Splash Into Summer at Kitchen Kettle Village

This event celebrates the beginning of summer with a fun and delicious kick-off to the warm months ahead! Enjoy live music, yard games and contests, great shopping and summer-themed foods all while raising money and awareness for Music For Everyone!

We’re working on our 2025 events, but here’s how we celebrated in 2024.

• 10am-Noon – Enjoy the antics of our strolling Stilt Walker and pose for a photo

• 10am-3pm – Hospitality Table – Meet Music For Everyone, receive a free tropical lei for the first 250 people, kids get a fun summer tattoo, plus learn more about how Music For Everyone is putting music back into schools and communities.

• 10am-3pm – Pepper Lane Fudge & Sweets new sauce sampling located near The Deerskin Leather Shop

• 10am-4pm – Meet Dan with Dutch Country Cheese sampling some of his delicious products at the Aged & Cured Shop

• 10:30-Noon – The Dillweed Band on the porch of the Country Life shop

• 11am & 1pm – Cheese Stretching Demo in Aged & Cured

• 11am-1pm – Leo DiSanto performing at the top of the Village 

• 11am-12:30pm – MFE Choir performing at the stage area

• Noon-2pm – Face Painting with Joyful Canvas in the Village, by donation

• 12:30pm-2pm – Brad Minnig at the piano of the Country Life shop

• 1pm – Pretzel Twisting Contest at the stage area

• 1:30pm-3:30pm – The Sax Quartet performing at the top of the Village

• 2-5pm – The Black Ties, a British Invasion & Classic Rock band, performing at the stage area

• 3-5pm – Happy Hour at The Jewelry Bar with mocktails and special jewelry offer

• All Day – Block Party Scavenger Hunt – decipher clues, find the featured items, and get $5 OFF a $20 purchase* at participating stores. Grab a scavenger hunt paper at Hospitality Table to get started!

• All Day – Complimentary wine tasting at Waltz Vineyards and Red Blend Slushies for sale

• All Day – Yard Games including Corn Hole, Tailgate Toss and Giant Connect 4

• All Day – Try your hand at the MFE “Keys to the City” piano located on the porch of the Country Life shop