Paola Roots Festival - Aug. 28 & 29, 2026

The 37th Annual Paola Roots Festival features Live Music, East Central State BBQ Championship, Arts & Crafts, Food Vendors and Kids Games.
About this Event

Now in it's 37th year! It's become a Family Tradition, with all our patrons over the years being the Family! The Roots Festival is a 2-day family friendly event held in the beautiful downtown Paola, KS Park Square. We are pleased to have provided a fun and entertaining event for our community over the years! Last year’s festival highlights include a wide variety of amazing live music featuring National, Regional and Local Artist’s. This year's music will focus on amazing local area musicians just as we did 37 years ago! Other great festival attractions include arts & crafts, food vendors, The East Central State BBQ Championship Cook-off and for our younger festival goers, great games and fun rides!