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Heritage Spud Fest Event Schedule August 27 -28 2022
Heritage Spud Fest Craft Show and Fleatique is our annual charity fundraiser. Funds raised go to help preserve our rural heritage in the museums. This event is located on the campus of the Washington County Agricultural Education Center at 7313 Sharpsburg Pike (Route 65)  Boonsboro MD.
​All proceed go to support the upkeep and the exhibits in the three Museums, Rural Village and Homestead.
Admission to the event is FREE. Parking is by donation. 


      SATURDAY AUGUST 27   10AM -5PM
Craft Show & Fleatique (Upper Campus)

Potato Pickin' Contest: Ages 2- 11 -prizes for winners (Potato PAtch)
Registration -
10AM-11AM   Potato Pickin Contest -  11AM-Noon

Potatoes are harvested by draft horses pulling a plow and children can “get dirty” picking potatoes
 Pick your own Potatoes: Adults  Noon-1PM
Pick your own potatoes in the potato patch after the contest is over. Fee $10 for 5 gallon bucket 

Kids Tractor Pedal Pull Contest: Ages 5-11  
Starts right after Kids Potato Pickin Contest (approximately 12:30)
Gift Shop- Opens 1:00PM (Located in the Early Living Museum) 
Balloon Bust by Funnel N Around  
University of MD Extension's Pollinator Palooza 10AM-2PM

 Garden tours, childrens's craft's, native plant sale in the butterfly, 4-square, medicinal & demo gardens.
Event Food Vendors: Bella's Bites, Antietam Dairy, Edwards Kettle Korn
Bake Sale &  Potato Candy (Upper Campus Kitchen & Lower Campus Country Store)
Handmade Kitchen Broom Sale  Rural Village Country Store & Museum Gift Shop
Live Music by the Cruisers (1-4 PM)


Historic Demonstrations
Rural Village & Museums are open for self guided tours
Draft Horse Plowing - Potato Patch 11AM 
Potato Chip Making- Redman Pavilion Upper Campus 10AM-Noon
Blacksmith Shop / Decorative and Functional Hand Forging
Pavilion #1 / Treadle-Hand Cranked Sewing Machines/ Quilt Blocks

Broom Makers Shop / Broom Making 
Carpenter's Shop / Antique Washing Machine Restoration
Walking Sticks, Canes, Knives - Roy E. Martin Pavilion #1


SUNDAY AUGUST 28 10AM-4PM
Craft Show & Fleatique

Heritage Fun & Games - Washington County 4H Club 10AM-2PM
Location: Butterfly Garden in the Rural Homestead
Come and learn how to play the old tyme games of Yoyo, checkers, Jacob's Ladder 
Live Music by The Gardener Cook Band (1-4)


Historic Demonstrations: 
Rural Village & Museum Open for self-guided tours
Blacksmith Shop / Decorative & Functional Hand Forging Demonstrations
Broommakers Shop / Broommaking 
 Carpenter's Shop / Antique Washing Machine Restoration  
  Cruise-In and D.J.
 Antique Cars, Street Rods, Classics 11:00AM - 4PM D.J. -Upper Campus Pavilion #3 
Event Donation: $5.00 for participants entering their car in the Cruise-In.
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Outdoor Shows:
Stagecoaches(both days)
Antique Tractors (both days)
Antique Tractor Pull (Sunday 11AM) 
Antique Trucks  (both days)

Event Food Vendors: Bella's Bites, Funnel N Around, Antietam Dairy, Edwards Kettle Korn
Bake Sale & Potato Candy Sale (Upper Campus Kitchen & Lower Campus Country Store)
Handmade Kitchen Broom Sale  (Rural Village Country Store & Museum Gift Shop)

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HERITAGE SPUD FEST CRAFT SHOW & FLEATIQUE
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