September 2024. 

Raytown’s Festival of the Trails Commemorates Pioneer Heritage

Raytown’s Festival of the Trails will step off on its fourth annual observance Saturday, Sept. 14. The event commemorates the three westward pioneer trails that wound through the area that became the Raytown community: the Sante Fe, Oregon and California Trails.

Much of the activities will take place at the Rice-Tremonti Home, 8801 E. 66th St., 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Admission to the site is free, but donations are appreciated. A full day of family fun is planned with games and crafts for the kids, tours of the historic home, and a huge craft fair on the grounds. Free parking is provided at the Sutherlands store, 6709 Blue Ridge Blvd.

Historical interpreters will represent the Buffalo Soldiers, the African-American cavalry units of the 19th century. In addition, Sophia White, an enslaved woman, whose cabin still stands on the property, will be portrayed in the cabin. The Missouri Free Trappers will be camped on site in their distinctive tepees. The Windy Hollow Historical Band will perform. Food trucks will be present, and the Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home will hold a bake- and ice cream sale and will conduct tours of the historic 1844 home.

Activities are also scheduled at Abiding Faith Church, 6700 Raytown Rd., where the Buffalo Soldiers will provide interpretations beginning at 5 p.m.
Raytown’s Greenspace, 10009 E. 62nd St., will come to life at 7 p.m. for live music by Lucidity, with food offerings and kids’ games until 9 p.m.

Raytown’s 4th annual Festival of the Trails is supported by the Raytown Parks and Recreation Department, Raytown Area Chamber of Commerce, and the organizations mentioned above. For more details go to Raytown’s Festival of the Trails Facebook page or send an email to the Parks Department at davet@raytownparks.com. For information on renting a booth for the craft fair call Carla Coldwell at 816-729-0890.

For more information contact Leigh Elmore, leighroi333@gmail.com, 816-510-8179.

September 2024. 

Bella Rustina back in Conway this September

Conway will once again host the Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market, September 6-8 inside the Conway Expo Center.

More than 300 booths will be set up inside the venue, selling both vintage and vintage-inspired items, as well as handmade treasures. Multiple food trucks will also be on site to feed hungry shoppers.

Admission is $10 for the early buying day on Friday, September 6, and it’s $5 for Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8.

For more information, visit www.bellarustina.com.

September 2024. 

Flea Market tradition continues in Brownville

Brownville will host its 67th annual Fall Flea Market and Arts & Crafts Show, Sept. 28-29.

Taking place at Main Street and the Depot, attendees will marvel at the variety of antiques, collectibles, and homemade art and crafts for sale by more than 260 dealers. Admission and parking are both free; the event is sponsored by the Brownville Historical Society. Food options will be available for purchase, but most vendors only take cash.

For more information, visit www.brownvillehistoricalsociety.org.

September 2024. 

Big deals in store for Iowa’s Largest Arts and Crafts Show

You won’t have to drive far to find bargains at Iowa’s Largest Arts and Crafts Show this fall.

The show, sponsored by Callahan Promotions Inc., collects more than 250 exhibitors from seven states under one roof, Sept. 27-29 in the Varied Industries Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

Products up for grabs include solid oak furniture, pottery, jewelry, clothing, floral wreaths, stained glass, lawn and garden art, and even consumable goodies, all within 80,000 square feet of shopping space.

Kids 10 and younger are free; admission for those older than 10 is $7; that admission rate is good for all three days of the show.

For more information, call 563-357-1986.

September 2024. 

Artists and crafters will bring their wares to Hillsboro

The Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair is a one-day smorgasbord of booths filled with one-of-a-kind handmade creations that attracts some 300 artists from 15 states and more than 40,000 shoppers. Vendors are selected from hundreds of applicants by a panel of judges dedicated to bringing only the best to the Hillsboro show, this year scheduled on Sept. 21.

Since its creation in 1970, the Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair has been rated among the top 100 arts and crafts shows in the country by Sunshine Artist magazine.

In addition to visiting crafters, the fair also features a local flavor with hometown food and hospitality being served up, including ethnic Dutch-German food such as zwieback, New Year’s cookies, bierocks, veranika and Hillsboro’s famous smoked sausage. Other yearly favorites are kettle corn, roasted almonds, fresh-squeezed lemonade, shaved ice, tater twisters and funnel cakes.

The festival is held every third Saturday in September over a six-block area of downtown Hillsboro, KS. Located just 30 minutes from Newton and McPherson, and 50 minutes north of Wichita.

Additional information can be found at the website hillsboroartsandcraftsfair.org.

September 2024. 

Grab your friends and come to the Friends of Shawnee Town Craft and Fall Festival

More than 130 vendors will converge on Shawnee Town 1929 for its annual Craft and Fall Festival on Sept. 21.

Dozens of vendors will be on hand selling home décor, unique gifts and holiday presents for that hard-to-buy-for family member or friend on your gift list; enjoy live music and food while strolling the grounds, too.

Free kids activities will keep your little ones entertained as well. While you’re attending the fair, enjoy stepping back in time in Shawnee Town, an historic farming town from the 1920s and see for yourself what life was like a century ago.

For more information, call 913-248-2360 or visit www.shawneetown.org