Step Back in Time at the Cane Hill Harvest Festival

Get ready for a day of music, food, and Ozark Heritage at Cane Hill!

The Cane Hill Harvest Festival is a beloved tradition in Northwest Arkansas, blending history, culture, and family-friendly fun. Held on September 21, 2024, on the historic grounds of Cane Hill College, this event offers a unique opportunity to experience Ozark heritage through craft demonstrations, live music, and historic tours.

From sorghum pressing to a live pie auction and a kids’ zone with activities from Crystal Bridges and Shiloh Museum, the festival has is going to be a fun one! You can also explore the “Arts and Eats” market, enjoy food trucks, and watch live music throughout the day.

Start your day with a country breakfast from 7 AM to 10 AM, then dive into all-day activities beginning at 8 AM, including an exciting quilt show, crafting demonstrations like lace tatting and blacksmithing, and tours of restored historic buildings. Don’t miss the chance to see sorghum being pressed with antique equipment or enjoy pottery mini-workshops. Plus, visitors can admire the beautiful Ozark Folk Paintings of Essie Ward, lovingly referred to as the “Grandma Moses of the Ozarks.”

This year introduces a new live pie auction at 2 PM—be sure to bid on delicious homemade pies for a tasty way to support the community. With so much to offer, the Cane Hill Harvest Festival is the perfect way to celebrate local culture and history while enjoying good food, music, and the company of your fellow Arkansans.

Tickets to the festival are $5 for adults, kids ages 12 and under are admitted free. Breakfast tickets at $8 for adults and $5 for ages 12 and under. Bundled breakfast and festival admittance tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. HCH members get two free adult admission tickets, and membership may be purchased online or at the festival.

Tickets are available at the entrance gate or may be purchased online at https://historiccanehillar.org/festival/. Parking is free. Historic Cane Hill is located just off Hwy. 45 in Cane Hill, in the beautiful Ozark Mountains, 20 miles west of Fayetteville and 41 miles east of Tahlequah, OK.

For more information please contact Carly Squyres or Amanda Cothren, Festival Coordinators, at 479-824-4455, ext. 1.

2024 Schedule of Events

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DINE WITH US

Enjoy the Country Breakfast 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
$8 – Adults – (Adult festival & breakfast ticket bundle only $12!)
$5 – Kids (12 & under)

Food Trucks (prices vary by truck) 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
3 Chicks Cones- Concessions and Catering
Blue’s Concessions
Deep South BBQ
Nolen’s Kettle Korn and Cinnamon Roasted Nuts
The Notable Noodle
Yummy Yang’s

ENJOY LIVE MUSIC 8 AM – 3:30 PM

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Put on your dancing shoes or bring a chair to enjoy a full lineup of live music, including:
8:00 AM Tara and the Gift Horses
9:45 AM Boonsboro Bandits*
10:45 AM Mountain Gypsies
12:30 PM Squirrel Jam
2:00 PM LIVE Pie Auction
2:30 PM Raising Cane*
*Historic Cane Hill Roots Music Groups

NEW THIS YEAR! Live Pie Auction 2:00 PM

Bring your sweet tooth and your pocketbook to ensure you can take home a pie from a community member or local business. This LIVE pie auction is sure to entertain as well as satisfy.

Are you a baker who would like to support HCH by donating a pie for auction?
They are accepting donations! See more at the festival page at HistoricCaneHillAR.org/Festival

ALL DAY ACTIVITIES 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Kids Zone

Activities from Crystal Bridges, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Washington County 4-H, the University of Arkansas Entomology Department, and more!

Arts and Eats Market

Shop for goods and gifts from local artisans and crafters

Historic Building Visits

Take the unique opportunity to peek inside the 1886 Cane Hill College and 1891 Cane Hill Presbyterian Church, winner of the 2020 Arkansas Preservation Award for Excellence in Preservation through Restoration.

Sorghum Pressing Demonstration

See the process of pressing sorghum cane with an antique press using local draft horses to transform the cane juice into sorghum molasses!

Craft Demonstrations

Including lace tatting, textile spinning & weaving, blacksmithing, beekeeping, antique tractors, and more!

Community Creative Center’s Wheel Mobile

Have a “wheel of a time” as you try your hand throwing pottery.
Free 30-minute mini-workshops are available to ages 10 and up.

Quilt Show & Drawing

Featuring antique and contemporary quilts from the region

Ozark Folk Paintings of Essie Ward

Often called the “Grandma Moses of the Ozarks,” Essie Treat Ward (1902-1981) painted scenes of the often-humorous everyday life of fictional Ozark characters Miranda and Hezzakiah. A selection of paintings are on display in the Gallery courtesy of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

Buddy Up with the Bur Oak

Did you know that the state Co-Champion Bur Oak tree grows on HCH’s campus? In addition to its impressive size, this tree is a “witness tree” to the Trail of Tears.

Ask a Master Gardener

Washington County Master Gardeners are on site near our wildflower gardens to answer questions about how to incorporate native plants into your garden.