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This is a partial list of Gourd Festivals and Gourd Art Shows. If you know of a Gathering not listed here, please e-mail the information to me and I will be happy to post it. My e-mail address is: info@amishgourds.com. I will try to keep up with the latest information on all these gourd shows.
February 4-6, 2011 Wertz Farms Gourd Festival, Pinal County Fairgrounds, Casa Grande, AZ, call Phone: 520-723-4432 for more information.
February 25 - 27, 2011 Florida Gourd Society Show, Location: Putnam County Fairgrounds, 117 Yelvington, East Palatka, FL. Admission: FREE
February 26 - 27, 2011 New Mexico Gourd Society, Celebration of Gourds, held at the Albuquerque Garden Center, www.newmexicogourdsociety.org
March 25 - 27, 2011 Georgia Gourd Society Gourd Retreat, Southern Style, at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center. Contact the Georgia Gourd Society for more details.
April 9, 2011 Wisconsin Gourd Festival. Saturday at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. www.wisconsingourdsociety.org
April 15 and 17, 2011 TVGS, Tennessee Volunteer Gourd Society 4th Annual Home Grown and Hand Made Gourd Festival. Bledsoe County Fairgrounds, Pikeville, Tennessee. www.tennesseevolunteergourdsociety.org
April 30, 2011, 9 - 5 The Ghost Creek Gourd Festival Sponsored by South Carolina Gourd Society, Ghost Creek Gourds and TurtleFeathers. For more info. go to www.scgourdsociety.com
April 30th - May 1, 2011 Show Me Gourd Society Festival, State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO. www.showmegourdsociety.com
May (TBA) 2011, 4th Annual MSGS North Mississippi Gourd Festival Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Adkins Farms, Booneville, MS 38829. www.adkinsfarms.com
May 13, 2011 Kentucky Gourd Festival, Taylorsville, at the Spencer County Elementary School. www.kygourdsociety.com
May 13 - 14, 2011 The first Acadiana Gourd Festival will be held at the Jeff Davis Fairgrounds in the Multi Purpose Building, 814 So. Lake Arthur Avenue, Jennings, La. This will be a gourd gathering with an absolutely Cajun accent! At 1pm on Saturday, May 14th, Acadiana Gourds is proud to host the first meeting of the newly formed Louisiana Gourd Soceity!! For details on other festival activities, please check the website www.acadianagourds.com.
June (TBA) 2011 Illinois Gourd Society Festival, Great Pumpkin Patch, Arthur near Champaign. contact Bev Notaro at bevvybevn@hotmail.com
June 3 - 5, 2011 Cherokee Gourd Artists Gathering, Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds, 441 Sequoyah Trail, Cherokee, NC. Contact Georgia Gourd Society for more details.
June 23 - 25, 2011 Pennsylvania Gourd Fest,
Contact the PaGourd Society for more details.
July 16-17, 2011Washington State Gourd Society, Northwest Gourd Festival, Moses Lake at Grant County Fairgrounds. www.wagourdsociety.org
July 30 to August 1, 2011 Georgia Gourd Society's Gourd Show, Perry, Georgia. http://georgiagourdsociety.com
August (TBA), 2011 Hawaii Gourd Festival, To be held on the big island of Hawaii, location in Hilo, contact the Hawaii Gourd Society for more details.
August 26 - 28, 2011 Michigan Festival of Gourds - at the Eastern Michigan Fairgrounds in Imlay City MI. Vendors, classes, live entertainment, judged competition, demonstrations. All proceeds to benefit Children's Hospital of Michigan. See: Michiganfestivalofgourds.com
September 10th -11th 2011 70th Annual North Carolina Gourd Society Arts and Crafts Festival. Holshouser Building, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC For information, contact Kate Mahony at tolecat@nc.rr.com.
Sept. 16 - 18, 2011 Mississippi Gourd Festival More details as they become available at mississippigourdsociety.org.
Sept. 23 - 25, 2011 Ohio Gourd Show at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, OH. for information contact www.americangourdsociety.org/Ohiochapter/
September 22 - 25, 2011 Florida Gourd Society's Annual Retreat - Deerhaven Retreat and Conference Center, Paisley, FL. For more info. go to http://flgourdsoc.org
Sept. 16 -18, 2011, Illinois Gourd Show held at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. Please email Sbulgrin@mac.com for more information.
October (TBA), 2011, Alabama Gourd Society’s 13th annual Gourd Show -- Cullman Civic Center in Cullman, Alabama. For more information go to: alabamagourdsociety.org
October 14-16, 2011 Annual Lone Star Gourd Festival, Fredericksburg, Tx. www.texasgourdsociety.org
November 5-6, 2011 10th annual Virginia Gourd Show,Virginia Gourd Festival in Stephens City. Workshops, vendors, silent auction and more! Richards Farm Market, Middletown, Va. For details please see: VirginiaLoversGourdSociety.org
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