48th Annual

Where Arts meet Folk & Folks meet Art

2010 Arts & Crafts Festival opens Thursday,
August 5th and runs through Sunday, August 8th

Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
9 am - 7 pm, Sunday, 9 am - 5 pm

Swan paddle boat rides

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Celebrating 48 years, Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival has been ranked as the 20th Best Classic and Contemporary Craft Show in the Country, the highest honor for any Indiana show, by Sunshine Artist Magazine. The American Bus Association (ABA) selected the Arts & Crafts Festival as a Top 100 Event in North America in 2003, 2006, and 2008; simply unprecidented. (Email JenniWysong@AmishAcres.com for availability due to cancellations)

2009 Arts & Crafts Festival!

Artist & Craftsmen Information

Admission

Adult Gate Admission $7.00
Seniors (60 & older) $6.00
Active Military $6.00
Students 12 – 17 $6.00
Children under 12 FREE
Two Day Pass $12.00
Four Day Pass $20.00 *
* Four Day Pass requires signature ID each day.

Groups of 20 - 80: $6.00 per person
Driver & Leader complimentary
Groups of 81 or more: $5.00 per person
Driver & Leader per coach complimentary

Aerial photo of Arts & Crafts Festival

Over 300 artists and crafters from around the country surround Amish Acres pond to apply their trade and sell their wares. Live entertainment on three stages throughout the day includes country bands, magicians and square dancing. Festival foods are a very important part of the four day event featuring everything from apple pie to zucchini bread. Best in Show cash prizes, children's entertainment tent and much more have earned the festival the honor of being one of the Top 200 festivals in the nation and the 8th Top Traditional Crafts Show by Sunshine Artist Magazine. The Arts & Crafts Festival has also been rated as one of Leisure Group Travel magazine's Top 50 Outstanding Festivals and events.

Entertainment and Festive Food fills every minute of every day!

Continuous Entertainment on 3 Stages, Roving Clowns, Medicine Show & Musicians, Square & Line Dancing, Paddle Boats, Cloggers, Festival Foods from Roast Pork to Preaching Pies, Tasty Ice Cream to Sassafras Iced Tea, Amish Acres Tour, Rides, Shops, Famous Family-Style Restaurant, The Round Barn Theatre Showing Plain and Fancy, and Oklahoma! Old time music fills the main stage while kids ride the swan paddle boats on the pond.
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Two identical Papparazi 50 cc retro Italian Style Motor Scooters given away during the 47th Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival

Motor Scooters Give Away Over 4,000 visitors signed up for the drawing at the 2009 festival that awarded a snazzy motor scooter to the lucky winner. The artists and craftsmen were jeleous that they could not enter; so this year's event will give two scooters instead of one. One will be given again to visitors who register, the other to the artists and craftsmen participating in the show.

Winners will be drawn and announced at the close of the festival on Sunday and need not be present to win. Because it gets 90 mpg, the winner has no worries about gas and therefore can spend freely at the festival.
The winner of the scooters are responsible for pick up, title work, licencing, insurance, and all other requirements by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Amish Acres assumes no responsibilty or liability for the actions of the winner and makes no representations as to the legality of the winner's actions.

Carl Queen, Oklahoma, won the scooter given to the artists & craftsmen and Kelly Midallditch, Goshen, Indiana, won the scotter given to the festival's visitors.

Kauffman supplies John Deere Gators for the festival

John Deere Gators for festival are supplied by Kauffmans & Sons, Goshen and Mishawaka.