2023 Mass Sheep & Wool
2023 Mass Sheep & Wool Festival
Schedule

Saturday, May 28, 2022

7:00 am – 4:30 pm

Food Booth Open, Breakfast Available

7:30 am – 9:00 am

All fleece, woolcraft & photography entries at Exhibit Hall

8:00 am – 4:00 pm

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Commercial Exhibits Open

9:30 am – 1:00 pm

Exhibit Hall closed for judging of fleeces and woolcraft entries

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Demonstration:  Reggie The Weaver
Location: Outdoor Vendors

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Drop-In Spinning & Knitting – all ages
Location: Dining Hall Porch

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Demonstration: Michelle Parrish, Natural Dyeing
Location: Dining Hall Porch

11: am – 12:00 pm

Demonstration: 
Sondra Slesinski, Drum Carding
Location: Dining Hall Porch

11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Demonstration: New England Lace Making Group, Bobbin Lace
Location: Pavilion 

12 Noon

All sheep for show on grounds

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Horse Drawn Wagon Rides by Clay Hill Farm

12:30 pm

Sheep Shearing Demonstration
Location: Near Sheep Show Ring #2

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Drop In Weaving:  All ages
Presenter: Springfield Weavers Guild
Location: Exhibit Hall Porch

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Fleece Sale & Woolcraft & Photography Exhibits Open

1:30 pm  Start

Sheep Show
Show Order: Sheep Show Ring 1 – Upper Barn

Fitting & Showmanship
Market Lamb
Dorper
Shropshire

2:30 pm

Sheep Shearing Demonstration
Location: Near Sheep Show Ring 2

5:00 pm

Commercial Vendor Exhibits Close

6:00 pm

Pot Luck Supper and Ice Cream Social

Sunday, May 29, 2022

6:30 am – 4:00 pm

Food Booth Open, Breakfast Available

8:00 am – 4:00 pm

9:00 am Start

Sheep Show
Show Order: Sheep Show – Ring #1, Upper Barn:

Dorset
Southdown
AOB Meat
Cheviot
Hampshire
Horned Dorset
Katahdin
Tunis

Show Order: Sheep Show – Ring #2, Lower Barn:
Cotswold
Shetland
Jacob
AOB Wool
Natural Colored

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Commercial Vendor  Exhibits Open

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open, Fleece Sales, Woolcraft, Photography Displays

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

DemonstrationJill Horton-Lyons, All About Angoras
Location: Pavilion 

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Demonstration: Reggie the Weaver
Location: Outdoor Vendors

10:30 am

Sheep Shearing Demonstration
Location: Near Sheep Show Ring #2

11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Drop-In Spinning & Knitting
Location: Dining Hall Porch

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Horse Drawn Wagon Rides by Clay Hill Farm

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Demonstration: Fleece to Shawl Demonstration

1:00 pm

Lead Line Pageant
Location: Sheep Show Ring #1

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Workshop:  Introduction to Wet and Needle Felting Techniques (For Youth & Adult)
Location: Dining Hall Porch

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Workshop:  Introduction to Wet and Needle Felting Techniques (For Youth & Adult)
Location: Dining Hall Porch

2:00 pm (or 1/2 hour after end of sheep show)

Awards & Shepherds Meeting
Location: Sheep Show Ring #1

2:00 pm

Sheep Shearing Demonstration
Location: Near Sheep Show Ring #2

2:00 pm

Workshop:  Introduction to Wet and Needle Felting Techniques (For Youth & Adult)

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

All Woolcraft, Photographs and remaining
Fleeces need to be picked up from Exhibit Hall

4:00 pm

Commercial Vendor Exhibits Close

Printable Schedule

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2023 Partners

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Location

Cummington Fairgrounds
97 Fairgrounds Road
Cummington, Massachusetts 01026

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