Old Fashioned Sorghum Festival

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Old Fashioned Sorghum Festival

Post by CliffordRC » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:05 pm

Clifford Ruritan Sorghum Festival
Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4, 2009, 9am-5pm
Jousting, crafts, food and entertainment on the program at annual festival

Clifford Virginia's most popular event will be here soon! For more than thirty years on the first full weekend in October the Clifford Ruritans have brought together old-fashioned sorghum syrup and apple butter making, traditional Virginia music and food, historical presentations and much, much, more. This year dozens of jousters from across the Commonwealth will come together to vie for the Virginia State Championship.

In addition to jousting, festival offerings include food – fresh, hot sandwiches, Brunswick stew, beverages and desserts; Old-fashioned sorghum syrup and apple butter cooking and sales; fresh local produce, crafts, art, collectibles, gifts, jewelry and quilts; kids’ activities; Volkswagen car club show; a Civil War re-enactors campsite; and entertainment by The Little Mountain Boys, Profitt & Sandidge, 3-M's, Steve Wilson and his trio, the Dance Team from the Amherst Dance Academy, Blue Ridge Star Square Dancers, and others.

The festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, rain or shine. Admission is free. There is a parking fee of $5 per car and $1 for motorcycles. Lawn chairs are welcome, but no pets, please. All proceeds benefit local community charities. Join us for a day of fun in Amherst County.

755 Fletchers Level Road (State Rt. 610), Clifford, Virginia
Directions
From Lynchburg – North on Rt. 29, left onto Rt. 151, right onto Fletchers Level Road
From Charlottesville – South on Rt. 29, right onto Fletchers Level Road

For more information, call (434) 946-2208 or e-mail sorghumfestival@gmail.com.

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