The Kutztown Festival, Pennsylvania Dutch folklife festival

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- Entertainment
- Crafts
- Kids' Stuff
- Food
- Quilts
- Folklore
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- Places to Stay
- Directions & Map
- Press Room
- Volunteers
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- Festival Shop
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- Hex Signs
- Memorabilia
- Book Store
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Contact Us
- dave@kutztownfestival.com

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June 28 – July 6, 2008 9am - 6pm

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Check out the Entertainment Schedule! Bring your family to enjoy the finest in traditional crafts, food, music and folklife. Fun for all ages! 200 of Americas finest traditional craftsmen. Fascinating demonstrations and treasures you can take home ....

Visit America's largest Quilt Sale. Over 2,500 traditional quilts, handmade by local quilters. Experience the exciting quilt auction of the top 24 prize winners on the second Saturday.
Sponsored by Byers' Choice, Ltd


A wonderful experience for children! Delightful baby farm animals, puppets, make-and- take crafts, hay stacks and mazes, story time, singalongs, and hands on fun. Sponsored by The Morning Call

History unfolds before your eyes. Folklife, farming and gardening, churches and weddings, PA-Dutch dialect and folklore, spinning and weaving, country cooks, blacksmiths, furniture, candles, and more...

Mouthwatering PA-Dutch Food! Tantalizing family style feasts, ox roasts, sausage sandwiches, pies, pastries and lots more! Non-stop entertainment. Live music and dancing, comedy, country auctions, parades and bands. Fiddling, storytelling and historical seminars and traditions.Witness a 19th century hanging or take part in an old-fashioned cake walk.

The best examples of Pennsylvania Dutch and early American folk art and crafts are found in the outstanding works of 200 of the nation’s most skilled artisans.

Included in the 2007 festival will be fine furniture, miniatures, pottery,clothing, musical instruments, hand-painted art, iron ornaments, weavings, brooms, baskets, florals, hex painting, jewelry, leather, cut paper art known as “scherenschnitte,” Pennsylvania German calligraphic writing called "fraktur", beeswax candles and more.

Photo credits : Joe Marcus, Terry Wilde

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Check out our wide selection of the finest silk screened Pennsylvania Dutch Hex signs.

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