Upcoming Events
Warsaw Heritage Days
Heritage Days is a lively weekend celebration honoring the history, culture, and community spirit of Warsaw. The event features live music, local food vendors, historical exhibits, and family-friendly activities that showcase the town’s traditions. Visitors can enjoy craft demonstrations, heritage tours, and interactive displays that bring the past to life. Parade-style events and community performances create a festive atmosphere for all ages. Admission is community-focused and offers opportunities to support local organizations and businesses.
Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival
Hartsburg PumpkinFest is a charming, family-friendly fall celebration packed with pumpkins, live music, craft vendors, carnival rides, food trucks, contests, and activities for all ages. Held in a warm, small-town atmosphere, the festival draws visitors who love autumn colors, handcrafted goods, seasonal treats, and good old-fashioned community fun.
Stop by the Bug Thugs Creations booth to see our one-of-a-kind insect taxidermy displays. We mount and artfully arrange real insects—beetles, butterflies, mantises, and other fascinating arthropods—into museum-quality frames and shadow boxes perfect for collectors, nature lovers, and anyone who appreciates a little natural curiosity on their walls. Each piece is carefully prepared, labeled, and presented with playful, educational flair.
Why visit our booth?
Marvel at hands-on craftsmanship and the diversity of insect forms and colors.
Find unique gifts: framed specimens, custom displays, and themed collections.
Ask our team questions about preservation, display options, and insect identification.
Enjoy a quirky photo moment with our larger-than-life props and setups.
Bring friends and family, swing by the festival, and make sure you stop at Bug Thugs Creations—where fall fun meets the tiny wonders of the insect world. We can’t wait to share our specimens and stories with you!
Helmi's Gardens Fall Festival
Come join us for a Saturday Fall Festival the last weekend of September!
What to expect:
Local craft vendors showcasing unique, handmade goods
Family-friendly activities for kids and grown-ups alike
Special sales on seasonal plants — perfect for cozying up your porch
Painting sessions (all skill levels welcome)
Delicious food and drinks available on-site
Details:
When: Saturday, September 26th
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Who: Everyone is welcome — bring the whole family!
Bring your friends, your appetite, and your autumn spirit. See you at the festival!
Columbia Moth Market- Rise of the Living Dead
Moth Market Oddities at the Boone County Fairgrounds is where the strange and spectacular come out to play. Imagine a carnival of curiosities: vintage apothecary jars, taxidermy with personality, hand-forged jewelry, eerie stationery, glow-in-the-dark art, and cabinets of tiny, wonderful oddities laid out under strings of warm lights. It’s a place for collectors, makers, and anyone who loves the unusual.
We’ll be there—Bug Thugs Creations—tabling among the moth wings and moonlit curios. Stop by to browse our handcrafted pieces, see fresh bug-inspired art, and pick up limited-edition enamel pins, patches, and prints. We love talking shop about materials, design stories, and the best ways to display tiny treasures. Expect playful designs, a few delightful surprises tucked into our booth, and friendly faces ready to help you find something that feels like it was made just for you.
What to bring: cash (some vendors prefer it), an open mind, and a camera—this event is made for photos. What to expect: unique finds, curious conversations, and a cozy, slightly otherworldly vibe. Come say hi at Bug Thugs Creations—we’ll have new pieces and our usual batch of weirdly wonderful favorites waiting.
Kansas City Odd & Feral Market
Odd & Feral is a themed curated marketplace created specifically for dark art, witchy finds, oddities, obscure decor, otherworldly items, haunted housewares, grim accessories, cottagegore, creepy couture, gothic goodies and mystical wares.
Stop by the Bug Thugs booth and find the perfect piece to fit your home! Whether you’re hunting for a quirky accent, a bold centerpiece, or a cozy little find that makes your space smile, our collection has something that’ll stick. Friendly faces, one-of-a-kind designs, and a little bit of mischief—come see what bugs you’ll fall for.
Drop in, say hi, and take home something that’s perfectly you. We can’t wait to bug you with style!
