Welcome to the 62nd Annual Madison County Historical Society Craft Festival
When & Where
Saturday, Sept 12 | 10am – 5pm
Sunday, Sept 13 | 10am – 4pm
WHERE
Historical Society Grounds at 435 Main Street in Oneida.
ENTRY DETAILS
Adult $5 | Weekend Passes $8
Children 12 and under are free.
Enjoy a fun family weekend outdoors by browsing and shopping handmade items from our talented artisans, eating delicious food from the food trucks, purchasing wine from NYS wineries, joining us for kids’ activities on the front porch, partaking in guided house tours, and listening to live music.
Many of our artisans enjoy demonstrating and/or educating others on their crafts through lectures and displays. Thus, keeping the tradition of the Madison County Craft Festival alive through their demonstrations. We will also be offering free house tours of Cottage Lawn.
We have a wide selection of contemporary arts and crafts, ranging from fabric, glass, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, metal, glass, floral, drawings, paintings, jewelry, photography, soap, skincare products, leather, wood, and more.
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Madison County Craft Festival
Thank You For Your Votes!
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Madison County Historical Society’s
60th Madison County Craft Festival
Thank You For Your Votes!
We are honored to be recognized by the community for our long-standing event!
Early 2026 Vendors Include:
Steven Malecki
Brake From the Grind
Maya Phillips
Imagination Staton
Betty Correia
Purr Sez
Bob & Jane Jones
Faithful Friends
Alicia Knight & Ellen Freyer
Thymeless Textiles
Tina Emmons
Creative Waves
Dennis & Janice Thoryk
DT Craft and Laser
Tammy Ray
The Shak
David Singe
Mr. Squeeze Lemonade
Monica Cody
Farmstead 1868
Lee Ann Harris
Crescent Moon Studio
Anna Kinney
AKNine & Krafts
Howard & Mary Jo Astrachan
Astrachan Artistry
Jane Gerard
Pottery Gals
Eliza Dalton/Alize Scalia
Our Sponsors
Proceeds from the event support the educational programs offered at the Madison County Historical Society.
The Madison County Craft Festival is made possible by the most generous support from our sponsors. 2025 sponsors included Presenting Sponsor, the Gorman Foundation, and Contributor Sponsor, White’s Farm Supply. Sponsorships for 2026 are currently available.
If you would like to help support the Historical Society by becoming a sponsor, please contact us at history@mchs1900.org.
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2025 Live Music Schedule
Saturday, September 6
10:00 am- 12:00 pm Papamojo, Joe Kidd
12:30 pm- 2:30 pm One Man. The Duo
3:00 pm- 5:00 pm The Pomeranians
Sunday, September 7
10:00 am- 12:00 pm James Roberts
1:00 pm- 4:00 pm Double Chase
Partial List of 2025 Registered Artisans & Food Vendors
Your patience is appreciated as we update our vendor listings. Please check back in the days leading up to the Festival for the latest information.
2025 vendor applications are now available! Click the buttons on this page for a downloadable application.
If you are interested in applying to the show for next year or have any questions, please email us at director@mchs1900.org.
Please note that we are not accepting independent consultants at the Craft Festival. We do accept independent consultants, small business owners, and artisans at our weekly Cottage Lawn Farmers’ Market, please get in touch with us for an application.
Blacksmith
NYS Designer Blacksmiths of the Mohawk Region
Stop by their booth to watch the blacksmith demonstrations and enter the drawing to win a custom-made park bench
Calligraphy
Candles & Soaps
Monica Cody, Farmstead 1868
Lavender farm products for bath, body, candles, soap, dried lavender, woodcrafts, wreaths, and more
Lauren Brown, The Gritty Sisters Soapery, LLC
Artisanal homemade soaps, scrubs, and frostings that are sometimes gritty and pretty using quirky ingredients such as various beers, wine coffee, almond milk, etc.
Edible Art
Marianne Johnson, Funny Farm Acres
Freeze-dried candies, veggies, fruits, and snacks
Sherry Kellogg, Frog Park Herbs II
Packaged herbs and spices
Bob and Jane Jones, Faithful Friends
A variety of pet treats for your beloved pets
Fiber Arts & Leather
Betty Correia, Purr Sez
Deco mesh wreaths, and trees
Taylor Ann Croniser, Croniser’s Creations
Embroidery items of all kinds from kitchen to clothing
Floral
Tina Emmons, Creative Waves
Deco mesh wreaths, and trees
Glass Art
Jewelry
Mary Jo Astrachan, Astrachan Artistry
Beaded bracelets, and earrings from her collection of crystals, gemstones, and glass beads
Lee Ann Harris, Crescent Moon Studio
Gemstone jewelry that features crystals, fossils, and hand-selected stones
Mixed Media/Other
Joan Kimball, The Palm Reading Lady
Palm Readings
Michelle Smith-Greene, Greene Gifts
Laser-cut goods/jewelry
Robert Hatch, Sara's Secret Garden
Upcycle vintage China and glass into garden art
Photography
Howard Astrachan, Astrachan Artistry
Nature Photography
Kirk Riedel, Kirk’s Country Photos
Original matted 8” x 10” and 11” x 14” photographs
Paintings, Drawing, and Frames
Pottery
Jane Gerard and Linda Tulowiecki, Pottery Gals
Hand-built and wheel-thrown functional pottery from bowls, mugs, dishes, pie plates, platters, wind chimes, and more
Woodworking
Dennis and Janice Thoryk, DJT Craftworks
Handmade wooden items such as wine trays. beer flights, other wooden items, and 3D-printed items
Food Trucks and Food Vendors
Levant Food Truck
Menu - Mediterranean: hummus, falafel, shawarma, grape leaves (Saturday only)
Mr. Squeeze Lemonade
Fresh-squeezed lemonade, iced tea, Italian ice, popsicles, super pretzels
Wineries, Distilleries & Breweries
History of the Craft Fair
The Madison County Craft Festival’s early history began on May 22, 1965, when the Madison County Historical Society initiated a commitment to the preservation of traditional crafts by creating a Craft Show where they exhibited agricultural implements and tools, once used for home crafts and cottage industries.
- The exhibit set the stage for the first Traditional Craft Days (former name) in September 1965, highlighting the skilled craftsmen and women who demonstrated their artistry in the traditional methods of creating works of art.
- The Society furthered its involvement in folk art when it created a Traditional Craft Archive in 1971 complete with slides, tapes, movies, and periodicals documenting the traditional craftsmen and women.
- On June 11, 1976, the New York State Legislature declared Oneida Craft Capital USA for the Historical Society’s commitment to traditional crafts and the craftsmen and women who demonstrated their artistry in the fields of shingle making, blacksmithing, pottery, quilting, spinning, woodworking, and soap making. In 2018, the 54th year of the show, the Madison County Craft Committee changed the event’s name to the Madison County Craft Festival.
- The show features a wide selection of contemporary arts and crafts, ranging from functional to decorative works including fabric, glass, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, metal, floral, drawings, paintings, jewelry photography, soap, skincare products,leather, and wood.
- The Madison County Craft Festival Committee selects talented artisans through a jury process.
- Each artisan must create and sell only items made by him/her. In the past, the Craft Festival Committee encouraged artisans to demonstrate their artistry in their booth for a couple of hours during the show.
- However, the Craft Festival Committee realized this is difficult or impossible to do, so it was decided that artisans are not required to demonstrate during the show.
- If an artisan would like to demonstrate, then we just ask that the artisan let us know, so that we can publicize it.
- If an artisan would like to display a picture of him/her in his/her studio/workshop during the show, then they may do so.
