Explore festivals: one funnel cake at a time.
Festivals that either have food as a main theme or incorporate plenty of eating.
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. It was approaching the evening when I got to Lawrenceburg… …for the Anderson County Burgoo Festival. Once I passed the basket raffle supporting Open Hands… …I came upon a section of tables hosted by local churches (Lawrenceburg Church/Overland Church)… …candidates and … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. I came to London, Kentucky… …finding a chicken invasion in front of the Court House… …witnessing people act like chickens and roosters at the Sanders Stage… …and running into Colonel Sanders himself… …all just normal experiences at the World Chicken Festival. … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. There are two things I learned about Liberty, Kentucky this weekend: 1.) They have a Liberty Bell of their own made by the same company that made the one in Philadephia. 2.) The world’s largest apple pie is made their annually … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. It was early morning in Lebanon, Kentucky… …and people were already filling the streets… …to celebrate Marion County Country Ham Days. Many beelined straight to the breakfast tent for a plate of country ham, eggs, apple and biscuit… …stopping at the … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 28, 2019. In the city of Kingwood, West Virginia… …the Preston County Buckwheat Festival was a multi-faceted celebration. Right off the bat, the festival came off as huge carnival with plenty of rides… …fun houses… …attractions… …games… …and carnival grub. Then, within the … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 28, 2019. I arrived in Marlinton early Saturday morning… …as a rainbow greeted me from above. The Biscuit Bake-Off was taking place at the Opera House… …with plenty of delicious-looking entries… …people were registering… …for the morning’s Possum Trot… …and many, including myself, … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 27, 2019. On the Howell Carnegie Library lawn… …the Rotary Club of Howell was selling something rather special and delicious… …ice cream made from official Howell melons… …in celebration of their annual Melon Festival. The Melon Festival took place in downtown Howell, with … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 17, 2019. In the town of DeWitt, Michigan… …I made my way downtown… …to visit their annual Ox Roast. Right off the bat, I saw that this was a festival where the carnival was a big draw… …as it had taken over the … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 16, 2019. When I first arrived in Montrose, I admit that the carnival first grabbed my attention… …as it was pretty sizable with plenty of rides… …various games… …and a lot of carnival food… …but I was more interested in what saw across … Read more