HemlockFest\, hosted by the Lumpkin Coalition\, is an annual festival held the first full weekend in November. The Festival and the proceeds from the festival are used to increase public awareness of Eastern and Carolina hemlock tree problems and to provide financial support for Area Colleges and Universities in their efforts to save the Hemlocks.
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\nHemlockFest will feature 19 bands and entertainers providing \;almost 30 hours of great music\, plus food and beverage\, natural crafts vendors\, interactive presentations and exhibits\, and lots of activities (including a Kid&rsquo\;s Nature Village).
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\nHemlockFest is continuing its promotion of quality art and crafts booths! This year'\;s festival will feature over 30 juried booths with all handmade or homegrown work made by the crafts-person who is in the booth to sell it. Buy your holiday gifts with local artists including painting\, jewelry\, pottery\, natural skin care\, batik clothing\, crochet\, plants\, baked goods\, woodworking\, candles\, metal working\, upcycling\, fiber arts\, service booths and more!
Make your plans now and join us for 3 days of fun and music--Tickets on sale now at \;www.HemlockFest.org.
\n\nFriday
\n\n2:00 \; \; \; \; \; Gates open
\n\n2:45 \; \; \; \; \; Rob Brooksher &\; Friends
\n\n3:30 \; \; \; \; \; Cat &\; the Bone Daddies
\n\n4:30 \; \; \; \; \; Three Arrows
\n\n5:15 \; \; \; \; \; Jesse Mariah Williams
\n\n6:00 \; \; \; \; \; Kate &\; Corey
\n\n7:15 \; \; \; \; \; Emerald Rose
\n\n8:45 \; \; \; \; \; Jess Goggans Band
\n\n10:25 \; \; \; Copious Jones
\n\n12:00 \; \; \; Mainstage music ends
\n\n1:00 \; \; \; \; \; Gates close (campers only)
\n\nSaturday
\n\n9:00 \; \; \; \; \; Gates open
\n\n10:00 \; \; \; Local Honey
\n\n11:00 \; \; \; Gibson Wilbanks
\n\n11:45 \; \; \; Hemlock Education Panel
\n\n12:30 \; \; \; Seth Livengood &\; Jason Kenney
\n\n1:45 \; \; \; \; \; ContraDance with Emerald Isle &\; caller Charlotte Crittenden
\n\n3:30 \; \; \; \; \; Pippy Thomas
\n\n4:30 \; \; \; \; \; Heather Luttrell &\; the Possumden
\n\n5:50 \; \; \; \; \; Come Back Alice
\n\n7:10 \; \; \; \; \; \; Lantern Parade
\n\n7:25 \; \; \; \; \; Unifire Theater
\n\n8:05 \; \; \; \; \; Burning of Adelgid Effigy
\n\n8:25 \; \; \; \; \; Col. Bruce Hampton
\n\n10:20 \; \; \; Donna Hopkins\, Ralph Roddenbery &\; Friends
\n\n12:00 \; \; \; Mainstage music ends
\n\n1:00 \; \; \; \;Gates close (campers only)
\n\nSunday
\n\n9:00 \; \; \; \; \; Gates open
\n\n10:00 \; \; \; Lara Polangco Potter &\; Family
\n\n11:00 \; \; \; The Pussywillows
\n\n11:45 \; \; \; Hemlock Education Panel
\n\n12:30 \; \; \; The Ain&rsquo\;t Sisters
\n\n1:45 \; \; \; \; \; String &lsquo\;n Bones
\n\n3:00 \; \; \; \; \; Festival ends
\n\nLine-up subject to change.
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