WoodFest

Every September we host WoodFest at Camp Wood YMCA in Elmdale, KS. Join us September 30, 2023 for a full day of fun for the whole family. Scroll down to learn more.

Free range music & fun


At this annual day-long event in the fall, musicians, artists and nature lovers share all that WoodFest has to offer – a perfect day in the Flint Hills at Camp Wood YMCA.

Save the date for WoodFest 2023 happening Saturday, September 30!

2022 WoodFest Sponsors

  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Hopkins Foundation
  • Kaltenbacher Charitable Trust
  • Lattner Family Foundation
  • Oscar & Ina Nystrom Foundation
  • John E. Trembly Foundation
  • Bill B. Young Foundation
  • Angela Anderson
  • The Annie Foundation
  • Dan & Beth Bird
  • Bob Colladay
  • Carl Cook
  • Suzanne Crandall
  • Emporia Community Foundation
  • Emporia State University
  • Joe Hannah
  • Julie & John Hower
  • Humanities Kansas
  • Kansas Graphics, Inc.
  • Ray Lauber
  • Sophia Mallon
  • Susan Mayo
  • Kathy Miller
  • Esther Plenert
  • Carol Ritchie
  • LeNoir Rowland
  • Gaile Stephens
  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
  • George Terbovich
  • Sara & Byron Welch
  • Marty White
  • Ken & Mollie Wold
Photos by Dave Leiker