IN PHOTOS: Blyth Rutabaga Festival

Local band Country Junction takes the stage at the Blyth Rutabaga Festival. Vocalist Kim Teed, guitarist Travis Teed, bassist Al Anderson, and drummer Trevor Teed provided attendees with a mix of new and old country. (Connor Luczka photo)

As part of the Orbax and Pepper Show, the Great Orbax’s assistant Sweet Pepper Korpek unconventionally blows up a balloon at the Blyth Rutabaga Festival on June 18. His method had kids and adults in the crowd guessing how it happened. Here’s a hint: liquid nitrogen is only part of the answer. (Connor Luczka photo)

As part of the Orbax and Pepper Show, the Great Orbax’s assistant Sweet Pepper Korpek unconventionally blows up a balloon at the Blyth Rutabaga Festival on June 18. His method had kids and adults in the crowd guessing how it happened. Here’s a hint: liquid nitrogen is only part of the answer. (Connor Luczka photo)

(From left) Lomar Spence, Alvin Thomson, Yakine Stephens, Dwayne McCook, and Everton Edwards race to the finish. As the only bed to make it down Gypsy Lane at this year’s Rutabaga Festival, they snagged the trophy and the title: Bed Race Champions. (Connor Luczka photo)

(From left) Lomar Spence, Alvin Thomson, Yakine Stephens, Dwayne McCook, and Everton Edwards race to the finish. As the only bed to make it down Gypsy Lane at this year’s Rutabaga Festival, they snagged the trophy and the title: Bed Race Champions. (Connor Luczka photo)