33rd Annual Mountaineer Folk Festival - Fall Creek Falls State Park

33rd Annual Mountaineer Folk Festival - Fall Creek Falls State Park,
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Offering a free weekend of traditional music, country cooking, pioneer skills demonstrations and more than 120 craft booths. This three-day festival kicks off Friday night, at 7 p.m. with an old-fashioned square dance and jam session. Beginning at 10 a.m. on food booths. Storytelling, music and demonstrations will continue on Sunday, Sept. 11, with crafts and foods booths officially opening at 9 a.m.

Pioneer demonstrations will include sorghum making, sheep herding, blacksmithing, spinning and soap making among other time-honored skills. Wagon and pony rides will be conducted both days. A civil war encampment will feature cannon firing and drills. Two stages will highlight both music and storytelling, with several groups and individual performers sharing a variety of music. In the Park Village area, over 120 craft booths will display an array of handmade wares, including woodworking, folk art, soaps and candles, leatherworks and basket weaving. Tempting visitors’ taste buds, local non-profit groups will be on hand to serve home-style country cooking, offering many menu options.
The event is free and open to the public, though optional donations benefiting Friends of Fall Creek Falls can be made at festival entry points.

The event is co-sponsored by Fall Creek Falls State Park, the Tennessee Arts Commission and Friends of Fall Creek Falls, an organization focused on preserving the natural and cultural riches of the park.


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