Explore festivals: one funnel cake at a time.
A festival that is pretty hard to categorize, consisting of ideas, unique things, etc.
2023 DATE: September 22-23, 2023 AUTHOR’S NOTE: I visited the festival on Friday morning before any serious crowds had arrived. I was told that Saturday is the big day. NOTE 2: This festival was moved to Paden City in 2021. This post documents my experience on September 27, 2019. **** … Read more
This post documents my experience on June 15, 2019. Throughout my festival career, I’ve seen festivals about Bigfoot… …BBQ (photo from a different festival)… …and even UFO’s (photo from a different festival)… …but never have I seen one about all three..until now. Located at the Milton Loop Campground in Dayton, … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 23, 2019. Right off I-70, I stopped at the Warm Glow Candle Company… …where I found all sorts of scented candles… …(even Circus Peanut)… …and a special Fall Festival… …set up with a maze… …and bounce houses for the kids… …as well as … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 22, 2019. In the picturesque town of Zionsville… …a local winery decided to have a festival… …called the Big Grape Stomp. With a $3 entrance admission… …festival goers received a raffle ticket, a $3 coupon for winery purchases… …and access to a painting … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 22, 2019. In the town of Atlanta, Indiana… …festival goers came early to park in fields and yards… …purchase a rolling shopping bag… …and shop… …shop… …and shop… …among over 600 vendors… …that took over the entire town… …whether along the streets… …along … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 22, 2019. Along Ypsilanti’s Cross Street… …and throughout Riverside Park (even Frog Island at times)… …the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival, or YpsiFest, took place… …uniting community groups to bring awareness to our land (Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy)… …our sustainability (Ypsilanti Food Co-op)… …our veterans … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 25, 2018. Through this gate… …you can find Lake Orion… …a place where teams practice on boats… …equipped with dragon heads… …for a Dragon Boat Festival called… …Dragon on the Lake. But while other dragon boat festivals took place in the racing area … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: When I arrived at this festival, I only saw a few small parking lots that were filled with cars. I eventually found a spot in a lot near the entrance and considered myself lucky. While going through the festival, I realized there were other entrances and a huge … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 21, 2017. On August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children drove to the police station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to report an unbelievable incident. They claimed that a spaceship with small alien creatures had come to their farmhouse in nearby Kelly, only to … Read more