2019 Midwest Fiber Festivals and Farm Tours
Hand spun yarn by Debra Gramza. Midwest Happenings!--the full events calendarJanuary 2019
January 5, 2019 Winter Wool Fest, Wamego, KS
February 2019
February 8 – 10, 2019 Sauder Village Fiber Arts Retreat, Archbold, OH
February 8 – 10, 2019: Midwest Fiber Frolic, Milwaukee, WI
February 13 – 17, 2019: Northern Fibers Retreat, Grand Marais, MN
February 22 – 23, 2019: Creative Spirit Fiber Festival, Bemidji, MN
March 2019
March 1 – 10, 2019 Roving Indiana Yarn Crawl, Central Indiana
March 8 – 9, 2019 Jay County Fiber Arts Festival, Portland, IN
March 15 – 16, 2019 Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Trails 5th Anniversary Tour, Cedarburg, WI
March 15 – 17, 2019 Madison Knitters Guild Knit-In, Madison, WI
March 16, 2019: Heartland Fiberpalooza, Winterset, IA
March 21 – 22, 2019 Threaded Streams Fiber Arts Trails: A Maker’s Experience Baraboo, WI
March 23, 2019 Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day and Fiber Fair, Bowling Green, OH
March 30 – 31, 2019 Buckeye Alpaca Show, Tallmadge, OH
March 30 – 31, 2019 MOPACA Midwest Owners and Breeders Assoc. Fiber “U”, Lebanon, MO
April 2019
April 6 – 7, 2019: YarnCon, Chicago, IL
April 4 – 7, 2019 Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop, Twin Cities region
April 9 – 13, 2019: PlyAway, A spinnng retreat, Kansas City, MO
April 13, 2019 23rd Annual Stephenson County Fiber Fest, Cedarville, IL
April 18 – 19, 2019 The Fiber Event at Greencastle, Greencastle, IN
April 13 – 14, 2019 Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, MI (Spring)
April 13, 2019: 19th Annual Garage Sale Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
April 20 – 23, 2018 Kansas Alliance of Weavers and Spinners Conference, Manhattan, KS **2019 date not published yet
April 26 – 28, 2019 Yarnover Minnesota Knitters Guild, Minnetonka, MN
April 28, 2018 Knit Michigan, Lake Orion, MI **dates not posted for 2019
April 29 – 30, 2017 Indiana Music & Fiber Festival, Clarksville, IN **no festival in 2018; waiting for 2019 info
April 27 – 28, 2019 Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Festival, West Bend, WI
April 27 – 28, 2019 Mid-Plains Fiber Fair, York NE
May 2019
May 10 – 12, 2019: Shepherd’s Harvest in Lake Elmo, Minnesota
May 24 – 26, 2019: Great Lakes Fiber Show, Wooster, OH
May 30 – June 4, 2019 Michigan League of Handweavers Workshops and Conference, Holland, MI
June 2019
June 1 – 2, 2019 Tip of the Mitt Fiber Fair, Petoskey, MI
June 1 – 2, 2019 Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair, Worthington, OH
June 1 – 2, 2019 Northern Illinois Sheep and Fiber Festival,Woodstock, IL
June 7 – 8, 2019 Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Franklin, IN
June 8 – 9, 2019 Three Rivers Fibershed Marketplace at Salem Glen Winery, Rochester, MN
June 14 – 16, 2019 Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival, Ames, IA
July 2019
July 21 – 26, 2019 Christianson Native Craft Workshop, Rolla, MO
August 2019
August 1 – 4, 2019: Stitches Midwest, Schaumberg, IL
August 3 – 4, 2019: Fargo Fiber Festival, Fargo, ND
August 16 – 18, 2019: Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI
September 2019
September 6 – 8, 2019 Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI
September 13 – 14, 2019 Manitoba Fibre Festival, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
September 21, 2019 Fiber in the Park, Earlville, IL
September 21 – 22, 2019 Annual Wool Gathering, Young’s Dairy Farm, Yellow Springs, OH
September 20 – 22, 2019 North Country Fiber Fair, Watertown, SD
September 28 – 29, 2019 Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI
September 28 – September 29, 2019 Northstar Farm Tour, Twin Cities Region, MN and WI
October 2019
October 5 – 6, 2019 Fosston Fiber Festival, Clearbrook, MN
October 6 – 7, 2018 18th Annual Fiber Festival, Leland, MI **2019 date not published yet
October 13, 2018 Lamar Fiber Fest, St. Croix Falls, WI **2019 date not published yet
October 19 – 20, 2019 8th Annual Autumn Fiber Festival, Ashland, OH
October 12, 2019: Lake Area Festival of Fiber, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
October 12 – 13, 2019 Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, MI (Fall)
November 2018
November 1 – 2, 2019 Ozark Fiber Fling, Steelville, MO
November 2, 2019 Fall Fiber Festival, Hopkins, MN
November 9 – 11, 2018 Thumb Fiber Festival, Lexington, MI
November 10, 2018 Fall Fleece and Holiday Sale with Spinners Flock, Chelsea, MI
November 17 – 18, 2018 Buckeye Alpaca Show Fall Fest, Tallmadge, OH
December
Mostly Holiday Galleries, so check in Midwest Happenings! for more details!