DANVILLE -- Danville's Spring Fling, which attracts thousands to the town, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The festival, featuring crafts, food and organizations making the public aware of their services, will be held along Mill, Lower Mulberry and East and West Mahoning streets.

About 165 organizations will participate. All spaces are sold, and there is a waiting list, according to Spring Fling Committee Chairman Thomas J. Beiter.

This is the 22nd year for the event. The Spring Fling will go on even if it rains.

Entertainment will also be held throughout the day.

Nancie Wagner and her dance students will perform from 11 a.m. to noon. Doug Eaton's team from Riverside will demonstrate martial arts.

In addition, many downtown stores and restaurants will participate.

Nonprofit organizations will sell food ranging from hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, barbecue, fudge and German roasted nuts.

"If you go home hungry, shame on you," Beiter said.

Some nonprofit organizations will be setting up stands in order to raise awareness about their causes. Relay for Life teams plan to set up stands.

Area residents participating for the first time this year include Dori Staman, who makes fun stuff for children and pets, and her husband, Burt, who makes doll furniture.

Also planning to take part are Bob Fridley, of Riverside, who makes wooden jewelry boxes, Deborah Diana, of Riverside, a butterfly painter, Linda McGarvey, of Danville, a stained glass expert, and Christopher Robbins, of Washingtonville, who creates wooden birdfeeders and bird houses.

Christ Memorial Episcopal Church will sell jewelry made in African villages with the money benefitting the villages.

Sunnybrook Park Association will hold a raffle for a family membership.

Good Samaritan Mission will hold a silent auction for a large piece of furniture to be given away.