2008 Winners Announced!

Where Arts meet Folk & Folks meet Art

2008 Arts & Crafts Festival opens Thursday, July 31st and runs through Sunday, August 3rd

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

Swan paddle boat rides

Celebrating 46 years, Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival has been ranked as the 7th Best Classic and Contemporary Craft Show in the Country for 2008, 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 now 2008; simply unprecidented.

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

350 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. $10,000 in 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.

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 Carousel. Old time music fills the main stage while kids ride the swan paddle boats on the pond.

All Festival Visitors may Register for the Grand Prize Italian Style Scooter

All festival visitors may register to win this Picanto 50cc retro Italian Style Scooter. It was designed after World War II in 1946. So it is appropriate in this 46th year of the festival that it be the Grand Prize. The winner 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 need not be present to win. This scooter is available at Lakeside Marine, Syracuse, Indiana.

Jenni Wysong, marketplace director, and Janis Logsdon, marketing director, pose with the Picanto Scooter in front of the W.H. Best & Co. Meat and Cheese Shop at Amish Acres.

The winner of the scooter is responsible for pick up, title work, licencing, insurance, and all other requirements of 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.

In addition, $50 VISA Gas cards will be given away during the festival each day. Winners must be present.