Mokena resident Evelyn May applauds during the Frankfort Fall Festival parade Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Tent city: Visitors from a wide region will have hundreds of artisan booths to browse during the Frankfort Fall Festival. | Supplied photo

The midway is in full swing at the Frankfort Fall Festival in 2009. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

Police will close off several streets near Frankfort's downtown area during the Frankfort Fall Festival over the Labor Day weekend. | File photo

People gather around booths during the Frankfort Fall Festival on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Sponsored by the Frankfort Fire Protection District, the carnival at Frankfort Fall Festival 2012 will be located in the newly paved lot at Kansas and White streets. | File photo

Frankfort Fall Festival chair Mark Giovanazzi (left) helps Lillian Krieger display the winning design she created for the 2011 fest. The ruby slipper image coincides with the fest's theme of Over the Rainbow. | Supplied photo

People watch the Band of Brothers Pipes & Drums perform during the Frankfort Fall Festival parade Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Firefighters march behind a cart carrying a piece of a World Trade Center steel beam during the Frankfort Fall Festival parade Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

People browse a craft vendor's booth on Kansas Street in downtown Frankfort during 2011's annual Frankfort Fall Festival. | File photo

A piece of a World Trade Center steel beam is pulled by Frankfort Fire Protection District firefighter David Scanlan (center) and engineer George Heinen (far left) during Frankfort Fall Festival on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Artistic flair: Cindy Heath (left), chair of the 2012 Frankfort Fall Festival, came up with the fest's theme of Carnivale, while 2012 Lincoln-Way East High School graduate Jessica Cirullo designed the winning poster that incorporated the theme. | Supplied photo