Furthering Our Local Knowledge - FOLK Fall Festival

1st Annual FOLK Fall Festival and Bulb Swap

Apples anyone? Come to the first annual FOLK Fall Festival from 1 until 8 pm on Saturday, October 25, at the Agrarian Connections farm, north of Crawford GA in Oglethorpe County.

There will be live music all day from Josh Rosenstein, Lera Lynn (of Birds and Wire), The Roughbark Candyroasters, The Jumpin' Jesus Christers, and The Corduroy Road. If you play an instrument whether it be a mandolin or an accordion you are encouraged to bring it along and play with other musicians around the campfire. Also don't forget to bring your dancing shoes, because later in the afternoon the tables and booths will be moved to make room for a contra dance.

Local seasonal food, including barbecue and vegetarian options, will be provided by PLACE. There will be art and craft booths, a farmers market and bulb/seed swap, t-shirts, and everything apples—from an apple pie contest to an apple juicing demonstration—and family-friendly games, arts & crafts, and face painting. Susannah Chapman and Tad Brown will lead demonstrations and discussions and will give a tour of the heirloom apple orchard at farm. We encourage you to bring yard apples if you have them!

There will also be an auction to help pay for this event and others like it in the future. The auction will include gift cards and products from Espresso Royal Cafe, Earthfare, The National, East/West Bistro, Gyro Wrap and more.

The FOLK Fall Festival is produced by Furthering Our Local Knowledge (FOLK) and Promoting Local Agriculture and Cultural Experience (PLACE). To register for the apple pie contest or if you are interested in reserving a booth to show/sell arts, crafts, produce, seeds, bulbs or homemade goods, or to participate in carpooling, contact us at folkathens@gmail.com.

Admission to the FOLK Fall Festival is free and open to the public, but a donation would be greatly appreciated and will help us continue to sponsor future colporteurs and events.

Performance Schedule:
1:30 - Josh Rosenstein
2:15 - The Roughbark Candyroasters
3:00 - Lera Lynn
4:00 - Contra Dance led by caller Deena Kushner and The Jumpin' Jesus Christers
6:00 - The Corduroy Road

You can download the Fall Festival Flyer here.

A .pdf map to the Agrarian Connections Farm can be found here.

FOLK Fall Festival Sponsors:
EarthFare, Five Points Bottle Shop, and Common Ground Athens.

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Contact us:
folkathens@gmail.com