MABS 2019 will take place at the Holiday Inn in Harrisburg/Hershey/Grantville, PA 17028 (Exit 80, I-81 )
Headliners will be:
TAIGA URUSHIBATA representing Japan,
MARC NOELANDERS representing Europe,
and JENNIFER PRICE representing the USA.
The annual MABS Spring Festival commences on Friday evening, April 12, and continues through Sunday afternoon, April 14. Renowned international professional bonsai artists present lecture/ demonstrations, workshops, and critiques of bonsai. Registrants have weekend-long opportunities to observe and spend time with the artists at breakout sessions between demonstrations, and to view the MABS member clubs’ Bonsai Exhibit. In addition, a wide range of bonsai vendors are on site offering a large selection of bonsai, bonsai-related plants, containers, tools, books and other supplies.Each featured guest artist presents two lecture/demonstrations. Each bonsai creation is raffled following the completion of styling by its respective artist. There are also silent auctions and a very active live auction of donated bonsai materials at the Saturday night banquet.