85 booths will line Main Street, plus farmers' market, music, food, animals and more...on Saturday
It's Arts and Crafts Show Saturday.
This year’s event includes 85 booths featuring area crafters plus Bluffton businesses. The show, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will stretch along Main Street from Elm Street to the post office.
Here’s what the day involves:
• Booths on Main Street, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Farmers’ market from 8:30 a.m. to noon
• Pony rides at south end of Main, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Local food vendors, during the day
• Entertainment, late morning and early afternoon
Food booths
• Bluffton Senior Citizens Center
• Bluffton Presbyterian Church
• Crawfis Kettle Corn
• Larson Barbecue
• Downtown restaurants
Entertainment
Four musical groups will perform. Show times are late morning to early afternoon.
• Columbus-based Mariachi Guadalajara band will perform in front of Tu Pueblo Mexican Restaurant. The band has performed several times at the restaurant and this is their first appearance at the craft show.
• Elaine Wehri will perform on accordion in front of Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. She performed this winter at a chamber breakfast and also performs frequently at the senior center.
• Stephen Johnson of Ada will perform on bagpipes as he walks around the craft booths. He has performed at a chamber breakfast, at Maple Crest and at last year’s arts and crafts show.
• Jim Boedicker will perform in the morning during the farmers' market in the Citizens National Bank parking lot.
Animals
• Hickle Pony Rides of Mt. Blanchard will offer rides for youth. The rides will be near the post office. Rides will take place from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
• Hard Rock Llama Co., rural Bluffton, will have an exhibit on Vine Street. Mike, Wendy and Mandy Gerken own the llamas.
Friends of the Library will conduct a used book sale at the library on Saturday.
Sponsors
Several Bluffton chamber members are sponsors of this years' show. They include:
• Bluffton Aeration Services
• Bluffton Hospital
• Bluffton Icon
• Citizens National Bank
• Edward Jones
• DTR Industries
• Family Eye Care Clinic
• Greg's Pharmacy
• Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio
• R.J. Boehr Site Seekers
• Shannon Theatre
• Ten Thousand Villages
• Et Cetera Shop
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
- Production offers a modern take on the story of St. Clare of Assisi
- Bluffton volleyball edged in 5 by Van Buren
- Pirate girls soccer tie O-G
- October 16 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton Council recap: Officers honored for 25 years of service
- Bluffton Clean Up teams up with Troop 3256 Cub Scouts
- Ada FFA: Feeding the Farmers
- Nov. 7 Fall Community Day at Bluffton University
- Quarry Farm Nature Preserve news for Fall 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 13
- Bluffton area Women in Business meeting October 15
- Leo club glasses collection
- Night at the (Swiss Historical) Museum, October 24
- Woodcarving ornament workshop at Swiss Heritage Center
- Barefoot nature walks at the Nature Preserve
- Pirate volleyball seeded 4th
- Beavers sports roundup, October 6-11
- Bluffton leaf pickup scheduled for last week of October
- Pirate boys soccer shuts out Bellefontaine
- Watch an after school movie at the Bluffton Public Library
- Dunlap awarded OSBA humanitarian award