Schedule of Events: New Deal Festival 2023
*This schedule will continue to be updated as events and participants are confirmed
9:45 am
- Flag Ceremony — VFW Post 1589
- Gates Open
- AHI Craft Shop in Center Hall complex opens
- Museum Buildings and Exhibits open
10:00 am
- Live Music by The Masons (10:00 – 11:15)
- Pie Drop Off for Pie Contest (Drop off between 10:00-11:00)
- Registration opens for Antique Car, Truck, & Tractor Show (10:00-11:00)
- Registration opens for Cornhole Tournament (10:00-11:00)
- Outdoor Craft Market opens
- Art Show opens in Center Hall
- Fiber Arts and Blacksmithing Demonstrations Begin
- Homesteader descendants will be in E-15 most of the day beginning at 10 am to tell you about growing up in Arthurdale
10:30 am
- Food Trucks open
- Author Ann Pancake signing books in front of craft shop (10:30-12:00)
11:00 am
- Craft Beer Garden opens
- Antique Car, Truck, & Tractor Show Opens
- Cornhole Tournament Starts
- Kids Activities & Farm Zoo Open (11:00 – 3:00)
- Coloring Contest opens (11:00 – 12:00)
- Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia (11:00-1:00)
- Friends of Deckers Creek STEM Activities
- Face Painting
- Hay Rides Begin (11:00-3:00, $1 per person)
11:30 am
- Live Music by Mary Linscheid (11:30 – 12:45)
12:00 pm
- Judging occurs for pie contest
- Voting opens for coloring contest (12:00-1:15)
- Author Nancy Abrams signing books in front of craft shop (12:00-1:30)
12:30pm
- Watermelon Eating Contest in Kids Area
1:00 pm
- Live Music by Chris Haddox (1:00 – 2:15)
1:15 pm
- Winners of coloring and watermelon eating contests announced in Kids Area
1:30 pm
- Author Bonnie Proudfoot signing books in front of craft shop (1:30-3:00)
2:00pm
- Sack Race in the Children’s Area
- First Heat: Ages 7&Under
- Second Heat Ages 8-12
- View Rules
2:30 pm
- Winners of pie contest and sack race announced
- Live Music by Lars Swanson Group
3:00pm
- Gates close – last chance to buy a wristband
4:00 pm
- Craft market closes
- Festival concludes