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Brats and Crafts Festival – Columbus, Ohio

The St. James Lutheran Brats and Crafts Festival is a parish festival celebrating its German heritage through a nice selection food (brats particularly), music and crafts.

2023 DATE: August 4-6, 2023
Location: St. James Lutheran
5660 Trabue Road
Columbus, OH 43228
Website: https://stjameslutherancolumbus.com/

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This post documents my experience on August 3, 2013.

Right off of I-70 in Columbus…

…a Brats and Crafts Festival was cooking up at St. James Lutheran.

I parked the car and headed to the festival…

…stopping briefly to watch the Ohio Village Muffins warm up…

…and then found myself faced with a serious decision.

I decided to first check out the crafts in front…

…with plenty of lawn and home decor…

…only to learn that there was more inside…

…along hallways…

…around corners…

…and in a room at the end.

The other direction…

…offered another vendor with carved wooden bottle stoppers…

…an area for children’s games…

…a submarine…

…and a large tent…

…with Polka music…

…beer…

…plenty of brats…

…and a nice selection of cake to finish the meal.