Well, we don’t condone you resort to hitchhiking, but we want you to know all your options for getting to Strange Folk and what’s what when you are there!
Did you know the Metrolink goes to O’Fallon? Just take the Red Line all the way to the Shiloh-ScottAFB station. You can totally bike it from there (it’s about 5 miles and we have plenty of bike racks at the park! You’ll find on in front of the pool, near the stage), or hop on the #12 Metro Bus Westbound(SATURDAY ONLY!), get …
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A list of vendors that have been featured on the front page. Click “2011 Vendors” on the top menu to see the entire line-up!
Starting today, every day leading up to the festival, we will post new raffle prizes(awesome handmade merchandise!) on our Facebook Page that vendors has pledged. The vendor will get a Facebook mention - a description of the prize and a link to their vendor listing on our website (with the pic thumbnail). The status will begin with the Date and "RAFFLE PRIZE" in all caps, because we know you love reading things in all-caps. From that point forward, until the mentioned end time, any fan(i.e. Facebooker that 'Likes' our page) ...
More than just a craft show, Strange Folk Festival is an event that entertains, educates, nurtures, and strengthens the community. The Southern IL Artisan Guild will be hosting a variety of craft demos including weaving, spinning, wood carving and more. Kids will squeal with delight at the activities just for them -- a mushroom playhouse, giant sandbox, alpaca petting zoo, hands-on crafts with the Girl Scouts and Discovery School, handmade hula hoops to whirl, and performances by top-spinner HiTadah. Grown-ups will find plenty to entertain and delight them, too. Rub elbows with local ...
Entrees and Snacks Urban Eats Cafe - BBQ Pork Bao, Gourmet Chicken Dogs, Vegetarian Rice Bowl, Fitz' Sodas T-Mo's - Fried Tacos, Fried Chips & Salsa, Nachos & Cheese made with flour tortilla chips, Fried Pies (Chocolate, Apple, and Peach), Lemon Shake-Ups, Orange Shake-Ups, Sweet Tea, and Monster Energy Drink. Romeros Concessionaires - Kabobs(shrimp,pork,chicken,beef), Fresh Fruit Shake Ups -strawberry,orange,lemonade, Crab Rangoon, Lemonade,grilled chicken salad,chicken wraps. Boy Scouts Pack 35 - Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hotdogs, water, soda, chips, hot chocolate Royel Catering - Lemon shake up, Frozen fruit smoothies, Veggie wraps, turkey wraps, BLT wraps, Ribbon fries, ...
Saturday 10:30am - Stephen Koritta 12pm - Robot Parade 1:30pm - Jack Dupp and the Empty Bottles 3pm - Erin and Her Electric Harp 4:30 - Graham Pagano Sunday 10:30am - The Bluelights 12pm - Dance Floor Riot 1:30pm - The Ukulele Cowboy Society 3pm - Angry Panda
You are cordially invited to yarn bomb the trees(or anything else) at Strange Folk Festival 2011! We are crowd-sourcing our decorations this year! The following are some front and center specimens, and their measurements. Knit/crochet sumin' pretteh! It should be a rectangle or some other shape that we can wrap around the tree and secure with zip ties(we provide those). You could also go to the park and scope something else you'd like to bomb - you seriously are welcome to graffiti ANYTHING with yarn! Acrylic yarn works best for outdoor conditions, ...
Right. So, it's that time again. Will your crafts be too mainstream for Hipster Mermaid? Fill out our online application to be a vendor, and find out! It doesn't cost you anything, and you want to sell your handmade ish at Strange Folk, so just apply already. Got questions someone has already asked us? If you plan on sharing a tent with another vendor. 1. You both need to apply separately. 2. You both need to be chosen by the jury 3. We don't need to know that you want to share ...
Welcome to the calendrical compendium of St. Louis Indie Underland! It's become tradition for us to provide seasonal guides to crafty goodness happening around the city; both to give crafters a heads up on application dates, and to keep Strange Folk fans shopping handmade all year round. So without further adieu, bring on the Craftious Days! P.S. Strange Folk will start accepting applications from vendors on June 1st. P.S.S. We WILL have a Disco Tent in 2011. More details soon! Indie Craft Revolution WHEN: Saturday, April 30th 11am-5pm & Sunday, May 1st 11am-4pm WHERE: St. Louis ...
The Upcycle Exchange has been a big part of Strange Folk for 2 years now. It's a unique program that collects post-consumer supplies for many of the artists at the festival. It is soooo close to winning Make: Magazine's Green Project Contest...less than 200 votes away from taking 1st place! I figure since there are thousands of Strange Folk fans, it couldn't hurt to post the link, close my eyes and cross my fingers hoping that you'll help put Upcycle Exchange on the national radar and send it's founder (yeah, ...
We know that, realistically, most of you did not get all your gift-shopping done at the festival, but that's no excuse not to BUY HANDMADE this holiday season! There are so many awesome events and retail stores in and around St. Louis. We've done our best to list them all. You can also search our vendor index to find online shops of nearly all our participating 2010 artists. Happy Holidays from all us strange folk!
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