54th Annual Madison County Craft Festival is September 8 & 9, 2018 at the Madison County Historical Society
The Madison County Historical Society's Craft Days was recently rebranded, Madison County Craft Festival. In our 54th year, the show continues to maintain the standard of jurying in quality crafters and artisans who create their own handmade crafts. We have a wide selection of contemporary arts and crafts, ranging from functional to decorative 2-D and 3-D works including fabric, glass, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, metal, glass, floral, drawings, paintings, jewelry photography, leather, and wood. Many of our crafters will be demonstrating how they create their beautiful artwork. The show will also offer craft workshops for children, music, and of course a variety of food vendors, and a few NYS wineries offering samples and sales.
The Madison County Craft Festival will be held on the beautiful historical society grounds located at 435 Main Street in Oneida on Saturday, September 8 from 10 am-5 pm and on Sunday, September 9 from 10 am- 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Purchase a weekend pass for $8 and join us both days!
Kevin Keating will be performing on Saturday from 1 pm -3 pm. Double Chase will be performing on Sunday from 1 pm - 3 pm.
Join us under our kid activity tent on the side yard for our scheduled kid activities. Girl Scout Unit 230 will be offering a variety of kid’s activities, including face painting. Imagination Station with Maya Phillips will be joining the festival with her free interactive activities for kids. There will also be old hometown games set-up for all to play. Face painting will be offered by Church on the Rocks on Saturday from 10-5. There will also be free house tours of Cottage Lawn and storytelling provided by the Oneida Public Library ongoing all weekend. The Oneida Rail Trail will be back on Saturday only with their popular colorful walking stick activity. On the society’s grounds for the public to tour will be the Tiny House that was constructed by Oneida High School students under the supervision of Bob Straczuk, Technology Arts Teacher at the high school.
We are very excited to announce a special raffle this year of a dragon fireplace tool set that has been created and donated by New York State Designer Blacksmiths. The drawing of the dragon fireplace tool set will be on Sept. 9. Tickets are $5 and are available now and during the show. New York State Designer Blacksmiths will be on grounds by the agricultural barn demonstrating the art of blacksmithing all weekend.
There will also have our fabulous raffle of craft items that are donated from our talented craft vendors. Tickets for this raffle are $1 each or 6 for $5.
There will be plenty of food at Madison County Craft Festival from Promotions Plus Roasted Nuts of Saratoga Springs; Pop’s Kettle Korn of Whitesboro; Joe Jerky’s of Sherill; Wincrest Bulk Foods of Munnsville; Milliman’s Fudge of Canastota; Dough Boys BBQ of Rome; The Cremeria of Sherrill; Bueno Taco of Hamilton (Saturday only); and Gypsy Girl Wood Fire Pizza and Catering of Sherrill (Sunday only). We have three New York State wineries participating from: Lakeland Winery of Syracuse; Victorianbourg Wine Estate of Wilson; and Thousand Islands Winery of Alexandria Bay.
No animals (service animals are welcome), or smoking are permitted on the grounds. Enjoy a fun family weekend shopping, eating delicious food, sampling NYS wineries, touring the historical society, listening to live music, watching crafters demonstrate their artistry, and partaking in the children’s activities at the Madison County Craft Festival at the Madison County Historical Society. For more information about the event and the listing of all of the talented artisans participating, please visit our website- www.mchs1900.org and click on the Madison County Craft Festival tab. The historical society can also be reached at 315-363-4136, or find us on Facebook at Madison County Craft Festival.
Public shopping at last year’s Craft Show. This year’s 54th Annual Madison County Craft Festival is on September 8 from10 am- 5 pm and September 9 from 10 am- 4 pm.
