Extremely overhyped event, there is a covered bridge. OK but rest of the things are run off the mill downgraded state fairs, local fairs County fairs type of vibe. The craft is like flea market craft. Few of them did look as if they were genuine craftsman but most of the stores are low quality, flea market type of places and it was crowded. I am not a fair person. I don’t like to go to fairs for these reasons and I would clearly state that you want to go for the covered bridges, go when there is no festival so you can enjoy the covered bridge. if you want to go into a crowded place if you want to have fun for your kids eat very very substandard food, then go and be part of this festival. This is good for people who have no taste for food and stuff, who just want to get out of there homes, then maybe this is a place you would like to go but it was a big disappointment. The food was useless, most of the stores look like flea market type stores, I will not recommend for people who want to go for...
Read moreThis was the first year for my wife and I, we've wanted to check out the festival for a few years now just always forgot until it was over. We started off trying to check out Rockville, couldn't find parking so we decided we'd check out some of the bridges and that led us to Bridgeton. We had no problem with parking there, I think because of the direction we came into town. From there we just didn't enjoy ourselves. There were tons of vendors and food trucks, but the volume of people made it difficult to look at much without getting walked over. We were glad we found parking right at the edge of town because cars were still trying to go through and we could walk faster than they could move. Most of the stuff we were able to get around to looking at didn't really appeal to us. Maybe our problem was going the weekend the festival started, but we personally didn't really care for the festival side of it. The bridges we visited were beautiful with the fall...
Read moreCovered Bridge Festival is still on until 10/23/22 9am-6pm daily. You DO NOT need to purchase tickets to enter. Cash parking. Hundreds of vendors, crafts, antiques, clothing, accessories, food, drink and more! 10 different bridges have festivals, attracting a million or so people. Most grounds are a combination of gravel, dirt, grass, sidewalk. Families bring strollers, motorized chairs and wheelchairs. (Picture is Mansfield...
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