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Chloe Kunkel,12, looks inside the pawpaw fruit costume in PawPaw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017. (Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

PHOTOS: the 2017 Ohio Pawpaw Festival

Posted on: Monday, September 18, 2017

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The weekend of September 15-17 marked the annual celebration of all things pawpaw at Lake Snowden. From live music to pawpaw brews to regional art and everything in between, a couple of WOUB’s trusty photographers managed to snap photos from some of the highlights of the Ohio Pawpaw Festival.

Caty Crabb, center, owner of Wildfire Herbs, hosts a medicinal plant ID walk at the Pawpaw Festival on Friday, September 15, 2017. (Erin Clark/WOUB)

City Crabb, center, guides a few folks who attended the 2017 Pawpaw Festival — City Crabb, center, guides a few folks through her medicinal plant ID walk at the 2017 Pawpaw Festival. (Erin Clark/WOUB)

Corinn Breckenridge balances on a rope in the children's area at the Pawpaw festival on Saturday, September 16, 2017. (Erin Clark/WOUB) — Corinn Breckenridge balances on a rope in the children’s area at the Pawpaw festival on Saturday, September 16, 2017. (Erin Clark/WOUB)

Ally Bucher reacts under a popped bubble created by Professor Bubblemaker at The Pawpaw Festival on Saturday, September 16, 2017. (Erin Clark/WOUB)

Professor Bubblemaker puts on a show at The Pawpaw Festival on Saturday, September 16, 2017. (Erin Clark/WOUB)

Amanda Petroff teaches her 5-year-old daughter, Scarlet Petroff, to play Walking-on-Stilts in Paw Paw Festival in Albany, ohio on Sep.16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

Rob Kola, a local jeweller, laces his handmade necklace in Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017. (Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

Brian Honican (left) and his wife, Laura Schumacher enjoy the band live show in Pawpaw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

Jaime Whitlock of Paper Circle does silk screen printing on T-shirt in Paw Paw Festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep.16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB) — Jaime Whitlock of Paper Circle does silk screen printing on T-shirt in Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep.16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

Sarah Haney, a student of Natual and Historical Interupting game program in Hocking College, shows people how to play a traditional game- walking on stilts in Paw Paw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017. (Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB) — Sarah Haney, a student of Natual and Historical Interupting game program in Hocking College, shows people how to play a traditional game- walking on stilts in Pawpaw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017. (Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

Tina Kelsay, a local artist , chats with her firend in front of her handmade crown stall in Paw Paw Festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep.16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB) — Tina Kelsay, a local artist , chats with her firend in front of her handmade crown stall in Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep.16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

Penni Alzayer poses for a portrait in Pawpaw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)

FullSizeRender — A panorama of the 2017 Pawpaw Festival. (Susan Palsa/WOUB)