Sand Creek Summer Daze

Each year the Sand Creek Festival names a “Sand Creek Charlie,” a person to serve as kind of a mascot. This year, the fifth year of the festival, the name has changed a just a little - to “Sand Creek Charli.” That slight change comes as a result of the festival selecting the first female to be Sand Creek Charli.

The goal for the fifth edition of Sand Creek Summer Daze is to grow - namely to grow outside of Newton. “This year we have made a concerted effort to grow the festival more into a regional festival,” said Andrea Braker, a festival board member.