Walnut Valley Festival
A world-renowned five-day bluegrass and acoustic music gathering that draws flat-pick and fingerstyle devotees from across the globe to the Walnut Valley Fairgrounds each autumn.
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"A genre-blending Labour Day weekend festival rooted in small-town creativity and community, drawing music lovers to the southeast Kansas plains for an eclectic outdoor lineup."
Middle of Everywhere Music Festival
"One of Kansas's classic autumn gatherings, this two-day fall festival fills Baldwin City with arts-and-crafts booths, local food, and the full spectacle of Flint Hills foliage colour."
Maple Leaf Festival
"Running since 1919 and taking its name from Halloween spelled backwards, this beloved multi-day festival is the oldest Halloween celebration in Kansas, featuring a themed musical, carnival, chili cook-off, and a parade through small-town Independence."
Neewollah
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Nicodemus Homecoming Emancipation Celebration
"The county seat of Rush County, home to the Barbed Wire Museum, hosts its traditional four-day agricultural fair with the patriotic theme Spotted at the Rush County Fair, celebrating 250 years of American freedom."
Rush County Fair
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Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo
"Billed as the world's oldest and largest old-time music and bluegrass competition, the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention has gathered mountain musicians at Felts Park since 1935, drawing competitors and campers from across the country."
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"An all-day street fair and live music festival filling Main Street in the charming small town of Bristol, Addison County, with local acts, vendors, and community celebration in the shadow of the Green Mountains."
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"An intimate two-day celebration of traditional fiddle and folk music set in the tiny Genesee Valley hamlet of Mumford, drawing acoustic musicians and dancers from across upstate New York."
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"The inaugural successor to the legendary Norsk Hostfest, this new two-day Nordic heritage festival at the Minot Municipal Auditorium carries forward decades of Scandinavian community tradition with two stages of entertainment, food, artisan crafts and educational programming."
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