11:00 am | Saturday, Oct 17th
The “Grand Ol’ Chili Cookoff”, formerly known as the Leiper’s Fork Chili Cookoff, is cooking up a hot festival!
You will find many delicious varieties of chili at the cookoff & The Grand Ol’ Chili stage will be jammin’ with the classic country sounds of The Austin Brothers (progressive country blues), Heavy Drunk, Bishop Gunn & Johnny Mac and the Heart Attacks!! A dance floor will be set up in front of the stage.
The 14th Annual GRAND OL’ CHILI COOKOFF in Leiper’s Fork, TN will take place on Saturday October 17, 2015. This hot festival will be held in the field on the corner of Floyd Rd & Old Hillsboro Rd! Parking is located on the opposite side of Old Hillsboro Rd. There will be parking attendants to help.
Old Hillsboro Rd.
Franklin, TN 37064 (Leiper’s Fork)
Admission: 9 and older $8
8 and younger FREE
For a list of activities and much more, please visit GRAND OL’ CHILI COOKOFF!
9:00 am | Wednesday, Sep 23rd
Come on out to Travellers Rest for our annual Trades Festival! Step back in time to 200 plus years ago and watch history come alive through the work of over thirty talented artisans and re-enactors. Converse with a Civil War surgeon, or learn the art of soap making…maybe even discover what a flintknapper does! Period demonstrators and re-enactors include blacksmithing, basket weaving, spinning, weaving, civil war and frontier life plus much, much more. A wealth of hands-on activities await such as clothes warshin’, thaumatropes, rolling hoops, quill pen writing, doll making, candle dipping, corn grinding and perhaps a few surprises. Picnic lunches are welcome…so you can sit for a spell or visit with us all day! Come on out and experience Nashville’s oldest historic house where everyday is alive with history! The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept 22 and Wednesday, Sept 23 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Historic Travellers Rest Plantation.
Registration required for school groups. Contact Tonya Staggs at tonya@travellersrestplantation.org or (615) 832-8197 x15.
Please visit website for more information.
9:00 am | Tuesday, Sep 22nd
Come on out to Travellers Rest for our annual Trades Festival! Step back in time to 200 plus years ago and watch history come alive through the work of over thirty talented artisans and re-enactors. Converse with a Civil War surgeon, or learn the art of soap making…maybe even discover what a flintknapper does! Period demonstrators and re-enactors include blacksmithing, basket weaving, spinning, weaving, civil war and frontier life plus much, much more. A wealth of hands-on activities await such as clothes warshin’, thaumatropes, rolling hoops, quill pen writing, doll making, candle dipping, corn grinding and perhaps a few surprises. Picnic lunches are welcome…so you can sit for a spell or visit with us all day! Come on out and experience Nashville’s oldest historic house where everyday is alive with history! The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept 22 and Wednesday, Sept 23 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Historic Travellers Rest Plantation.
Registration required for school groups. Contact Tonya Staggs at tonya@travellersrestplantation.org or (615) 832-8197 x15.
Please visit website for more information.
The “Grand Ol’ Chili Cookoff”, formerly known as the Leiper’s Fork Chili Cookoff, is cooking up a hot festival!