Springs Folk Festival Set
For October 1, 2

The highest village in Pennsylvania, alive with the splash of autumn’s vivid colors and surrounded by the clip-clop of the local Amish traveling the back roads will be the setting of the 42nd Annual Springs Folk Festival.

The event is an opportunity for you and your family to experience how our forefathers worked and played by stepping back in time to a celebration of their arts and skills. Ongoing demonstrations will make the two days, Friday and Saturday, October 1 and 2, a unique adventure.

Stand aside and observe how the women labored preparing their daily bread and clothing for the family. Witness how men toiled splitting rails for fences, boiled down sugar water to make the sweet maple syrup, and hand flailed the grain. Listen to the sounds of the old steam engine as it gives off its lyrical toot and the beat of the engines of old time hay balers and a steam-powered shingle maker. Hear the laughter of the children as they ride the hay wagon through the nature trail. Solve the problem of what to buy that person that has everything by shopping among the beautiful hand-crafted items available for sale at the juried craft show.

To tickle your taste buds, fresh baked bread, warm from the stone outdoor bake oven, piled high with homemade butter and fresh apple butter, doughnuts that will melt in your mouth, funnel cakes to tempt the young and old alike, are all prepared on site. If you feel like a light lunch, sandwiches and bean soup are waiting for you. For heartier appetites our traditional PA Dutch meal of Yoder’s country sausage, fried potatoes, dried corn, and all the trimmings are yours for the asking, served cafeteria-style or family all-you-can-eat fashion.

Don’t miss the continual performances of the banjo and fiddle, hammered dulcimer, and the a cappella voices of local Mennonites and barber shop quartets located in the music building. Also, there is an original pageant depicting life in the area in the 1800s and early 1900s.

Activities for the kids include: free admission to the Springs Museum displaying life of the early Casselman Valley settlers and many other attractions too numerous to mention.

Admission to the festival is $5 for adults (including parking) and $2 for ages 6-18 and under 6 free. Event hours are 9 am - 5 pm, Friday and Saturday, October 1 and 2. Springs is located on Rt. 669 between Salisbury, PA. (US 219) and Grantsville, MD. (US 40, I-68 exit 19) in southern Somerset County, PA. For more information call (814) 662-4158 or (814) 662-2051.