What is KuklaFest?

The Kuklafest weekend is a three day puppetry conference at OxBow for serious puppeteers from around the country. For local residents, the conference opens with a Friday night Gala Fundraiser at The Saugatuck Woman's Club, and culminates on Sunday with A Picnic with Puppets, an event for local families at Oxbow. 

KuklaFest Fundraiser Gala
​Saugatuck Woman's Club
Friday May 3rd, 2019
7-10 pm

Gala Tickets

A Picnic with Puppets 
OxBow School of Art
Sunday May 5th, 2019
12-2 pm 

Picnic with Puppets Tickets

Pre-Order Your T-Shirt

Order your shirt before Monday, April 29th, 2019 to get it in time for the KuklaFest Weekend. 

Conference attendees will be able to pick t-shirt orders up at the conference checkin. 

Pre-Order T-Shirt Now

Burr Tillstrom Documentary

Performance by Kevin Frisch

Performance by Jeff Goltz

Food by EatDrinkSDF

KuklaFest Gala at the Woman's Club​

May 3, 7-10:00 pm

Join us at the Historic Saugatuck Woman's Club for a festive evening of food, drink and entertainment. ​

Gala Tickets

A Picnic with Puppets 

May 5, 12-2:00 pm

Bring the kids and a sack lunch to OxBow for this fun Picnic with Puppets. We'll have a puppet making workshop, performances, something sweet to eat, and more! 

Picnic with Puppets Tickets

Help support KuklaFest with a tax deductible donation

What you're helping to support... 

• OxBow Puppetry Conference Scholarships ​​
• Burr Tillstrom historical artifact digitization - we are partnering with the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center to digitize old video, records, photos, artwork, and other items donated to the history center from local collections. 
• The First Chapter of this important documentary about Burr Tillstrom
• KuklaFest Gala Performances 

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Puppetry Conference in Saugatuck, Michigan

May 3-5, 2019​

OxBow School of Art and Artists' Residency

About the 3-day Puppetry Conference