CHEROHALA SKYWAY FESTIVAL
Sat, Oct 23
|Charles Hall Museum
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of The Cherohala Skyway Festival: Living and Playing Along The Cherohala Skyway Festival Past and Present; The Uncle Josh Memorial Music Festival with Josh Graves Dobro Contest sponsored by Monroe County Tourism.
Time & Location
Oct 23, 2021, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
Charles Hall Museum, 229 Cherohala Skyway, Tellico Plains, TN 37385, USA
About the event
Featured at the festival will be mountain music, southern foods, handmade crafts and original art of talented craftsmen and artisans. Educational exhibits include working antique engines, antique tractors, and antique lawn mowers, Among the pioneer demonstrations will be weaving, pottery wheel throwing, general wood carving, carving & playing Native American flutes, blacksmithing, corn shelling, corn meal grinding with a Grist Mill, rope pulling, old time salve making in an iron pot, fly fishing demonstrations & lessons, BMTA's cross cut saw demonstrations, and MC Beekeeping Assoc observation bee hives & antique bee keeping equipment.
There will be horse drawn wagon rides, a petting zoo of farm animals, and a children’s barrel train, The Cherohala Skyway Express, will run the length of the adjacent walking trail. Other fun activities include Safe Archery, kid's craft table, mechanical helicopter rides for those under 100 #'s, face painting/hair color and inflatables with bounce houses and…