Ohio Hills Folk Festival: Home of noodles, queens and fun

Heather Sevigny
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Dashlyn DeMastes, the 2021 Ohio Hills Folk Festival Little Miss, blows a kiss, in true royal fashion, from her parade platform at the Ohio Hills Folk Festival Queens Parade.
Dashlyn DeMastes, the 2021 Ohio Hills Folk Festival Little Miss, blows a kiss, in true royal fashion, from her parade platform at the Ohio Hills Folk Festival Queens Parade.

Set in idyllic Quaker City, the 118th Ohio Hills Folk Festival highlighted local artisans, honored its past queens, and served some of the best homemade noodles around.

The four-day event, which wrapped up over the weekend, saw food vendors lining the streets, selling confections of all sorts and anything fried you could ask for. The festival kitchen, located in the Quaker City Firehouse, often sees lines out the door to try its famous homemade noodles.

Three parades entertained visitors, as well as a car show, and live musical performances from Matt Frampton, Rattlebox, Cabin Fever and Little Creek among others.

A horse-dropping bingo board breaks up the road in Quaker City for the Ohio Hill Folk Festival. One of the parade highlights, the festival also offered live music, food vendors, carnival rides a quilt show and more.
A horse-dropping bingo board breaks up the road in Quaker City for the Ohio Hill Folk Festival. One of the parade highlights, the festival also offered live music, food vendors, carnival rides a quilt show and more.

Kiddie games and the ever-popular rubber duck regatta made the festival a family-friendly favorite. Those wanting to check out the handiwork of local crafters could examine artwork and detailed quilts.

The annual event wrapped up with the Queen's Parade and fireworks. Various festival queens and attendants from around Ohio participated. The Snow Festival, Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, Bratwurst Festival, and more had their royalty in attendance.

Guernsey County Sheriff Jeff Paden waves to the Cy Young Junior Queen Attendant Gretchin Rolli during the Queen's Parade in Quaker City.
Guernsey County Sheriff Jeff Paden waves to the Cy Young Junior Queen Attendant Gretchin Rolli during the Queen's Parade in Quaker City.
Kids take turns sliding down an enormous slide set up with the carnival rides at the Ohio Hills Folk Festival in Quaker City. The four-day event highlighted local artisans, hosts a car show, and multiple parades.
Kids take turns sliding down an enormous slide set up with the carnival rides at the Ohio Hills Folk Festival in Quaker City. The four-day event highlighted local artisans, hosts a car show, and multiple parades.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Ohio Hills Folk Festival: Home of noodles, queens and fun