Beavers Bend Folk Festival & Craft Show

The Beavers Bend Folk Festival & Craft Show, held the second weekend in November, is a showcase for turn-of-the-century arts and crafts. Almost 70 exhibitors and vendors will feature crafts and skills like candle making, woodturning, lye soap making, knife making and quilting. A mule logging demonstration will educate visitors about the old-time techniques of mule logging. The courtyard of the Forest Heritage Center is a haven for the children. Storytellers spin their yarns; a petting zoo offers up-close and personal encounters with furry critters. The children's activity area will offer kids the opportunity to create a puppet show with their imagination and their own handmade paper puppets. The twang of banjos, the wail of the fiddles and the ring of the dulcimer strings accompany all this. Four of the country's best folk musicians will be featured on an outdoor stage throughout the three-day festival. Free Mountain Dulcimer workshops offered each day in the courtyard.

There is always-outstanding food at the Beavers Bend Folk Festival & Craft Show. Food vendors offer items such as pork-o-bobs, chicken tacos, as well as smoked turkey legs, Indian tacos, cowboy tacos, and wrap sandwiches. Long-time Festival favorites like kettle corn, corn dogs, roasted ears of corn and funnel cakes will also tempt visitors. Wash it all down with fresh apple cider or sarsaparilla. This festival is a food-lovers paradise!

For more information on contact The Forest Heritage Center at 580-494-6497 or check out www.beaversbend.com.