The Malcolm Blue Historical Crafts and Farmskills Festival

The Malcolm Blue Historical Crafts and Farmskills Festival
Friday through Sunday, September 27 - 29, 2013

 

The Malcolm Blue Historical Crafts and Farmskills Festival is a three-day festival held annually the last weekend of September. As many as 1,500 school school children visit the farm on Friday during School Children’s Day to learn what daily life and work was like in the 19th century. Some of the crafts and skills demonstrated are pottery, basket making, woodworking, blacksmithing, spinning, weaving, soap and candle making and fringe tying.

Farm animals fill the stable; pony and wagon rides are available for the young and young at heart. Folk and country musicians and dancers entertain during the three-day event. In the meadow, Civil War reenactment troops are encamped and steam engines are demonstrated. The festival has become one of the finest intergenerational events in North Carolina.

If you are interested in becoming a crafter/demonstrator at the festival, please visit the crafter/demonstrator page.

Autumn Leaves Festival

The Autumn Leaves Festival showcases our rich musical heritage, such as Old-Time, Blue Grass and Gospel performed by local musicians on the downtown Mt. Airy stage; the unique arts & crafts of more than 170 craftsmen line the streets with many demonstrating their talents and skills passed down through the generations; then there is "Food for the Soul", ham biscuits, collards & cornbread, barbeque, hamburgers, ground steak and more served with hospitality by our local civic and other community groups. This year's festival will be held in Downtown Mount Airy on Friday, October 8th (9am-9pm), Saturday, October 9th (9am-9pm) and Sunday, October 10th 12pm-6pm)