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8th Annual Union County Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival is September 18-20.

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The 2015 Union County Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival will run from Friday, September 18 through Sunday, September 20. The event will be held again this year at the Pottersburg Bridge, 17141 Inskeep-Cratty Road, North Lewisburg. General admission is $5 and includes both Saturday and Sunday. Children under 12 are admitted for free. There will be tons of great music, food, and history.

When Joe and I attended Mechanicsburg Junior High School, one of our super history teachers was Mr. Bill Purk. Mr. Purk was also my Junior High basketball coach (he sadistically loved to make us run sprints and I can still hear him telling us to line up for one more gut busting sprint down the gym–“On the line!”).

Mr. Purk is also a wonderful musician who performed at my and Joe’s wedding reception. Mr. Purk and The Muleskinner Band will be playing at the Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival on Friday for the Sunset dinner on the bridge, which is so popular it is now sold out. You can still have breakfast on the bridge, however, on Saturday from 9 am to 10:30 am.

For a full musical line up, go HERE.

There will be a special Saturday evening concert from 4:30-6:30 pm featuring the Sugar Creek Bluegrass with Bill Purk as the emcee. Tickets are $12 in advance for the concert or $15 at the bridge. Again, children 12 and under are free. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Union County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 937-642-6279 or emailing: info@unioncounty.org.

This is the eighth year for this festival and it only continues to get better and better!

For a full schedule of events for the festival, go HERE.

To find out more, visit the web site HERE.

To LIKE the event on Facebook and see photos from previous festivals, go HERE.

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Covered Bridge Blue Grass Festival

Union County Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival is September 19-21.

The 2014 Union County Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival will run from Friday, September 19 through Sunday, September 21. The event will be held again this year at the Pottersburg Bridge, 17141 Inskeep-Cratty Road, North Lewisburg. You can even have dinner on the Pottersburg Bridge on Friday evening and breakfast there on Saturday morning. Additionally, there will be tons of great music, food, and history. There will even be a “Marketplace” this year where you can buy antiques and art.

When Joe and I attended Mechanicsburg Junior High School, one of our super history teachers was Mr. Bill Purk. Mr. Purk was also my Junior High basketball coach (he sadistically loved to make us run sprints and I can still hear him telling us to line up for one more gut busting sprint down the gym–“On the line!”).

Mr. Purk is also a wonderful musician who performed at my and Joe’s wedding reception. Mr. Purk and The Muleskinner Band will be playing at the Covered Bridge Bluegrass Festival on Sunday from 2-4 pm.

For a full musical line up, go HERE.

This is the seventh year for this festival and it only continues to get better and better!

To find out more, visit the web site HERE.

To LIKE the event on Facebook and see photos from last year’s festival, go HERE.

Covered Bridge Festival, Festifair Arts & Crafts Show, and Shekinah Festival, Saturday, September 10.

This year, Union County will celebrate its covered bridges with the Covered Bridge Festival on Saturday, September 10. There will be guided bus tours, as well as drive-it-yourself tours. Previously, much of the festival was conducted in Marysville, but this year, there will also be lots of things planned right here in Plain City.

One of the biggest changes will be that the guided bus tours will be leaving not only from Marysville, but from the parking lot at Der Dutchman. A ticket booth in the parking lot will sell tickets ($8 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under) for the tours leaving at 8:45 am, 10:15 am, and 11:45 am. These bus tours will visit bridges in the southeast portion of Union County.

Besides the bus tours, there will also be a Special Covered Bridge Festival postage cancellation stamp at the Plain City Post Office from 9 am to noon; a Covered Bridge Art Sale at the Plain City Historical Society featuring Bob Wilson’s art (Bob Wilson will be attending) from 9 am to 4 pm; kids’ activities, quilting, craft sale, and a spaghetti lunch (11 am to 3 pm) at the Pleasant Valley Senior Center.

Additionally, motorcyclists can participate in a C & A Harley Davidson Motorcycle Ride of the bridges for a $10 registration fee. Registration begins at 10 am with the last bike heading out at 11 am. The registration proceeds will be donated to the Union County Humane Society.

For a complete schedule of events taking place countywide, go HERE.

The Festifair Arts & Crafts Show will also take place in Uptown Marysville from 9 am to 4 pm with over 140 crafters selling their artwork. There will also be food and music, including the Black Diamond Bluegrass Band from 10 am to 2 pm.

The Shekinah Festival and Auction will also take place on Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10. The featured entertainment Friday evening will be The Mullet Brothers beginning at 7:30 pm. Admission is FREE to this Country Gospel concert. Our friend, Alfred Mullet, is one of The Mullet Brothers and we promise you, he is always entertaining–and a wonderful singer. You will not want to miss this concert.

Food booths will open at 6 pm and some will stay open during The Mullet Brothers concert.

Without his disguise, Alfred tries to blend in to hold the groupies at bay.

Alfred Mullet, one of The Mullet Brothers--so famous he has to dress in disguise everywhere he goes.

 

The rest of the Shekinah Festival gets underway at sunrise on Saturday the 10th with hot air balloon rides and breakfast beginning at 7 am. Pancakes, sausage, coffee, and donuts will be some of the mouth watering breakfast items available. As always, there will also be lots of other food, activities for children, and many homemade items for sale. The much anticipated auction gets started at 10 am with the furniture and crafts portion. The hand-quilted quilts will be auctioned at 1 pm. Many of the auction items can be viewed on the web site.

This is the 32nd year for “The Biggest Little Festival in Ohio,” which is the main way Shekinah Christian School raises money to keep their tuition rates affordable. Please stop by and support them.

Eldchrist Winery Releases Covered Bridge Wine at Old Town Inn, August 24.

Eldchrist Winery will release their new Covered Bridge Wine at a Kickoff dinner at Old Town Inn in Marysville on Tuesday, August 24, between 5:30-8 pm. The wine is being released in preparation for the upcoming Union County Covered Bridge Festival on Saturday, September 11.

Old Town Inn is located at 113 West 5th Street in Marysville. For reservations, call 937-644-0315.

Eldchrist Winery is located at 8189 State Route 736 in Plain City.