Heritage Festival - Columbia Parks and Recreation, City of Columbia, MO

Parks & Recreation
Creating Community through People, Parks and Programs

34rd Annual Heritage Festival & Craft Show

Saturday & Sunday, September 17 & 18, 2011
10 am - 5 pm
Historic Nifong Park, 2900 E. Nifong (Hwy 63 S & AC exit west)
Columbia, Missouri
FREE!

Craft Vendor Instructions and Agreement for 2011

FROM 2010 event

Slide Show

Traditional tradesmen & artisans demonstrating "lost arts"
Entertainment on three stages
1859 town with reenactors
Cowboys with their chuckwagons
Lewis & Clark outpost
Fun for Young'uns Area (stilts, paper pumpkins, milk the "cow," rope making, candle dipping, candy in the haystack, hayrides, and much more!)
Handmade crafts
Saturday evening ghost stories from 8-9:30 pm
Museum and village tours & great food!

Visitors will be taken back to the traditions of the past. Listen, learn, and see history as it comes alive. See artisans and tradesmen dressed in 19th century attire demonstrating their trades and selling their wares. A large contemporary handmade craft area will also be featured.

Enjoy entertainment on three stages including music, dancing and storytelling. Saturday Evening Ghost Stories (8-9:30 pm) are sponsored by the Mid-Missouri Organization Storytellers. Tour the Historic Maplewood Home and the Walter’s Boone County Historical Museum. Great food and a beautiful park setting will make the Heritage Festival a family tradition!

Stay overnight during the Heritage Festival! For more information on overnight accommodations, visit the Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau Web site.

The Heritage Festival is coordinated by Columbia Parks & Recreation.

Call 573-874-7460 for more information or email Festival Coordinator at KLR@GoColumbiaMo.com