue Co. No. 1’s annual Food Truck Festival. And you could go home with almost a quarter-ton of meat.

So far, the weather looks as good as it was for last year’s successful event. The festival will once again take place behind Company 1 headquarters, 4 Roy Ace Road, just off Route 46 in the Delaware neighborhood of Knowlton Township.

“We’re going to have a couple other things new this year,” said Bob Peterson, president of Knowlton Fire & Rescue. “We’ll have ax throwing, something that’s become popular lately.”

There will also be several entertainers on the stage throughout the day as well as a roaming magician.

“The magician will be roaming around the complex throughout the whole seven hours,” Peterson said. “He will stop a couple of times for a 10- or 15-minute event for people to stand and watch.”

The food trucks themselves will be arranged by the Food Truck Lady, while the entertainment, beer and wine tent and other activities will be run by the fire company.

Peterson said any remaining tickets for the super 50-50 will be available for $20, but he said to arrive early because he expects them to go fast. Roaming 50-50 tickets will be sold during the event with prizes awarded throughout the day.

But perhaps the juiciest prize of all will be 400 pounds of meat to a lucky winner. And the prize includes a freezer in case you can’t eat it all at once.

The meat prize is a $600 value, Peterson said, and it is donated by Wilson Family Farms.

The festival starts at noon and runs through 7 p.m. with the drawings for the super 50-50 and the meat and freezer at 6 p.m.

“Just look for the big tents off Route 46,” Peterson said.

Joe Phalon, Contributing Writer

Contributing Writer

Joe brings decades of journalism experience to the Ridge View Echo, covering everything from local school boards to the U.S. Supreme Court. A former National Law Journal editor and Columbia Law School press officer, he now enjoys telling community stories in Blairstown, where he lives with his wife, Rose, and their two dachshunds.