Farm Fest ~ Oct 18-20 2024 ~ The Lizard Patch Farmstead ~ Ludlow, MS
Welcome
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Farm Fest!
3 Days
4 Stages
24 Classes
Are you ready to experience the ultimate homesteading/self reliance festival in Mississippi? Here's your chance! Farm Fest 2024 will offer 4 stages, with 24ish classes covering various homesteading, self reliance, and personal health topics such as........pressure canning, blacksmithing, beekeeping, basic first aid and rescue, wool spinning, sewing, weather observation, healthy eating, crocheting, quilting, self defense for all ages, salve making, making natural medicines, tinsmithing, homestead defense, kombucha making, and more. See the class section for more information on all the classes. In addition to the classes, we have a wonderful place to connect with other like-minded, friendly folks. Spend some time at our Marketplace, where we have a variety of vendors featuring handmade and farm produced goodies! The Marketplace will be open Friday-Sunday during class hours. On Friday night, we will be showing a classic, family friendly movie outside, under the stars. Saturday night will feature a Homestead Hoedown with live music! We'll be having some bingo with prizes in there as well. in addition to all this, we will have great food vendors, door prizes, a jam and jelly making competition, a seed and plant swap, and more! This fun filled weekend is something you wont want to miss. Camping is even available for those who need to travel!
Class Spotlights....
Being self reliant and/or living the homesteading life takes many different skills to be successful. While we couldn't possibly have a class for all those skills, we did gather together an amazing assortment of skilled folks that are willing to share their life experience and knowledge with you. With about 24 different classes spread over 4 stages, there is something for everyone! Thanks to those who have volunteered their time to help educate all of us! We have a fun filled, educational weekend planned that you wont want to miss out on. Click the button below to learn more about all the classes...
Activities....
It's not just classes that we have to offer! Education is only part of our mission, we are also here to help us self-reliant folks connect with each other. We will have vendors and artists selling their goods at our marketplace, food vendors, a jam and jelly making competition, door prizes, bingo, a seed and plant swap, a Friday night family movie under the stars, a Saturday Night Homestead Hoedown, and more! Click the button below to learn more about the activities.
Vendor Spotlights....
Be sure to spend some time at our Marketplace. Featuring local vendors of various items such as crafts, honey, salves, jewelry, jam and jellies, craft pickles, handmade soaps, walking sticks, and soooo much more! Some of our teachers will be set up in the Marketplace selling their goods, so be sure to stop by and support them! Click on the link below to review our vendor spotlights. This section is a work in progress, We're currently working with the vendors to get their vendor spotlight flyers worked up. Check back in for updates!
Where can I stay for the weekend?
Wanting to stay the whole weekend but you live too far away to travel back and forth? Live close but don't want to miss out on anything? We have several options. First, we offer onsite primitive camping. When you purchase tickets, you can add a camping pass to your order. A camping pass will get you a tent spot and a parking spot next to you. Flushing toilets are on site. No open fires at camp spots, a main fire pit area is provided. We also have onsite RV spots with no hookups. Just dry camping. Camp spots are limited. If you need hookups, there are 3 campgrounds within 15 mins that have hookups. Coal Bluff, Low Head Dam, and Leake County Water Park. If you need a hotel, the closest town with quality lodging is Flowood, about a 35 min drive.
Where can I get tickets?
We looked around at ticket prices at other similar events around the country. Many of these weekend events get very, very pricey. We really want to keep this affordable for everyone. We know how hard times are these days. So we priced the tickets lower than vast majority of similar events. But to really help get you the most bang for your buck, we added more speakers and activities than majority of the other events. So, we are offering way more for way less!!!! The whole weekend is packed full of educational opportunities, fun activities, and chances to connect with friendly, like minded folks! Click the button below to see the price list and for the link to purchase tickets.
