Kansas Sampler Festival
The 2009 Kansas Sampler Festival
Sat., May 2, 2009, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun., May 3,2009, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Concordia's City Park, 11th and Washington
Adults $5; Children 7-14 $3
It's a living brochure of Kansas!
In 2008, 145 communities provided a sample of what there is
to see, do, hear, taste, buy, and learn in Kansas!
(see photo gallery below - click on photo for larger view)
The 2008 Festival went great in Concordia. It was held May 3-4.
Over six thousand attended.
Do you wish that you could go to one place and experience a living brochure of what there is to see and do in Kansas? You're in luck!
In 1990, Mil and Marci Penner had a book signing party for their first Kansas guidebook, Kansas Weekend Guide. They invited places in the book to come help support the purpose of the book which was to inspire travel throughout Kansas. These attractions filled one big tent. It was a cold November day with rain turning into snow but still a thousand people came to the farm. The event became the Kansas Sampler Festival in 1991 and was held until 1997 on the Penner farm near Inman. In 1993 the Festival became a project of the newly formed Kansas Sampler Foundation.
It was decided to take the festival on the road starting in 1998 to expose more people to the festival exhibitors. After a bid process,
Festival Features
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Over 140 Kansas communities tell what they have to see and do;
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dozens of entrepreneurs sell their Kansas-made products;
- Kansas entertainers perform, sell CD's and showcase for future bookings;
- historical performers provide a sampling of many characters;
- Kansas questions are asked at The Stump, prizes given;
- food booths tell the Kansas story through their menus
Phone: 620-585-2374