Did you know the home of the longest remaining washboard factory is right here in Ohio?There’s a festival that takes place every year in Ohio since 2000 to celebrate washboards and the music that features the washboard as a percussion instrument.Every year on Father’s Day Weekend, the streets of Logan, Ohio, come alive to celebrate the washboard and the Columbus Washboard Company, which is the last remaining washboard manufacturing company in the United States.The Logan Washboard Arts & Music Festival will take place from June 16 through June 18 in historic downtown Logan, Ohio.In addition to using a washboard for laundry, washboards have also been used as instruments for decades. Organizers of the festival say it began in rural America in the mid-1800s. During this time, they said music was an important part of family entertainment, but money was scarce, so people used washboards to make music.There will be more than just washboard music at the Logan Washboard Arts & Music Festival. There will be arts and crafts, food, a tractor show a parade and activities for children.Click here to learn more.
Did you know the home of the longest remaining washboard factory is right here in Ohio?
There’s a festival that takes place every year in Ohio since 2000 to celebrate washboards and the music that features the washboard as a percussion instrument.
Every year on Father’s Day Weekend, the streets of Logan, Ohio, come alive to celebrate the washboard and the Columbus Washboard Company, which is the last remaining washboard manufacturing company in the United States.
The Logan Washboard Arts & Music Festival will take place from June 16 through June 18 in historic downtown Logan, Ohio.
In addition to using a washboard for laundry, washboards have also been used as instruments for decades. Organizers of the festival say it began in rural America in the mid-1800s. During this time, they said music was an important part of family entertainment, but money was scarce, so people used washboards to make music.
There will be more than just washboard music at the Logan Washboard Arts & Music Festival. There will be arts and crafts, food, a tractor show a parade and activities for children.
