Join us for our annual celebration of agriculture in the Adirondack region!

The 2023 event will follow the same format as past festivals, with a large farmers’ market, local food trucks, “Local Libations” tent, hands-on workshops, kids’ activities, draft horse and wagon rides, and more.

The theme of the hands-on workshops and demonstrations will be “Local Fiber and Wool” with experts leading sessions on natural dyes for yarn and fabric, sheep shearing, spinning, weaving, and other local fiber arts.

Schedule:

12PM-5PM: DEMONSTRATIONS

Awkesasene Basket Weaving, Flax to Linen, Traditional Shoe Making, Wool Weaving and Spinning & more.

Wool and Water Exhibit
Straw Bale Toss
Petting Zoo
Information & Gift Shop
Antique Tractor Display
Local Ice Cream

Young Farmers' Circle

12-5 (all day): Face painting, kids' activities, and quiet space for baby changing and breastfeeding
1-1:45 Finger Knitting
2-2:45 Natural Tie Dye
3-3:45 Felted Soap

10am-12pm Pre-Festival Farm and Forest Hike with Champlain Area Trails, 6 miles

12-1:30 Music: Crackin' Foxy
1:30-1:45 Kids' Potato Sack Race
1:45-3:15 Music: Annie & the Hedonists
3:15-3:30 Hula Hoop Contest & Awards
3:30-5 Music: Ploughman's Lunch

WORKSHOPS

12:30-1:15 Paper Making Kathy Linker, Master Gardener Volunteer, $10, limit 10 people

1:30-2:15 Hand Weaving for Beginners Suzanne Hokanson, SWHFiberWorks, $15, limit 15 people

2:30-3:15 Sheep Shearing
Roger Hastings, Shady Hill Sheep and Wool Farm, Free

3:30-4:15 Dyeing with Botanicals Nichole Gerding, Thankful Sage Farm School, $15, limit 20 people

Date: September 23, 2023

Time: 12pm - 5pm

Location: Essex County Fairgrounds, Westport, NY 12993

Cost: Free

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