Festival Schedule of Events

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Saturday Festival Hours:  9:30 am - 5:00 pm

children walking on hand-made stilts

Kids on walking boards

General Store

 

- - - - ALL activities are FREE unless a price is posted - - - -

Live Entertainment on Main Stage - 10am – 5pm - (See Entertainment Page)
Train Rides on The Cotton Ball Express - 10am - 5pm - Ages 6yrs and up  $2
Tours of The Historic John Blue House,1890s - 10am – 4:45pm - Ages 6yrs and up  $2
Kids Tractor Pull Competition     1pm
Kid’s Barrel Train Rides - 10am – 4:45pm
Old Timey Childrens Games - 10am – 5pm
Pony Rides - 10am – 5pm
Wagon Hay Rides - 10am – 5pm
Cotton Exhibit (Jones-Lytch Cabin, late 1700s) - 10am – 5pm
Old Timey Fair (Shaw Cabin, 1810) - 10am – 5pm
Cabin Tour, Self-Guided (McNeill Cabin,1820s)   10am – 5pm
Mule Powered Cotton Gin - 10am – 5pm
Continuous tours of this Pre-Civil War cotton gin are during Festival Hours
      See the Gin Mules in action: Every hour on the hour
A.D. Gibson Country Store - 10am – 5pm
Museum of Scotland County - 10am – 5pm
Across street from The Historic John Blue House 

DEMONSTRATIONS

See cornmeal ground on antique corn mill - 10am – 5pm
Buy a bag of fresh cornmeal for $2 - Corn Mill runs continuously
See antique saw mill in action - 11am & 2pm
Located beyond Country Store under a shelter
See Shingle Mill cut wooden shingles - 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3pm
See woodworking on hand operated antique lathe - 10am – 5pm
See how handmade candles were made - 10am – 5pm
Learn about beekeeping.

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Sunday Festival Hours:  9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Antique Cars on the Festival Grounds

Men operating the Cotton Gin

Mule providing power for Gin Operation

 

---- All activities are FREE unless a price is posted -----

Country Church Service    9:30am – 10am
Live Entertainment on Main Stage   12:15am – 4pm   See Entertainment Page
Train rides on 12 gauge track     10am – 4pm  Ages 6 yrs & up - $2
Tours of Historic John Blue House     10am – 3:45pm   Ages 6 yrs and up -  $2
      (Tour guides in period costumes)
Kids Tractor Pull Competition     2pm
Old Timey Children’s Games    10am – 4pm
Kids Barrel Train      10am – 4pm
Pony Rides       10am – 4pm 
Wagon Hay Rides      10am – 4pm
Old Timey Fair (Shaw Cabin)    10am – 4pm 
Cabin Tour (McNeill Cabin) 10am – 4pm    Self Guided Tours
Mule powered Cotton Gin    10am - 4pm
- - - - Continuous Tours of the Pre-Civil War Cotton Gin during festival hours
- - - - See the mules in action: top of each hour  10am - 4pm
A.D. Gibson Country Store    10am – 4pm
COTTON EXHIBIT      10am – 4pm
Jones-Lytch Cabin (First cabin near street)
Museum of Scotland County    10am – 4pm     Across street from John Blue House

Demonstrations


Antique Saw Mill Demonstration     2pm
See Cornmeal ground on antique corn mill 10am – 4pm
      Buy a bag of fresh cornmeal for $2
See antique Shingle Mill cut wood shingles  10am – 4pm 
              
Ticket Drawing for Tractor Raffle    3pm (on main stage)

 

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13040 X-Way Road
Laurinburg, NC 28352
910-276-2495
johnblue@johnbluecottonfestival.com