New and Noteworthy for 2024
Admission Fee- 18 and older:
- $12.50 per person per day when purchased online
- $15.00 per person per day at the gate
- Under 18 free
Ticket Sales
- Online-https://mswf2024.eventbrite.com/. A $2.61 processing fee applies. There will be separate lanes to have eTickets scanned, which we anticipate will move faster than the lanes for people paying at the gate.
- At the gate-cash or check only. Exact change appreciated. There will be a dedicated exact change lane.
Hours
- Gates open at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. NO EARLY ADMISSION.
- Gates open at 7:00 a.m. Sunday to accommodate Breakfast Buffet attendees.
- Vendors open at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Featured Breed for 2024: Cotswold. Learn all about them in the Breed Display Barn.
Special Saturday morning Meet the Author events in the Main Exhibition Annex: Several childrens’ book authors will be holding storytimes, and there will even be a session of chair yoga with Liza Laird, author of Yoga of Yarn.
Free Fiber Arts Lectures: Join the Chesapeake Fibershed on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. in the rear of the Main Exhibition Annex for “Mend. Make. Do.”, a presentation on why mending matters and a demonstration of mending techniques to help you repair and prolong the life of your clothing, then come to the 4-H Hall on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. to hear Diana Buck speak about the Role of Women in the Viking Age.
New time and location for the auction of shawls from the Sheep-to-Shawl Competition: Visit the Show Ring at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday to bid on these beauties.
Special guests Njörðr’s Wanderers will be joining us again, but will be in a new location, the Breed Display Barn.
Don’t forget our Picnic Area in the Rabbit Barn, where we now have picnic tables in case you need to stop and rest!
While many festivals have switched to digital catalogs, we feel strongly that our print catalog is an important part of our identity and are continuing this long-standing tradition. New this year: there is a deadline for ordering catalogs to be mailed to you. Orders must be received by March 15. There is a $10.00 charge to cover postage and handling. Because of the costs involved with printing the catalogs, we are suggesting a $5.00 donation for catalogs picked up at the Festival. Quantities will be limited; the catalogs will be available in the T-Shirt Sales building while supplies last.
