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Chloe Kunkel,12, looks inside the pawpaw fruit costume in PawPaw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017.
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


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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Professor Bubblemaker puts on a show 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Penni Alzayer poses for a portrait in Pawpaw festival in Albany, Ohio on Sep. 16, 2017.(Wangyuxuan Xu/WOUB)
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A panorama of the 2017 Pawpaw Festival. (Susan Palsa/WOUB)