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2021 ct sHEEP, wOOL & fIBER fESTIVAL





UPDATE
The Board of Directors and Festival Committee is diligently working on the back up plan for a virtual Festival where we will link to vendors and offer some Zoom, Facebook live, etc. types of workshops as well as a Virtual Fleece Sale.





2021 Virtual Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival

Saturday, April 24, 2021 - Hours to be decided


Check out our new Official 2021 Virtual CT Sheep Wool Fiber Festival page on Facebook!


The schedule is firming up but several vendors have signed up for Facebook live presentations.

There will be a Wool Quality Workshop Video posted to watch before the Virtual Festival then a live Q&A at 11:30 on Saturday for the Wool Quality as well as a Sheep Herding Video.


The Virtual Fleece Sale

Those who have fleeces for sale will have the opportunity to do a live presentation of their fleeces. Shepherds will be responsible for shipping the fleeces and the buyer will pay shipping unless otherwise stated by the shepherd or arrangements can be made for pick up at the shepherds' farms. Hildred's Farm and Olympia Farm have offered to be locations where shepherds may drop off sold fleeces for pick up as well. Contact Anne McIntyre-Lahner for more information via email at Olympiafarm@att.net




The Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009 and we are growing. The festival started in 1909 by the CT Sheep Breeders Association as a program "to promote the keeping of sheep in Connecticut" by visiting farms and eventually to a one day event held at UCONN. It has evolved and expanded into a premier sheep and fiber festival. This event is family friendly agricultural and learning experience for the general public as well as shepherds and fiber enthusiasts.



Festival Contacts

Co-Chairpersons & Vendor Co-Chairs - Robert & Vivienne McGarry - csbafestivalvendors@gmail.com​

Virtual Fleece Sale

Anne McIntyre-Lahner - Olympiafarm@att.net



live presentations on facebook as of April 15, 2021



The following vendors have signed up for Facebook time slots.

9:30 - EC Yarn Sonnets

10:00 - Olympia Farm

10:30 - Cold Goats Farm

11:00 - Alder Brook Farm - Either farm or Q&A about Wool Quality Workshop video

11:30 - Coon Hollow Farm

12:00 - Laurel Ledge Farm

12:30 - Herd Supply

1:00 - Loop by Loop Studio

1:30 - SixPaca Farm

2:00 - Fido's Fibers - Tentative



2021 VENDORS



We will be updating the 2021 vendor list soon and including a link to either their website or Facebook pag​e.



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