2019 Frontier Festival at Chehaw Park
Step back in time at the annual Frontier Festival at Chehaw Park on January 11-13, 2019 in Albany, Georgia and experience frontier life as it was between 1700 and 1840. The Frontier Festival at Chehaw will is held the second weekend each January (Friday – Sunday) 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! Chehaw Park admission includes the festival.
Frontier Festival at Chehaw Park
Early American frontier primitive skills demonstrations include cooking, blacksmithing, weaving, hide tanning, bow making, moccasin making, and much more. Frontier Festival at Chehaw activities include be tomahawk throwing competitions and black powder shoots. Traders will be posted throughout the festival selling their wares and traditional style foods. ‘t have a pair of deer skin britches or proper mountain man or longhunter headgear? 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 Festival visitors. As always, pioneer campsites are welcomed.
Guests can complete the immersion experience by spending the night in a 16 foot wide tipi for only $50 a night. Wake up to the smell of bacon hanging over the coals and the sound of the pre-1840s camp coming alive before spending the day among the frontiersmen. Call the ticket booth at 229.430.5275 for more information about reserving a tipi.
Try something a little different this weekend, and join us at the Frontier Festival at Chehaw to experience life as it was on the wild frontier!
Admission: Chehaw Park Admission includes the Festival!
Location
Chehaw Park Authority
105 Chehaw Park Road
Albany, GA 31701
For more information: Call 229.430.5275 or email mburnette@chehaw.org
Frontier Festival at Chehaw Park Mini-Gallery
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Frontier Festival at Chehaw in Albany, GA. The three day event is held the second weekend each January on Friday – Sunday.
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