2023 Schedule

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

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