June 5 @ 9:00 am – June 6 @ 4:00 pm
Foxfire Heritage Days is back June 5 and 6 for its 18th year!
Fourteen blacksmiths at the forge. Black powder rifle history. Pottery on the wheel. Butter in the churn. Woodstove cooking, canning, weaving, flint knapping, basketry, small engines, music, children’s activities, and barbecue from Blue Hound Barbecue.
What makes Heritage Days special is where it happens! The demonstrations aren’t in booths; they’re spread throughout our historic village, inside and around the cabins, porches, and grounds. Families can wander the village, hear the forge, smell what’s cooking, and see what daily work looked like when these skills were still part of everyday life.
For two days, demonstrators will share the skills, stories, and hands-on Appalachian traditions that have shaped life for generations. Families can also visit the Children’s Village, where kids can make something, try activities, ask questions, with plenty of space to run around.
Demonstrations
Friday, June 5
Basketmaking: Cleto Montelongo + Becky Watty
Basket weaving: Paula Puckett
Black powder rifles, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.: Coley Cooper
Blacksmithing: 14 Blacksmiths, Joe Williams, Wind Chapman
Butter making: Mary Waldrop
Canning and jellies: Becky Flory
Carpentry: Joe Williams
Chair caning: David Russell, Joe Luke
Children’s activity, morning and afternoon
Cooking: David Grist, Linda Roberson, Mike Charnoky
Flintknapping: Jim Enloe
Instruments: Les Barnett
Moonshine demonstration: David Banks
Music, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Jake McCrackin
Poplar basket folding: Andrew Lee
Pottery: Georgann Lanich
Soap making: Miss Jenny’s Soaps
Spinning and felting: Kelly Coldren
Walking sticks: Isabel King
Weaving: Sharon Grist
Woodcarving: Brian Ledford
Woodstove cooking: Tommy Waldrop
Saturday, June 6
Basketmaking: Cleto Montelongo + Becky Watty
Basket weaving: Paula Puckett
Black powder rifles, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.: Coley Cooper
Blacksmithing: 14 Blacksmiths, Joe Williams, Wind Chapman, tentative
Butter making: Mary Waldrop
Carpentry: Joe Williams
Chair caning: Ben Banick, David Russell + wife, Joe Luke, tentative
Children’s activity: Anne Pledger, Ellen Hendrix
Cooking: David Grist, Mike Charnoky, Sharon Stiles
Flintknapping: Jim Enloe
Instruments: Les Barnett
Moonshine demonstration: David Banks
Music, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Jake McCrackin
Poplar basket folding: Andrew Lee
Pottery: Georgann Lanich
Small engines: Kevin + Bill Fountain
Soap making: Miss Jenny’s Soaps
Spinning and felting: Kelly Coldren
Walking sticks: Isabel King
Weaving: Sharon Grist
Woodcarving: Brian Ledford
Woodstove cooking: Tommy Waldrop
Food and music:
Blue Hound Barbecue
Live music both days from 11am to 1pm featuring Jake McCrackin
June 5 and 6
9am to 4pm
98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City, GA
Visitor Info for Foxfire Heritage Days
Additional parking and a shuttle to the museum will be available at Blue Heights Baptist Church on Cross Street.
Once you arrive at Foxfire, please stop by the Mercantile to purchase admission. From there, you can head out onto the heritage trail, where demonstrations, children’s activities, and more than 20 historic buildings will be open throughout the village.
Before you leave, stop back by the Mercantile. Every Foxfire Book, piece of Foxfire merch, and local artisan item purchased helps support our nonprofit and keeps this work going.
This Foxfire fundraiser is proudly sponsored by the City of Mountain City, Chick-fil-A Clayton, and McClain and Sons Excavating LLC
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