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* WHAT: The 2010 Kansas Sampler Festival, sponsored by the Inman, Kan., Kansas Sampler Foundation.
Started by Mil and Marci Penner in 1991 on their farm in Inman, the festival went on the road in 1998. Keyta Kelly, 2010-2011 festival director for Leavenworth County, said the event is designed to be a “living brochure of the state of Kansas,” with local food and goods, wine and beer, historic performers and musical acts for visitors to see, hear, taste and experience what’s in Kansas.
“All Kansas, all weekend,” she said.
* WHEN: The event is always scheduled for the first weekend in May.
Kelly said the festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 1 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2 this year. According to the foundation’s Web site, Leavenworth County will also host the 2011 festival on May 7 and May 8.
* WHERE: For the past few years, Kelly said the event has moved from city to city throughout Kansas, with each community hosting for two consecutive years.
Kelly said Ray Miller Park, 4201 S. Fourth St. in Leavenworth in front of the Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will play host to the 2010 festival.
* WHO: Behind the scenes, Kelly said the festival is being put together by the Kansas Sampler Festival steering committee, made up of 10 representatives — one at-large member and one governmental representative from each of the communities funding the event: Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Lansing, Tonganoxie and Basehor.
In the past, the festival has drawn between 8,000 and 10,000 people, Kelly said. Because of Leavenworth County’s proximity to the Kansas City metropolitan area, she said the event could draw 15,000 visitors or more.
* WHY: Kelly said the purpose of the festival is to showcase the smaller communities in Kansas and promote and preserve what the state as a whole has to “do, hear, taste, buy and learn.”
* HOW: With a Jan. 31 deadline approaching for registration, Kelly said those who wish to sign up for a space at the festival should do so as soon as possible. That includes communities that wish to be represented, entertainers like local dance groups or high school jazz bands or food and beverage merchants.
She said registrations that are a little late will be accepted, though they should be in as soon as possible.
In addition to exhibitors, Kelly said the festival’s planners will need about 400 volunteers. Currently, she said about half that number have signed up. She said exhibitor registration forms and volunteer sign-up sheets are available at www.kansassamplerfestival.com. Those interested can also contact the Leavenworth County office at 913-417-7575 or at kssamplerfestlvco@sunflower.com.
* WHAT: The 2010 Kansas Sampler Festival, sponsored by the Inman, Kan., Kansas Sampler Foundation.
Started by Mil and Marci Penner in 1991 on their farm in Inman, the festival went on the road in 1998. Keyta Kelly, 2010-2011 festival director for Leavenworth County, said the event is designed to be a “living brochure of the state of Kansas,” with local food and goods, wine and beer, historic performers and musical acts for visitors to see, hear, taste and experience what’s in Kansas.
“All Kansas, all weekend,” she said.
* WHEN: The event is always scheduled for the first weekend in May.
Kelly said the festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 1 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2 this year. According to the foundation’s Web site, Leavenworth County will also host the 2011 festival on May 7 and May 8.
* WHERE: For the past few years, Kelly said the event has moved from city to city throughout Kansas, with each community hosting for two consecutive years.
Kelly said Ray Miller Park, 4201 S. Fourth St. in Leavenworth in front of the Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will play host to the 2010 festival.
* WHO: Behind the scenes, Kelly said the festival is being put together by the Kansas Sampler Festival steering committee, made up of 10 representatives — one at-large member and one governmental representative from each of the communities funding the event: Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Lansing, Tonganoxie and Basehor.
In the past, the festival has drawn between 8,000 and 10,000 people, Kelly said. Because of Leavenworth County’s proximity to the Kansas City metropolitan area, she said the event could draw 15,000 visitors or more.
* WHY: Kelly said the purpose of the festival is to showcase the smaller communities in Kansas and promote and preserve what the state as a whole has to “do, hear, taste, buy and learn.”
* HOW: With a Jan. 31 deadline approaching for registration, Kelly said those who wish to sign up for a space at the festival should do so as soon as possible. That includes communities that wish to be represented, entertainers like local dance groups or high school jazz bands or food and beverage merchants.
She said registrations that are a little late will be accepted, though they should be in as soon as possible.
In addition to exhibitors, Kelly said the festival’s planners will need about 400 volunteers. Currently, she said about half that number have signed up. She said exhibitor registration forms and volunteer sign-up sheets are available at www.kansassamplerfestival.com. Those interested can also contact the Leavenworth County office at 913-417-7575 or at kssamplerfestlvco@sunflower.com.
