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Roots & Style: Festival Fashion at Paw Paw

The attire of attendees at the 26th annual Paw Paw Festival to the 26th annual Paw Paw Festival

Photos by: Zoe Cranfill

This year it marked the 26th annual Paw Paw Festival at Lake Snowden in Albany, Ohio. The festival was created to celebrate the Paw Paw fruit, which is indigenous to the Midwest United States. It brings together several communities for workshops, lectures, tastings, food, and music.


Albany, OH - September 14: Kelly Cordettil with her sons, Nico and Enzo, at the Paw Paw Festival in Albany, OH. (Zoe Cranfill /Variant Magazine)


“ I love the festival between food community friends, the lectures the education sustainable with the zero waste we got a lot of good organisations in Athens county and the surrounding counties and it's like everybody coming together to celebrate our native fruit.” 

Jane Brocker, Festival Volunteer


(Left) A woman poses for a photograph near food vendors at Paw Paw Festival. (Left) Gabe wears a plant on his hat at the Paw Paw Festival in Albany, OH. (Zoe Cranfill ) (Right) Jane Brocker volunteers by cutting samples at the Paw Paw Festival in Albany, OH. (Zoe Cranfill) (Right) Erika Davis holds a paw paw plant she bought at the Paw Paw Festival in Albany, OH. (Zoe Cranfill / Variant Magazine)




(Left) A Paw Paw Eating Contest Competitor smiling before the Saturday, September 14, 2024 contest. (Right) Albany, OH - September 14: Mary and Aubrey Jo at the Paw Paw Festival in Albany, OH. (Zoe Cranfill / Zoe Cranfill)




(Left) A group of friends pose for a photo at the Paw Paw Festival. (Right) A festival-goer watches the Paw Paw eating contest in Albany, Ohio.


Cid Standifer wears earrings at the Paw Paw Festival in Albany, OH. (Zoe Cranfil)



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