Saturday, October 5, 2024

Starts at 1PM

80 Bassett Road, Shelburne, MA

We are so excited to welcome you to Bassett Road for our biggest community event of the year! Barnfest is a FREE full day event that includes local crafters and artisans, musicians, kid’s activities, dancing, food, and the weaving together of an amazingly vibrant community.

We welcome all to join us beginning at 1PM for a variety of live demonstrations, interactive workshops, raffles, a buffet dinner, and after-dinner musical entertainment into the wee hours of the morning.

Mini-Workshops

  • 1PM
    • Fiddle Backup / Power Chords with Van Kaynor
    • Tool Sharpening & Maintenance with Shelby Howland – Bring your tools to be sharpened!
  •  2PM
    • Fiddle Tricks with Van Kaynor
    • Beginner Doumbek with Joe Blumenthal
  • 3PM
    • Tool Sharpening & Maintenance with Shelby Howland – Bring your tools to be sharpened!
    • Biodynamic Gardening & Land Healing with Elisha Poulin

Demonstrations

  • 1PM
    • Animal Encounters featuring: CC Cutie Pi Morse, Queen Lola the bearded dragon, Hedgehog, Tegu, Sulcata Tortoise, and milk snake with TNMT Wellness Center
    • Natural Dyeing with Lisa Dachinger of Hilltop Farm and Fiber Arts
    • Moccasin Making with Sharon Raymond of Simple Shoemaking
    • Wood Fired Pizza in the Earth Oven with Gawain & Sara Thomas
  • 2PM
    • Animal Encounters with TNMT Wellness Center (continued)
    • Hand-Shearing Icelandic Sheep with Kevin Ford
    • Sawing Demonstration with Jay Clarke of J Team Portable Sawmill
    • Tool Handle Repair with Doug Feeney
    • Wood Fired Pizza in the Earth Oven with Gawain & Sara Thomas (continued)
  • 3PM
    • Hand-Shearing Icelandic Sheep with Kevin Ford (continued)
    • Hose Down House & Fire Truck with Shelburne Fire Department Chief, John Taylor
    • Herding Dog Demonstration with Barbara Eriksson of Blue Rock Dog Training
    • Empanada Making in the Earth Oven with Doug Feeney and Nick & Ruth Curry
  • 4PM

Ongoing Activities & Displays

1PM – 1:45PM: Becky’s Bargain Boutique

1PM – 4:45PM:

  • Glass Blowing with Kirin Bourgeois of Bourgeois Glass
  • Leather Keychains with Sarah Shields of Farm Shoes Handmade
  • Historic Farm Tools Display by Wheelview Farm
  • Shetland Sheep from Cozie Nook Homestead
  • Sawing Logs with Jay Clarke of J Team Portable Sawmill
  • Cutting Boards, Bowls and more by James Clarke of J Team Portable Sawmill
  • Bobbin Lace Making with Carolyn Wetzel
  • Vävstuga Textiles Exhibit from the past year
  • Weaving with Väv Immersion Weaving Students
  • Woven Textiles from Emily Gwynn of Hands to Work Textiles
  • Yarn, Kits, Sponges, and Wool Pellets from Bloom Woolen Yarns
  • Spinning Circle with Deanna Moore – Bring your wheel, or try one of ours!
  • Envelope Making and Crafts with Eveline MacDougall of Sweat Pea Cottage Industries
  • Quilts from Master Quilter, Jody Stetson
  • Vintage Clothing from Vintage La Femme
  • Wall Systems from Yeoman Design Build
  • Rope Making, Quill Pens and more with Bob Delisle
  • Streamer Making and Activity Tent for kids of all ages with Rachelle Ackerman

Starting at 3PM:

Community Supper: 5PM

All are welcome to join in our community supper. We greatly appreciate donations to help sustain this annual event.

Much of the food for the meal is generously provided by local farms and bakers, including:

Music

Afternoon Music:

  • 3PM:
    • Nyckelharpa with lydia ievins
    • Old Timey Jam with George Reynolds
  • 4PM:
    • Romanian Corner with Melinda Fields, et al.
    • Scandinavian Fiddle Jam with Van Kaynor

Dinner Music:

  • Abbracci Libero (Eclectic Multi-instrumentalists)
  • Burikes Klezmer Trio (Klezmer music)
  • Then Millau Ellenika (Greek music)
  • Song Circle with Eveline MacDougall
  • Mladost! (Young People’s Dance Performance)

Evening Music

Getting Here

**The bridge on Bardwells Ferry Road between South Shelburne Road and Orchard Road is closed.**

Alternate Route for Cars:

From Route 2, headed East:

  • Right onto Old Greenfield Rd for 0.2 miles
  • Right onto Zerah Fiske Rd for 2.2 miles
  • Sharp right onto Bardwells Ferry Rd for 1.2 miles (ignore Road Closed sign)
  • Sharp left onto Bassett Rd

From Route 2, headed West:

  • Pass Shelburne Coffee Roasters
  • Left onto Zerah Fiske Rd for 2.5 miles
  • Sharp right onto Bardwells Ferry Rd for 1.2 miles (ignore Road Closed sign)
  • Sharp left onto Bassett Rd

Alternate Route for Trailers:

From Route 2, headed East:

  • Right onto Old Greenfield Rd for 0.2 miles
  • Right onto Zerah Fiske Rd for 1.1 miles
  • Left onto South Shelburne Rd for 0.9 miles
  • Right onto Taylor Rd for 2.3 miles
  • Sharp right onto Bardwells Ferry Rd for 1.6 miles (ignore Road Closed sign)
  • Go past Bassett Rd
  • Turn around using Orchard Rd (next left, unmarked)
  • First right onto Bassett Rd

From Route 2, headed West:

  • Pass Shelburne Coffee Roasters
  • Left onto Zerah Fiske Rd for 1.3 miles
  • Left onto South Shelburne Rd for 0.9 miles
  • Right onto Taylor Rd for 2.3 miles
  • Sharp right onto Bardwells Ferry Rd for 1.6 miles (ignore Road Closed sign)
  • Go past Bassett Rd
  • Turn around using Orchard Rd (next left, unmarked)
  • First right onto Bassett Rd

 

Want to Help?

We hope you will help us spread the word by telling your friends and sharing our Facebook event!

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Mass Cultural Council

Barnfest is part of an ongoing series of events that ensure a strong future for Fabric of Life as we educate the young, and the young at heart, in traditional crafts, music, dance, agriculture and forestry. Barnfest is made possible through the generous donations from our community as well as the support of the Shelburne Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council.

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Pictures from Past Barnfest Events

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