Midwest Vintage Fest Hits The Fairgrounds Saturday
April 4, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.
If you remember the 1980s, ’90s or even the early 2000s fondly, then you’ll probably want to hit the Midwest Vintage Fest Saturday.
“It’s mostly curated vintage sellers, so ’80s, ’90s, 2000s clothing, shoes and accessories, and then we do have some food and some artists coming in, so small businesses with handmade crafts and stuff like that,” explained organizer Madi Strunk, Winona Lake.
There will be a total of 40 vendors on hand, including a coffee truck outside.
The Fest is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Home & Family Arts Building at the county fairgrounds in Warsaw.
Strunk, who had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday with the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce for the event, said this is the first Vintage Fest they’ve had.
“It’s just all about the hunt, so it’s just been a process of me finding my love for vintage items, and then I just love the community that we have, so just getting everybody together has just been like something that I love so much. So just the community of it inspires me to do events like this,” she explained as to what motivated her to organize the event.
Along with clothing, Strunk said people will bring in cassette tapes, VHS, DVDs, records, “literally everything.”
While some people may even offer vintage wear from before the 1980s, Strunk said items from the ’80s and ’90s are “the main thing that people source, so it’s harder to get ’60s, ’70s pieces, so when they do it’s kind of a rarity.”
She expects friends of the vendors to come out and support them, but 650 people on Facebook page said they were interested in attending the Midwest Vintage Fest.
A reason for people to attend the Fest is because of sustainability, she said.
“The sustainability is the biggest thing. We’re just trying to create an environment where we’re not getting into fast fashion. There’s 92 billion tons of clothing going into landfills every year. We’re trying to do our part in the sustainability of it,” Strunk stated. “And then also with ’80s, ’90s, 2000s clothing, they’re made way better than what you get now, so you get what you pay for. So if you’re paying for fast fashion, you’re going to get a really cheap shirt, whereas ’80s, ’90s they have certain stitching, certain fabrics that they use, which is way more sustainable. It’ll last 20, 30, 40 more years in your closet.”
If Saturday’s event is successful, Strunk said they plan to have more. People can watch out for social media posts about future events.
If you remember the 1980s, ’90s or even the early 2000s fondly, then you’ll probably want to hit the Midwest Vintage Fest Saturday.
“It’s mostly curated vintage sellers, so ’80s, ’90s, 2000s clothing, shoes and accessories, and then we do have some food and some artists coming in, so small businesses with handmade crafts and stuff like that,” explained organizer Madi Strunk, Winona Lake.
There will be a total of 40 vendors on hand, including a coffee truck outside.
The Fest is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Home & Family Arts Building at the county fairgrounds in Warsaw.
Strunk, who had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday with the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce for the event, said this is the first Vintage Fest they’ve had.
“It’s just all about the hunt, so it’s just been a process of me finding my love for vintage items, and then I just love the community that we have, so just getting everybody together has just been like something that I love so much. So just the community of it inspires me to do events like this,” she explained as to what motivated her to organize the event.
Along with clothing, Strunk said people will bring in cassette tapes, VHS, DVDs, records, “literally everything.”
While some people may even offer vintage wear from before the 1980s, Strunk said items from the ’80s and ’90s are “the main thing that people source, so it’s harder to get ’60s, ’70s pieces, so when they do it’s kind of a rarity.”
She expects friends of the vendors to come out and support them, but 650 people on Facebook page said they were interested in attending the Midwest Vintage Fest.
A reason for people to attend the Fest is because of sustainability, she said.
“The sustainability is the biggest thing. We’re just trying to create an environment where we’re not getting into fast fashion. There’s 92 billion tons of clothing going into landfills every year. We’re trying to do our part in the sustainability of it,” Strunk stated. “And then also with ’80s, ’90s, 2000s clothing, they’re made way better than what you get now, so you get what you pay for. So if you’re paying for fast fashion, you’re going to get a really cheap shirt, whereas ’80s, ’90s they have certain stitching, certain fabrics that they use, which is way more sustainable. It’ll last 20, 30, 40 more years in your closet.”
If Saturday’s event is successful, Strunk said they plan to have more. People can watch out for social media posts about future events.