

West Frankfort, Illinois celebrates the coal mining industry every year during the second weekend of May.
The festival first began in 1941.
This longstanding tradition includes the crowing of Old King Coal, Princess Flame and her court, a coal miner's memorial service, job fair, parade, and a downtown festival filled with food, rides, games, vendors, and free nightly entertainment on the Mainstage.


Festival Advertising and Sponsors
P.O. Box 645
West Frankfort, IL 62896
618-937-1898

Festival Vendors
Coal Miner's Memorial Park
Memorial Bricks
P.O. Box 645
West Frankfort, IL 62896
618-923-0797

Princess Flame Scholarship Pageant
Pageant Scholarship Sponsors
P.O. Box 645
West Frankfort, IL 62896

Parade
P.O. Box 645
West Frankfort, IL 62896