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
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Blanchard Valley Health Foundation welcomes Sapp as Chief Development Officer
- LEO Club invitation to 5K and 1-mile walk & stroll
- Memorial bench and tree planting at Village Arboretum
- Bluffton Beavers sports roundup, April 16-22
- Pirate baseball loss vs. Fort Jennings
- Alan Garmatter is new CNB Chief Credit Officer
- Parks & Recreation Committee meets April 25
- Bad Dreams: Health implications
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
- ONU theater students give voice to the Ukrainian people
- Permits will be needed for overnight parking on Spring St.
- April 26 Easter for Kids event
- Anabaptist choral concert on April 27
- April 23 landscaping night at the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club-LE&W Depot
- Upcoming BPL events, April 21-26
- Marc Augsburger is 2025 Outstanding Alumni from Rhodes State College
- Pirate girls win O-G Gold track meet, Bluffton boys 2nd