I love the Pre-Fall Season. Here in Michigan, the days are usually warm,

60-70 degrees, with a slight nip in the breeze. It gets colder at night but

when the sun is shining, it is perfect weather.  At the zenith of this season,

 comes the Fallasburg Fall Festival in Lowell, Michigan. It is held at Kent

County's Fallasburg Park off Lincoln Lake Road north of Lowell. This is a

large, rambling park with a shelter house, one of 2 wooden covered wooden

 bridges in Kent County, and rolling hills full of trees and park settings.

Very pretty, very scenic, a perfect place to have a festival of the arts.

 The Lowell Area Arts Council holds their Fallasburg Fall Festival here in late

September. This year is the 40th festival celebrating arts & crafts.

I have been going since the crowds were thin and hadn't yet discovered

this wonderful arts festival. 

 There is plenty of room to park and wander the park grounds. They usually

 have demonstrations of spinning, blacksmithing, leather tooling, origami,

and rug hooking, to name a few. There is a raffle for donated items

donated by the artists and a wonderful hand made quilt that is the grand

prize.  There are many tents full of artisans selling their wares, there are

 musicians performing on the stage live, and there are many

 food booths with local organizations cooking and serving their specialties.

If you would like a weekend activity for September 27-28, come on out to

Fallasburg Park for the Fallasburg Fall Festival. It is always a fun event! 

P.S. I'm planning on winning the quilt this year!

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