Step back in time to the eighteenth and nineteenth century during the 30th annual Frontier Festival at Chehaw Park and Zoo. The Festival will be held January 7-9 and is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Smell the campfires and warm your feet while you watch the day-to-day lifestyle of pioneers and mountain men. Participants live the entire weekend as if from that era! Festival is included in normal Park admission.

“We’re excited that this popular event put on entirely by volunteers is still going strong at Chehaw for 30 years now,” said Director, Morgan Burnette. “Reenactors and demonstrators play a vital role in bringing history to life, keeping history alive, and expanding the knowledge and understanding of the period.”

Demos include cooking, blacksmithing, weaving, hide tanning, bow making, moccasin making, and much more. There will be tomahawk throwing competitions and black powder shoots. Traders will be posted throughout the festival selling their wares and traditional style foods. Don’t have a pair of deer skin britches or coon skin cap to don? No worries, one of the local traders will be sure to complete your ensemble. Many of the foods and crafts that are prepared at the festival will be for sale to patrons. As always, pioneer campsites are welcomed.