20th Annual Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival

August 8, 2008 | Filed under: Out And About | Posted by: Woodworker's Guide

The second woodworking event that I went to this past weekend was the Twentieth Annual Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival held in the town of Lunenburg where there were fifty folk artists displaying over 1500 pieces of folk art!

The festival poster touted this as “the best four hours of fun on the South Shore” and they were not lying! Likewise, their website states, “The atmosphere is electric, there is colourful folk art everywhere, accented by the bright sounds of fiddle music, the auctioneers banter, door prize draws and the enthusiasm of browsers and buyers.” I couldn’t write it any better if I tried! It was a festival in the true sense of the word.

20th Annual Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival

Also from their website, “Sponsored by the Lunenburg Heritage Society with the support of the Nova Scotia Folk Art Society, this juried event has a fine and well-earned reputation as a premier festival showcasing and selling the work of the best Nova Scotia folk artists.”

As you can imagine, with over 1500 pieces on display I was treated to a wide range of the wild, the wacky, the wonderful, and the whimsical! Here are just a few photos that I took: