Friday at the Festival

The three day Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival is in full swing.

With clear, sunny skies and a breezy warmth, the weather is perfect for this evening's entertainment!

Stop in Mount Pleasant for a fun Friday night.

A Sparkle Spectacular Weekend in Mount Pleasant

The colorful leaves sneak onto the trees in the crisp autumn air.  Signs and banners decorate the streets of Mount Pleasant.  The Festival Committee works hard doing last minute details.  Yes, the 28^th Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival is about to begin.

This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Festival opens at 11 am along Washington Street.  Alongside the many old favorites will be new vendors hoping to become a favorite festival tradition.  Come to enjoy ethnic food and crafts and watch the glass blowing and cutting demonstrations.

In all three areas, we jam pack the entertainment.  From rock to country, folk and native dance, and the many contests, we always have something that appeals to our guests.  See the full entertainment schedule.

The popular pageant parades across the gazebo on Saturday morning.  Mount Pleasant’s Got Talent has returned to the Washington Street stage.  Also on the Washington Street stage is our new Cheerfest, a cheering contest for elementary school age squads.  Don’t forget to vote in the Baby and Pet Photo contests.

Kidsfest will run from 11 am to 1 pm on Sunday in front of the Gazebo.  Kids can make free crafts and dance with the bubbles.  This year’s Kidsfest t-shirt features Sparky the Fireman complete with a fire truck.  Color one for $5.

While you are at the Festival, Take Your Pic!  Our new photo contest has four categories—selfie, food, family, and child(ren) with Sparky.  Photos must be taken during the Festival on Festival grounds.  For official rules and how to submit, see the webpage.

Cell phone charging stations and an ATM machine are conveniently located within the Festival.

As always, admission and entertainment are free.  Parking is available on the streets and in the parking lots of Mount Pleasant.  Free satellite parking with free shuttle service is located in the parking lots of Walmart (state road 819) and the Mount Pleasant Glass Centre (Lenox on state road 31).  Check the website for directions and shuttle times.

Every night, we send guests off with the Illumination Launch and Sparkle Spectacular.  Sunday evening, around 7:30 pm, fireworks will close the Festival.  Come one day, or better yet, all three, and have a great time.  See you there!

Cheerfest Accepting Applications

Get your applications in for the Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival's newest competition: Cheerfest.

Only the first 15 applications will be accepted.

For children in grades K-6.

Find all the info and rules on the Cheerfest webpage.

Mount Pleasant Car Show

Love classic cars?  The Mount Pleasant Car Show is the place to browse great automobiles of old.

Join us Friday, August 15th for music, food, prizes, and, of course, the cars.

Friday night will feature a lovingly restored 1969 Ford Shelby GT500.

Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Admission is $2.00.
Children under 12 are free.


Rain date is August 22nd.

Introducing Cheerfest

Cheerfest is the newest competition at the Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival.

• For elementary cheerleading squads: grade ranges from K through 6^th


• Maximum of 15 children per squad


• $25 per squad registration fee


• Registration forms will be available on the website starting in August


• Competition takes place on the Washington Street Stage on Sunday, September, 28^th from 5 -7 pm


• 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners

Get your squads ready!  We’ll see you in September!

Coming This September

The Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival loves to shower guests with new entertainment.  2014 will be no different.  In September, some of the acts will be performing in the Mount Pleasant area for the very first time.  Old time country music will be added to our eclectic line-up.  We offer our stages to both local and national acts.

The planning committee is currently working on revamping Old Town.  Great vendors, entertainment and, of course, the log cabins will all be staying.  Get ready to interact with Old Town Mount Pleasant.  Details to come.

To keep up with all that is new and happening, follow or subscribe to this blog (links to the right) or add us to your Google+ circles.  We will announce contest information via these social media outlets.

It is never too early to plan for piling on the volunteer hours at this year’s festival.  There are four days for which you can volunteer.  Friday, September 26th, Saturday, September 27th, Sunday, September 28th, and set-up Thursday evening (September 25th).  More volunteer info.

Thanks for Coming!

The 2013 Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival closed with a spectacular fireworks display Sunday evening.  Our 27th year was the most successful yet, because of all of you.  We would like to thank all of our guests, sponsors, vendors, and volunteers.  And of course, the wonderful community of the Borough of Mount Pleasant for all of their support.

Check the website for contest winners.  If anyone would like to share their Festival experience with us, please submit via the Sparky’s Storytellers Submissions page.  We will share it with everyone on our blog.

To help make next year even better, we would like your input.  Tell us what you would like to see.  Email your suggestions or comments to mpgeaf (at) gmail (dot) com.

Follow our page on Google+ to keep up with our latest news and happenings.

We’ll return same place, same times, the last full weekend in September 2014.  See you next year!

2014 Dates:

Friday, September 26th  11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday, September 27th 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday, September 28th 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.