Schedule of Events
Contests & Competitions
Club Lamb Jackpot
Updated for 2024 The club lamb jackpot is a club lamb show where exhibitors pay a set entry fee and ...
Creative Shearing Competition
Updated for 2024 Join us for our third annual creative shearing competition. Not everyone can shear ...
Fine Arts Competition
Updated for 2024 This art competition is intended to encourage artists to participate in the Festiv ...
Junior Sheep & Goat Skillathon
Updated for 2024 A skillathon provides youth with the opportunity to blend knowledge and skills acq ...
Junior Spinning Competition
Updated for 2024 The Junior Spinning Competition is for anyone under the age of 18 (as of January 1 ...
Lead Line Competition
Updated for 2024 The Lead Line Competition is a intended to show the relationship between the sheph ...
Mamie Francis Blanket Competition
Updated for 2024 Mamie was a weaver of small blankets or lap robes. This competition was originally ...
Maryland Sheep & Wool Ambassador Competition
Updated for 2024 The 2024 Maryland Sheep & Wool Ambassador will be chosen at the Maryland Sheep ...
Sheep Photo Competition
Updated for 2024 This competition is intended to encourage photographers to explore the beauty of s ...
Sheep Promotion Competition
Updated for 2024 This all-electronic competition allows contestants age 18 and under to enter prese ...
Sheep To Shawl Competition
Updated for 2024 Five team members - one shearer, three spinners, and one weaver - will compete to ...
Skein & Garment Competition
Updated for 2024 This competition features a wide range of items handcrafted by spinners, knitters, ...
Youth Conservationist Program
Updated for 2024 The Youth Conservationist Program (YCP) strives to connect aspiring youth with est ...
Entertainment
Caruthers Others
Robbie Caruthers is a master of Old Time Fiddle. No one has played more regional festivals and event ...
Common Ground Jam
Join musicians Walt Michael & Co., Port Righ, and The Martin Family from Common Ground on the Hi ...
Slim Harrison Family Hoedown
For over 40 years, Slim Harrison has performed at schools and festivals, hoedowns & throwdowns a ...
The Martin Family
Emily Martin carries on a rich heritage of playing traditional Appalachian and Irish music on the ma ...
Walt Michael & Company
Considered to be a virtuoso of tremendous influence in the revival of the hammered dulcimer, Walt Mi ...
Family Activities
FA01 God’s Eye with Barbara Volk
The God's eye is a magical object, cultural and spiritual symbol for the Huichol and Tepehuan Indian ...
FA02 Card Weaving with Barbara Volk
Learn to make beautiful bands with simple tools. Card weaving is an ingenious system of weaving that ...
FA03 Needle Felted Hair Ties with Ilene Freedman
Learn to needle felt, working with the sharp barbed needle that transforms wool into endless project ...
FA04 Lucet Braiding with Barbara Volk
The lucet is a tool used to create a braided cord from a single strand and can make braids which are ...
FA05 Exploring Simple Spinning with Kellie Nuss
You don’t need a wheel to spin! All over the world, in different places and at different times, pr ...
FA06 Exploring Simple Spinning with Kellie Nuss
You don’t need a wheel to spin! All over the world, in different places and at different times, pr ...
FA07 Quick to Crochet with Kellie Nuss
This class will explore the basics of crocheting as you begin a practice piece that can become a bra ...
FA08 Quick to Knit with Kellie Nuss
Start a lifetime of fun by learning the basics of knitting as you start a bookmark or belt. All supp ...
FA09 Needle Felting with Renata Maile-Moskowitz
This New Lunar Year calls for the honoring and creation of your very own Fire Dragon! To that end, e ...
FA10 Needle Felting with Renata Maile-Moskowitz
This New Lunar Year calls for the honoring and creation of your very own Fire Dragon! To that end, e ...
FA11 Tapestry with Barbara Volk
Learn the traditional art of tapestry weaving on a small loom. All supplies provided. Age 8+. Lim ...
FA12 Hand Carding with Rhiannon Huscha
Learn several methods to hand card wool, using hand cards, a drum carder and a blending board. Learn ...
FA13 Felted Beads with Ilene Freedman
Learn to needle felt, working with the sharp barbed needle that transforms wool into endless project ...
FA14 Felted Beads with Ilene Freedman
Learn to needle felt, working with the sharp barbed needle that transforms wool into endless project ...
Storytelling For All Ages with Tim Livengood
Updated for 2024 Tim Livengood is a storyteller since way back, learning from vinyl LPs on a record ...
Fiber Arts Workshops
Free Fiber Arts Lecture: Mend. Make. Do. with the Chesapeake Fibershed
New for 2024 We hear about buying less, sourcing locally, and wearing natural and regenerative fibe ...
Free Fiber Arts Lecture: Weaving and the Role of Women in the Viking Age with Diana Buck
New for 2024 This lecture will offer a fascinating look into the ways in which textile production ...
Food at the Festival
Saturday Night Dinner
It’s Saturday night at the Festival, you’re tired, hungry and need to relax. Join us for a wonde ...
Sunday Breakfast Buffet
A great way to fuel up for a long day of Festival fun! Menu Western Style Egg Casserole Bacon &am ...
Free Events & Demos
Fiber Arts Demonstrations
Updated for 2024 You are invited to visit the Main Exhibition Annex any time between 9:00 a.m. and ...
Free Fiber Arts Lecture: Mend. Make. Do. with the Chesapeake Fibershed
New for 2024 We hear about buying less, sourcing locally, and wearing natural and regenerative fibe ...
Free Fiber Arts Lecture: Weaving and the Role of Women in the Viking Age with Diana Buck
New for 2024 This lecture will offer a fascinating look into the ways in which textile production ...
Maryland Make It With Wool Fashion Show
Updated for 2024 The annual Make It With Wool (MIWW) competition is dedicated to encouraging sewing ...
Njörðr’s Wanderers
Updated for 2024 After having such a lovely time meeting last year’s attendees, Njörðr's Wander ...
Parade of Sheep Breeds
Updated for 2024 The American sheep industry offers a wide range of genetic diversity. To celebrate ...
Sheep Breeds Display
Updated for 2024 A rare opportunity to view over thirty different breeds of sheep in one place. Bre ...
Sheep Shearing Demonstrations
Updated for 2024 The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival is pleased to have Emily Chamelin of Westmi ...
Sheepdog Demonstrations
Updated for 2024 The Sheepdog Demonstrations at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival are always a ...
Shepherds Talk – How Chefs Helped our Lamb Business Succeed with John and Sukey Jamison
John and Sukey own Jamison Farm in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Their picturesque 210-acre farm produced s ...
Storytelling For All Ages with Tim Livengood
Updated for 2024 Tim Livengood is a storyteller since way back, learning from vinyl LPs on a record ...
Shepherd Workshops
Integrated Parasite Management and FAMACHA© Certification Workshop with Susan Schoenian
The FAMACHA© eye anemia system is a tool for making deworming decisions. In order to get a FAMACHA ...
Wool Judging & Evaluation School with Dr. Whit Stewart (Adult)
The Wool Judging & Evaluation Schools are tailored for both youth and adult participants, offeri ...
Wool Judging & Evaluation School with Dr. Whit Stewart (Youth)
The Wool Judging & Evaluation Schools are tailored for both youth and adult participants, offeri ...
Shows & Sales
Auction of Handspun Handwoven Shawls
Updated for 2024 Once a year, sheep breeders, shearers, spinners, and weavers from up and down the ...
Auction of Sheep Equipment and Supplies
Updated for 2024 Attention shepherds! Do you want some special equipment but hesitate to buy it new ...
Auction of Spinning and Weaving Equipment
Updated for 2024 The Auction of Spinning and Weaving Equipment at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festi ...
Fleece Show & Sale
Updated for 2024 The Fleece Show & Sale has been a mainstay of the Festival since the very begi ...
Sheep Shows
Updated for 2024 Saturday, May 4, 2024 Saturday Morning Ring 1 Black Border Leicester Corriedal ...