2026 Schedule

April 22-25, 2026

Ridgway Mills Campground

260 West Main Street
Ridgway, PA 15853

This is an outdoor event.

Admission: $5 /adult. Kids free!

Wednesday, April 22 from 10 AM - 7 PM

9:00am Carver Registration Opens

Live Carving
Arts and Crafts vendors
Food Vendors
Wineries & Breweries

Thursday, April 23 from 10 AM - 7 PM

Live Carving
Arts and Crafts vendors
Food Vendors
Wineries & Breweries

Seminar

10:00am Jason Emmons of Bear Hollow, French Lick, Indiana

Friday, April 24 from 10 AM - 7 PM

Live carving
Artists & Crafters
Food Vendors
Wineries & Breweries
Entertainment

Friday Musical Entertainment

10:00 - 11:00 Kallie Williams Music
11:15 - 12:15 Nick Forsyth
12:30 - 1:30 Sleep Walker
1:45 - 2:45 Mike DeStefano & Joe Bliskey
3:00 - 4:00 John Michalowski
4:15 - 5:00 Christopher Dale
5:30 - 7:00 Spicey Lemons and the Sqeeze

Saturday, April 25 from 10 AM - 5 PM

Live carving
Artists & Crafters
Food Vendors
Wineries & Breweries
Entertainment

11:00am Family Story time with Ridgway Public Library

1:30pm - 2:45pm Quick Carve
3:00pm Auction

Saturday Musical Entertainment

9:45 - 10:45 Zach Thompson
11:00 - 12:00 Tim and Squeegee

Thanks to all for helping us celebrate 25 years of Chainsaw Art

Don't Miss Out

This is an event you'll want to mark in your calendar and invite all your friends to attend.

Elk County Courthouse

Food, Arts & Crafts

Feed your appetite and support local crafters

Who's Attending

Vendors

Guitarist Painting by Rick Boni

Musical Entertainment

Line-up of talented musical performers on Friday and Saturday

Schedule

Entertainment

Support the Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous

The rendezvous is a free event open to the public organized by Appalachian Arts Studio. To keep the event free, consider making a one time or annual recurring donation to support the operational costs. The amount of the gift is up to you.

Thank you for your donation!

Thanks to our sponsors

Appalachian Arts Studio

Appalachian Arts Studio

The Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous is an Appalachian Arts Studio event and is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Appalachian Arts Studio develops programs that advocate the importance of the arts in education and in the community for everyone from students to seniors.

The Rendezvous