BUTLER — Shoppers, start your engines: The holidays are less than 100 days away.
If you like to start your gift-getting early, this weekend’s Prairie Peddler offers a great opportunity to find unique, handmade items.
The popular festival returns to the woods of Butler on Sept. 28 and Sept 29. and continues Oct. 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
As always, visitors will have plenty of opportunities to shop, eat and enjoy live music.
This year’s event will feature more than 240 vendors selling decor, home goods, bath and body products, teas and spices, leather goods, jewelry, art, toys and more.
The festival will also feature nearly 30 food vendors selling comfort food, barbecue and burgers, Amish-style cooking, desserts and more.
Children’s activities will include sand art, soap making, candle making, a free petting zoo, pony rides and horse-drawn wagon rides. A kid zone will have face painting, arts and crafts and free magic shows.
Live performances include rock, country and bluegrass
This year’s festival will include live church services, music performances and children’s magic shows, spread out across four stages.
Clarence and the Beekeepers are a rock group based in the Cleveland area. Rick DeWitt plays a wide variety of music, from island sing-along favorites to timeless Americana heartland rock classics and top country hits, according to his Facebook page. The Oolong Gurus describe their musical style as “outlaw country and rock to the roots.” Mike Gorrell is a country artist. Barefoot McCoy’s website lists his genres as folk, folk rock, Americana and singer-songwriter. Kentucky Thunder specializes in country and bluegrass.
See below for the full lineup.
September 28
11 a.m Christian Cloggers Dance Team at Mohican Meadows Stage
11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Clarence and the Beekeepers at the Homestead Stage (Food Court)
11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Rick DeWitt at the Raccoon Hollow Stage
11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Magic Shows with Jania at the Kidzone Stage
September 29
11 a.m. Church service at the Mohican Meadows Stage
11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Barefoot McCoy at the Homestead Stage
11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Rick DeWitt at the Raccoon Hollow Stage
11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Magic Shows with Jania at the Kidzone Stage
12:30 p.m. Lincoln Highway Bluegrass at the Mohican Meadows Stage
2:30 p.m. Lincoln Highway Bluegrass at the Mohican Meadows Stage
October 5
All day Oolong Gurus at the Homestead Stage
1 p.m. Acoustic Nights at the Mohican Meadows Stage
3 p.m. Acoustic Nights at the Mohican Meadows Stage
11 a.m. to 3 p.m Mike Gorrell at Raccoon Hollow Stage
1 p.m. Magic with Nick Eaton at Kidzone Stage
3 p.m. Magic with Nick Eaton at Kidzone Stage
October 6
All day Oolong Gurus at the Homestead Stage
11 a.m. Church service at the Mohican Meadows Stage
11 a.m. to 3 p.m Mike Gorrell at Raccoon Hollow Stage
1 p.m. Kentucky Thunder at the Mohican Meadows Stage
3 p.m. Kentucky Thunder at the Mohican Meadows Stage
1 p.m. Magic with Nick Eaton at Kidzone Stage
3 p.m. Magic with Nick Eaton at Kidzone Stage
If you go to Prairie Peddler
Prairie Peddler is located at 3170 State Route 97 in Butler. Entry is $10 for adults, $3 for kids age six to 12 and free for children under six.
Parking is free and golf-cart shuttles will be available. The venue will have handicap parking spots.
The paths inside the festival are gravel, so wheelchairs and strollers with wide wheels are recommended.
The festival’s new Facebook page advises visitors to bring cash, since the ticket gates and most food stands are cash-only. Cell service may be limited. ATMS will be set up by gates 1 and 3.
Pets are not permitted, with the exception of service dogs.
Prairie Peddler will take place rain or shine.
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