Chalo Nitka Festival and Frontier Days are the

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. The Festival and parade is held on the first Saturday every March. The festival spans a week with the livestock shows and sale during the week leading up to the main Festival weekend Festivities, which now include rodeos, dances, carnival rides, and arts and crafts for sale during the festival weekend. The event has evolved to culminate in showcasing the southern hospitality of Glades County and the history of the local

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people.

History

Chalo Nitka is one of Florida's oldest continuous festivals, Chalo Nitka (Bass Day) listing in St. Petersburg Times 1952 Festival Guide
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/ref> when the celebration was inaugurated to commemorate the completion of the paving of Main Street (now called Avenue J) in the town of

Moore Haven Moore Haven is a city in, and the county seat of, Glades County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Florida Heartland region. The population was 1,566 at the 2020 census, down from 1,680 at the 2010 census. Moore Haven is located on the ...

. ''Chalo Nitka means'' "Day of the Big Bass" in the Miccosukee language.

References

{{Reflist Festivals in Florida Recurring events established in 1948 Tourist attractions in Glades County, Florida 1948 establishments in Florida