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Northeast |
| The Kutztown Dutch Festival Kutztown, Pennsylvania, through July 8 www.kutztownfestival.com This folk festival features a quilt show, authentic re-enactments of Pennsylvania-Dutch lifestyle, six stages with live entertainment, crafts shows, and even a hay maze for children. |
| Eastport’s 4th of July (Old Home Week) Celebration Eastport, Maine, July 1–4 www.eastport4th.com Come and celebrate the beauty of the land in this historic port city on the Atlantic Ocean. The four-day celebration features music, the largest 4th of July parade in Maine, food, crafts, contests, fireworks, and more. |
| Parade and 19th Annual Sandcastle Contest Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 2-3 www.oldorchardbeachmaine.com Celebrate the 4th of July and enjoy a parade and band concert with line and square dancing. The sandcastle contest on the beach offers fun for the whole family. |
| 60th Annual Maine Potato Blossom Festival Fort Fairfield, Maine, July 17-22 www.potatoblossom.org This famous event includes mashed-potato wrestling, a potato-picking contest, pageants, a parade, live music, a crafts fair, fireworks, and much more. |
| Maine Celtic Celebration Belfast, Maine, July 19–22 www.mainecelticcelebration.com Celebrate Penobscot Bay’s Celtic heritage with traditional music, dance, highland games, sporting events, rugby scrums, and competitions such as Celtic “Iron Chef,” Cheese Roll, Men in Kilts, and Cod Toss Relay. |
| 42nd Annual Yarmouth Clam Festival Yarmouth, Maine, July 20-22 www.clamfestival.com Get your clams any way you want ’em: fried clams, steamed clams, clam cakes, clam chowder. The event also features a parade, musical performances, a juried craft show, an art show, sports contests, a carnival, and a variety of free family-oriented activities. |
| Quilt Odyssey Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, July 26–29 www.quiltodyssey.com This quilt extravaganza offers the finest in both traditional and modern quilting. The contest draws entries from some of the very best quilters competing for generous cash prizes. |
| 16th Annual Pocono Blues Festival Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, July 27–29 www.800poconos.com This festival showcases some of the finest blues artists in the world and is a must-see summer music event for any blues fan. |
| 74th Annual League of New Hampshire Craftmen’s Fair Concord, New Hampshire, August 4–12 www.nhcrafts.org Learn skills from master craftspeople at special one-on-one craft workshops and view a screening of a documentary film on the history of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. |
| Antiques & Design in the Hamptons Bridgehampton, New York, August 17–19 www.stellashows.com Set up under festive white tents on the lawn of the Bridgehampton Historical Society, 50 dealers offer fine art, Art Deco and mid-century modern furniture, folk art, formal and country furnishings, jewelry, and garden antiques. |
Central |
| Woodruff Place Home and Garden Tour Indianapolis, Indiana, June 30–July 1 www.woodruffplace.com One of the oldest neighborhoods in Indianapolis, and its first suburb, Woodruff Place offers tours of seven houses, four gardens, and two art studios . Entertainment includes a vintage-clothing fashion show and a photo display of Woodruff Place past and present. |
| Torch Light Tour of the Hocking River Columbus, Ohio, July 3 www.canoerental.com Take a 4-mile nighttime canoe trip down the Hocking River. Encounter nocturnal creatures and end the trip with a blazing bonfire. Join with fellow canoers for an old-fashioned hot-dog roast. Reservations required. |
| Southport Lighthouse Tours Kenosha, Wisconsin, July 7–8 and August 4–5 www.kenoshahistorycenter.org Travel to the top of the 1866 Southport Lighthouse and view Lake Michigan from 55 feet up. Learn about local history at the nearby museum. |
| Wheaton Fine Art Fair Wheaton, Illinois, July 14–15 www.downtownwheaton.com Downtown Wheaton boasts 90 juried artists, live entertainment from classical music to jazz, award-winning culinary delights, a Friday evening preview gala under the Grand Tent, and an overall great atmosphere to celebrate the arts. |
| Ann Arbor Street Art Fair Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 18–21 www.artfair.org Often listed as one of the top art shows in the country, this event attracts more than 1,000 artists and half million visitors to the University of Michigan campus area. The 48th annual event includes free concerts and plenty of food and drink vendors. |
| Powell Antique Street Market Powell, Ohio, July 29 www.visitpowell.com Vendors line the streets of downtown Powell for an old-fashioned street market. Shop for antiques, collectibles, crafts, plants, and produce. Enjoy great food and more. |
| Dublin Irish Festival Dublin, Ohio, August 3–5 www.dublinirishfestival.org Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Dublin Irish Festival, featuring seven stages of Irish rock, traditional, and popular music performed by internationally acclaimed Irish bands. Learn to play a fiddle or whistle while visiting a 10th-century Irish village. Watch an Irish dancing competition with performers from around the country or learn about Celtic canines. |
| Bargains Galore on 64 Fort Smith to Beebe, Arkansas, August 9–11 www.bargainsgaloreon64.comArkansas’s largest yard sale, stretching 160 miles along highway 64, features vendors selling antiques, collectibles, and flea-market items. The 8th annual sale now brings dealers from outside the area, granting the possibility that you can find just about anything. |
Southeast |
| July 4th Celebration and Anvil Shoot Norris, Tennessee, July 4 www.museumofappalachia.com This old-fashioned celebration is highlighted by the anvil shoot, in which an iron anvil is packed with gunpowder, ignited with a deafening boom, and catapulted as high as the treetops. Learn about traditional mountain skills, from crosscut sawing to old-time music and hearth-cooking to woodcarving. Sample sassafras tea and fried apple pies. |
| Dollhouse Miniatures Convention and Show Orlando, Florida, July 19–22 www.miniatures.org Themed “That’s Entertainment,” the show features miniatures artisans, workshops, luncheons, and exhibits. Learn to make dolls, furniture, and landscapes and even how to electrify your dollhouse. |
| Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair Gatlinburg, Tennessee, July 20–29 www.craftsmenfair.com One of the Southeast’s most popular crafting events, Gatlinburg consistently attracts the country’s best artisans. In addition to selling their wares, these talented craftspeople will display their skills for audiences to watch and learn. |
| Asheville Antiques Fair Asheville, North Carolina, August 3–4 www.exploreasheville.com Visit what is believed to be the oldest antiques show in the Southeast with more than 50 invited dealers. The show features furniture, art, silver, and jewelry. Bring your treasures for verbal appraisals. |
| Slotin Folk Art Show Norcross, Georgia, August 17–19 www.slotinfolkart.com The world’s largest folk-art show features dealers from around the nation specializing in self-taught art, Southern folk pottery, outsider art, and anonymous antique art. |
Mountain Pacific |
| Old Stuff on Main Street—An American Antique Fair Silverton, Oregon, July 4 www.silvertonchamber.org The 4th annual antique fair sports an excellent variety of venders and collectors in the heart of charming downtown Silverton. Come in the morning, stay for lunch, and linger for dinner and fireworks in the evening. |
| Crested Butte Wildflower Festival Crested Butte, Colorado, July 9–15 www.crestedbuttewildflowerfestival.com More than 190 individual events are planned for the 2007 Festival. These include daily alpine flower-identification hikes, wetland tours, garden tours, local musicians, workshops on natural history and landscaping, the annual wildflower art exhibit and sale, a garden tea party, and a gourmet dinner featuring edible flowers. |
| Idaho Lavender Festival Athol, Idaho, July 21–22 www.northwestlavenderguild.org This annual festival celebrates all things lavender. Enjoy music, crafts shows, a fishing pond, and a demonstration cabin, as well as the nearby mountains and scenic parks. |
