17th Annual Townsend Heritage Festival
and Old Timers Day:
Coming September 25-26, 2009
Stay tuned as we post and update schedules. (Scroll below) Highlights: bluegrass music and clogging, an antique tractor and engine show, storytelling, children's activities, crafts by local artisans, great food, and demonstrations of a variety of traditional skills including basketry, spinning, weaving, sorghum molasses, apple butter making, lye soap, beekeeping, llamas, and blacksmithing.Festival events are free and take place on the grounds of the Townsend Visitors Center, located at 7906 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882. Call for details and updates: 800-525-6834.
A special note: In partnership with Keep Blount Beautiful and Spectra Recycling, Inc. we will be recycling plastic and aluminum at the Fall Festival. Please use the containers provided. Your recycling efforts benefit Hearts and Hands Scholarship Fund.
(Please use the inside scroll bar on the right to view events below.)
See our Calendar of Events for dates and other details about all of our activities.
Our Fall Heritage Festival and Old Timers Day celebrates mountain culture, including bluegrass music, Appalachian arts and crafts demonstrations, and the natural beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. Click here to view our new Smoky Mountain Festivals website!
For more information, please call the Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800-525-6834 or 865-448-6134.
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A special note: In partnership with Keep Blount Beautiful and Spectra Recycling, Inc. we will be recycling plastic and aluminum at the Fall Festival. Please use the containers provided. Your recycling efforts benefit Hearts and Hands Scholarship Fund.
Schedule of Activities (Please call 865-448-6134 for updates!):
Activities for Friday, September 25, 2009 (Please call 865-448-6134 for updates.)
All day: Bluegrass music at cloggins at the stage and jam sessions on the porch and under the trees.
Appalachian skills on the grounds:
- Mountain Berry Basket Making and Poetry, Bill Alexander
- Blacksmithing, David Thompson
- Lye Soap Making, Sallie Swor
- Sorghum Molasses Making, Mark and Sherry Guenther
- Apple Butter Making, Marie DeVault and friends
- Beekeeping and Observation Hive, Tony Holt
- Herbal Harvest, Honey Rock Herb Farm, D. Brown
- Antique Tractors and Engines, Foothills Tractor Club
- Cades Cove Preservation Association Exhibits
9am-5pm: Arts and crafts in the Exhibit Room
- Rug Hooking, Carol McBride
- Weaving, Effie Suttles
- Charcoal and Pencil Artwork, Andy England
- Quilting, Ila Mae Morton, Dorothy Belcher, and Maetta Conrad
- Basketry, Bonny Kate Sugg
- Woodcarving, Lendel Abbott
10am & 2pm: Harvesting and Using Herbs from the Fall Garden with Jim and D. Brown of Honey Rock Herb Farm. Plants for sale all day Friday.
10am-6pm: Arts and Crafts Booths along the Bike Trail
10am-3pm: Meet the Llamas from Liles Acres Organic Farm, and see their wood spun into yarn.
1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Cake Raffles and Bake Sale, with proceeds to the Hearts and Hands Scholarship Fund
Activities for Saturday, September 26, 2009 (Please call 865-448-6134 for updates.)
All day: Bluegrass music and clogging at the stage and jam sessions on the porch and under the trees.
All day: Antique Tractor and Engine Show, Foothills Tractor Club.
Appalachian skills on the grounds:
- Mountain Berry Basket Making and Poetry, Bill Alexander
- Blacksmithing, David Thompson
- Moonshine Still, Bill Leistner
- Lye Soap Making, Sallie Swor
- Sorghum Molasses Making, Mark and Sherry Guenther
- Apple Butter Making, Marie DeVault and friends
- Beekeeping and Observation Hive, Tony Holt
- Herbal Harvest, Honey Rock Herb Farm, D. Brown
- Antique Tractors and Engines, Foothills Tractor Club
- Cades Cove Preservation Association Exhibits
9am-6pm: Arts and crafts in the Exhibit Room:
- Rug Hooking, Carol McBride
- Weaving, Effie Suttles
- Quilting, Ila Mae Morton, Dorothy Belcher, and Maetta Conrad
- Basketry, Bonny Kate Sugg
- Woodcarving, Lendel Abbott
- Bobbin Lace Making, Helen Gairns
10:30am-12:30pm: Young Folks Art Fair & Family Fun in the Storytelling Tent
A variety of hands on art projects led by the Townsend Artisan Guild.
10am-6pm: Arts and Crafts booths along the Bike Trail
1pm-4pm: Tall tales (and true!) in the Storytelling Tent, with Lendel Abbott, Robin Goddard, and special guest old time musician Roy Harper.
1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Cake Raffles and Bake Sale, with proceeds to the Hearts and Hands Scholarship FundThe Heritage Festival is sponsored by the Blount County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Festival Parking benefits the Townsend Volunteer Fire Department. Musicians' Parking benefits Rocky Branch Community Center.
Please Note: Schedule is subject to change. For updates and more information, contact the Townsend Visitor Center, 7906 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy., Townsend, TN 37882, 865-448-6134, 800-525-6834. http://www.smokymountains.org/
