Schedule Subject to Change.

Please check the website for the most up to date information while at the festival!

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Sept 26 Thursday  

Education: Family Center

     Jr Mule Skinner Program 8:30 to 11 am and 12:00 to 2 pm

1. Mule Education Marty Gordon

2. Intro to Mule Packing Liz Hugley 

3. Blacksmith Demo Mike Kinney 

4. Chuckwagon Cooker Jeremy Jones 

5. Nuzzle Chew Linda Bassani 

6. Homesteading Demonstration

7. Beekeeping

8. Yodeling Jessica Horton 

9. Ice Cream Owl Hollow 
    

Entertainment: Family Center 

      Wagon Train 10 AM to 2 PM 

      Fish Fry starts at 5 PM

      Steve Hall and Friends start at 5:30 PM 

 

Sept 27 Friday  

Craft Show: Family Center Starts at 9 AM

Education: Family Center  

    Jr Mule Skinner Program 9 to Noon and 1 to 3pm

1. Mule Education Marty Gordon

2. Intro to Mule Packing Liz Hugley 

3. Blacksmith Demo Mike Kinney 

4. Chuckwagon Cooker Jeremy Jones 

5. Nuzzle Chew Linda Bassani 

6. Homesteading Demonstration

7. Beekeeping

8. Yodeling Jessica Horton 

9. Ice Cream Owl Hollow 

 

   Steve Edward Mulemanship 10AM

 

Homestead Speakers

10  "Husband and Wife on the Homestead" with Jason and Kourtney Austin, Founders of Tennessee Homesteader’s Alliance​

11:30 pm"Basic Animal Care for the Homestead" with Dr. Jordan DVM,  TennSouth Veterinary Services ​

1  pm  "Old World Preservation" with Ann Accetta-Scott from A Farm Girl in the Making​

2:30 pm "Understanding Solar Energy" with Ben Jones from Silly Goat Farm​​

4 pm  "Homestead Poetry/Spoken Word" with Aaron White from All Things Hickory

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Competition: Cooper Steel Area

American Mule and Music Association Gaited Mule Show Starts 10 AM 

North American Saddle Mule and Donkey Show Starts at 4 PM 

 

Entertainment: Farrer Construction Stage Family Center

Jessica Horton

Stones River Bluegrass Band 5-7pm

 

Sept 28 Saturday 

Craft Show Starts at 9 AM

Education: Family Center

  Jr Mule Skinner Program 10am to Noon and 1pm to 3pm

1. Mule Education Marty Gordon 

2. Blacksmith Demo Mike Kinney 

3. Nuzzle Chew Linda Bassani 

4. Riding Steer Sammy LeVert 

5. Intro to Mule Packing Liz Hugley 

6. Homesteading Demonstration

7. Beekeeping

8. Ice Cream Owl Hollow 

   

   Steve Edward Mulemanship Clinic 10AM

 

Homestead Speakers

10 am  "Family Centric Homesteading" with Sweet Chapel Farm's Jason and Kourtney Austin​

11:30 am   "The Queen of the Homestead: The Family Milk Cow" with Janelle Anderson from The Haven Farmstead​

1 -2 pm "How to Raise, Grow, & Preserve a Year's Worth of Food" with Ann Accetta-Scott from A Farm Girl in the Making​​

2:30 pm "Solar in Tennessee" with Ben Jones from Silly Goat Farm​

4 pm   ​"The Mystery of Shagbark Hickory Syrup" with Aaron White from All Things Hickory

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Competition 

North American Saddle Mule and Donkey Show  10 AM  Cooper Steel Arena

Cast Iron Cook Off Judging 12:30PM Family Center

Cutest Cowboy and Cowgirl 2:30PM Family Center

Mule and Draft Pulling Champions Arena 3PM Champions Arena

American Mule and Music Association Gaited Mule Show 4 PM Cooper Steel Arena

Fastest Mule Race Cooper steel 7 PM Cooper Steel Arena

Mule Drawing 7:30 PM Cooper Steel Arena

 

Entertainment: Farrer Construction Stage Family Center

Jessica Horton 10 AM

James Stembridge Family Band 11 AM 

The GrassKicker 3pm

The Conspiracy to Kill a Possum 5pm​

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Sept 29 Sunday 

Pancake Breakfast 9:30 AM Family Center

Worship Service with Doug Mathis 10 AM Family Center

Church Service Steve Edwards 11AM Family Center