The Bluffton community’s 11th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 27, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
Here’s the schedule:
Maple Crest Senior Living Village, 700 Maple Crest Ct.
• Antique tractor show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Music by Easy Ed and The Country Pals (Bluegrass), 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1-1:45 p.m.
• Kiddie tractor pull, registration 1-1:30 p.m., pull starts 1:30 p.m.
• Fishing derby, 2-3:30 p.m.
• Food available 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St.
• Silent auction to noon Sept. 27
• Bake sale, 8:30 a.m.-until sold out
• Kid’s face painting, 10 a.m-4 p.m.
• Lunch, 10 a.m. and until sold out
• Fun photo booth, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Horse-drawn carriage rides from MMH and downtown, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Bingo (no cash prizes), 2 p.m.
• Kiddie train, kettle corn for sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Entertainment: DJ and Don Hurless Trio, noon-1: 30 p.m.
Willow Ridge, 101 Willow Ridge Dr.
All events from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Kloepfer’s Kitchen Concession
• DJ music
• Antique car show
Downtown Bluffton – Main Street retail district
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Many businesses have special sales. Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, American Girl doll tea, 9 a.m. (tickets required); lunch including soup, sandwiches and home made pies, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; wood artist chain saw exhibition on Vine Street; Horse-drawn carriage rides and bus rides from Mennonite Home stop at the Senior Center.
Swiss Community Historical Society homestead, 8350 Bixel Road -
Farm animal exhibits, straw bale maze and other kid’s games, corn shelling, bread-baking, needle crafts, open-fire meat roasting, popcorn popping, soup cooking, old-time rural crafts, wagon rides, horse plowing, Swiss-German music, historical exhibits and food available. New this year is a children’s role-playing of 1840s-era youth and farmers.
Bluffton Elementary School, 116 S. Jackson St. -
Bluffton Scrap Artists quilt show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. elementary gym. Several sewing projects on display.
BFR Sports and Fitness, 215 Snider Road
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Second annual Craft and Home Business Expo, over 30 booths of holiday gifts and specialty items. Craft vendors offer quilts, handmade furniture, glassware, patchwork animals, crocheted items, Fair-trade jewelry, and floral arrangements. National home-based businesses include: Advocare, Damsel in Defense, It Works, Jamberry Nails, Jewelry in Candles, Lia Sophia, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Paparazzi, Perfectly Posh, Pink Zebra, Scentsy, Tastefully Simple, Tealightful, Thirty-One, Usborne Books, Younique. Demonstrations provided throughout the day, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $1 admission.
Farmers’ Market, Citizens National Bank parking lot -
8:30 a.m. to noon, over 25 vendors.
Bluffton Hospital, 139 Garau St.
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Pony rides, face painting, inflatables for kids, pumpkin decorating and light refreshments. Transportation provided between downtown, BFR Sports and Fitness and the hospital during the day. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St. -
Friends of the Library book sale, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Book sale also open to public from Sept. 24 to 26.
Facebook updates -
For updates and complete information on the Bluffton Fall Festival visit its Facebook at facebook.com/BlufftonFallFest.
