Popular Kansas Festival Ending After This Year

The Kansas Sampler Festival started in 1990 as a book-signing.  The event has become billed as the largest outdoor travel show in Kansas.  This year marks the 28th Kansas Sampler Festival.  This will also be the final one.  This year it will take place on May 6th and 7th at Island Park in Winfield.      

The Kansas Sampler Festival Features: 

• Over 150 Kansas communities tell what they have to see and do;
• Dozens of entrepreneurs sell their Kansas-made products
• Cultural heritage demonstrations and displays;
• Kansas entertainers perform, sell cd's and showcase for future bookings;
• Historical performers provide a sampling of many characters;
• Kansas questions are asked at the stump, prizes given;
• Food booths tell the Kansas story through their menu