Sweet corn soaked in butter is served up on a stick at the the La Habra Corn Festival on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Seven-year-old Jesus Alvarez takes part in the La Habra corn-eating contest on Saturday, November 12, 2022, winning second place. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
After winning the corn-eating contest in his age group for a second year in a row, 7-year-old Aaron Saldivar cheers on his competing sisters during the the La Habra Corn Festival on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Sweet corn soaked in butter is served up on a stick at the the La Habra Corn Festival on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Corn-eating contestants from left, Logan Cabrales, 7, and sisters Khloe Saldivar, 10, and Kaylie, 11, chew through cobs at breakneck speed during the La Habra Corn Festival on Saturday, November 12, 2022. Khloe took first-place. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ely Cendanni, 6, left, and Jesus Alvarez, 7, take part in the La Habra corn-eating contest on Saturday, November 12, 2022. Ely won third place but he lost his first tooth in the process. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Aaron Saldivar, 7, rejoices after winning the corn-eating contest in his age group for a second year in a row during the the La Habra Corn Festival on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Logan Cabrales, 7, keeps his focus during the 2022 La Habra corn-eating contest on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The three-day La Habra Corn Festival features lots of corn but also amusement rides on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
La Habra is having a good time this weekend with the annual Corn Festival, a community tradition for more than 70 years.
Held a little later this year because of a late summer scheduling conflict, the three-day festival has been drawing residents and visitors to El Centro Lions Park for carnival rides, a Saturday morning parade, family activities, contests and the consumption of thousands of ears of corn – and lots of other treats.
The event is a fundraiser of the La Habra Host Lions, helping to support its charitable efforts in the community.
Activities continue Sunday and include an afternoon full of entertainment and bands, starting with ballet folkloric at noon, followed by Mexican singer songwriter Angelica Montano at 2 p.m. and Timba Tumbao at 3:30. At 6:30, Suave the Band takes the stage to close out the night.
