Green Options » Strange Folk Festival http://greenoptions.com/tag/strange-folk-festival Posts tagged 'Strange Folk Festival' Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Crafting in the Midwest: Renegade Chicago and Strange Folk St. Louis Accepting Artist Applications http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/06/04/crafting-in-the-midwest-renegade-chicago-and-strange-folk-st-louis-accepting-artist-applications/ http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/06/04/crafting-in-the-midwest-renegade-chicago-and-strange-folk-st-louis-accepting-artist-applications/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:31:52 +0000 Julie Finn http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/06/04/crafting-in-the-midwest-renegade-chicago-and-strange-folk-st-louis-accepting-artist-applications/ Strange Folk 2008I am currently a Midwesterner. I stand in line for sweet corn every Saturday at the farmer’s market. Every April, I cheer on my students who ride in the Little 500. Heck, John Cougar Mellancamp lives in my town–is that Midwest enough for you?

As an indie crafter, I’m always bummed that the majority of awesome indie fairs–Maker Faire, most of the Bazaar Bizzare locations, three-fourths of the Renegades–choose to operate on the peripheries of the continental U.S. (it’d probably suck even more if I lived in Hawaii, but I’m willing to bet there are compensations to make up for the inconvenience of living in Hawaii).

So I’m always extra stoked when there are good, national-level indie craft fairs that operate right here in the heartland (occasionally known as the “armpit of America”). Here are two good ones, and how to get involved:

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