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“I grew up in Kutztown, right down the street from the fairgrounds, and back in the late ’60s and the ’70s, it was bus after bus after bus that would come and go to the Folk Festival.
Steven Henshaw, Reading Eagle, Pa. Sun, July 7, 2024 at 3:47 AM UTC 5 min read ...
The Kutztown Folk Festival is now in its 65th year of celebrating Pennsylvania Dutch culture. Thousands of people from all over the world come out to see hundreds of artisans, food vendors ...
Reading Eagle, Pa. Opinion Hints of Kutztown Folk Festival’s woes preceded announcement [opinion] Steven Henshaw, Reading Eagle, Pa. Fri, November 22, 2024 at 9:16 AM PST 2 min read ...
Folk Arts on the Farm, a festival that will recall some of the activities of the defunct Kutztown Folk Festival, will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 4-5 at Hausman Fruit Farm in Lower Milford ...
On Tuesday, The Kutztown Folk Festival's board of directors announced that it will not return in 2025 due to financial struggles. The festival started in 1950, but since 2022, it has lost $347,000 ...
The PA Dutch language itself, with roots in the 1700s, is rarely spoken outside of Amish and Mennonite communities today. It's unclear if there's an encore in store for the Kutztown Folk Festival.
Wapwallopen resident and retired art teacher Ivan E. Hoyt was honored June 29 by the Kutztown Folk Festival and the Borough of Kutztown for 39 years of participating as a demonstrating craftsman ...
Kutztown Folk Festival Published: Jun. 17, 2008, 7:06 p.m. By RICK SELTZER, The Patriot-News ...
The backup supply of bagged ice melted away shortly after the gates opened for Day 8 of the Kutztown Folk Festival on Saturday. The engine compartment of a refrigerated container truck caught on fire.