PrairieFest...A Celebration of the Arts
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PrairieFest is a community festival now in its 48th year. The festival hosts fine artists from as far away as Texas and Iowa along with local and area artists. Festival goers can enjoy music performed throughout the festival while kids participate in hands-on art activities. Local theatre troupes have been seen performing throughout the park as well.
PrairieFest...A Celebration of the Arts
Phone : 620-442-5895 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : carlab_dac@sbcglobal.net
Web: PrairireFestival.com
Arts and Crafts Shows
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Stan Herd's Prairie Man
Prairie Man is an artistic response to a Kansas petroglyph of an original prairie dweller. The three-acre Prairie Man was created by subtle manipulations of ancient prairie grasses on a south-sloping face of a rock-strewn dry watershed. The piece can be seen from both highway and the air.
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