Main Street Festivals: Traditional and UniqueEvents on America's Main Streets
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Main Street America is kicking up its heels--and you're invited tothe party!
Goodbye sprawl-and-mall--hello downtown! Long-neglected towncenters are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on mainstreets all across the country. Come celebrate their rebirth withthis one-of-a-kind guide to over 700 local festivals and eventsnationwide. From the weird and wacky to the wild and wonderful, thefun starts with Main Street Festivals. Which will you dofirst?
Enter a rubber duck race . . . Join a "walk of art" scavenger hunt. . .
Find hot-rod heaven . . . Play cow patty bingo . . .
See antiques and heirloom displays . . .
Discover "bullistic" bull riding . . . Go to a hog slopping contest. . .
Eat black dirt cake . . . Hear blues, bluegrass, and brass bands .. .
Watch a Little Miss National Peanut Pageant . . .
Inside you'll also learn where to find: an onion rodeo, cornstalkshooting, a beautiful baby bagel contest, arts and craftsdemonstrations, the perfect-pierogie cookoff, a slugburger fest,quilting exhibitions, farmer olympics, and more. . . . There'ssomething for everyone in Main Street Festivals.
Goodbye sprawl-and-mall--hello downtown! Long-neglected towncenters are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on mainstreets all across the country. Come celebrate their rebirth withthis one-of-a-kind guide to over 700 local festivals and eventsnationwide. From the weird and wacky to the wild and wonderful, thefun starts with Main Street Festivals. Which will you dofirst?
Enter a rubber duck race . . . Join a "walk of art" scavenger hunt. . .
Find hot-rod heaven . . . Play cow patty bingo . . .
See antiques and heirloom displays . . .
Discover "bullistic" bull riding . . . Go to a hog slopping contest. . .
Eat black dirt cake . . . Hear blues, bluegrass, and brass bands .. .
Watch a Little Miss National Peanut Pageant . . .
Inside you'll also learn where to find: an onion rodeo, cornstalkshooting, a beautiful baby bagel contest, arts and craftsdemonstrations, the perfect-pierogie cookoff, a slugburger fest,quilting exhibitions, farmer olympics, and more. . . . There'ssomething for everyone in Main Street Festivals.
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AMANDA B. WEST, Senior Program Associate for Information Resources at the National Main Street Center, is an ardent back-roads traveler and local-history enthusiast. The NATIONAL MAIN STREET CENTER, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, helps communities revitalize their historic commercial districts.
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Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States.
Southern States.
Midwestern States.
Mountains and Plains States.
Southwestern States.
Western States.
Illustration Credits.
Indexes.
Southern States.
Midwestern States.
Mountains and Plains States.
Southwestern States.
Western States.
Illustration Credits.
Indexes.
