The North Fork’s authentic farm homestead, Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead, will host its annual Fleece and Fiber Festival on Saturday, May 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Rain date Sunday, May 21.)
The Hallockville Fleece and Fiber Festival is an immersive experience in the life cycle of fiber, from sheep to sweater. The festival will feature dozens of fiber artisans showcasing their talents, demonstrating their traditional crafts and selling their creations, along with hands-on demonstrations for visitors.
“We’re proud to host one of the largest and most fun fiber arts and crafts fairs on Long Island,” said Hallockville Museum Farm Executive Director Roberta Shoten. “As a museum, we want to also communicate the historic and cultural significance of fiber arts in the lives of our Long Island ancestors. Families such as the Hallocks raised sheep and spun wool, they created quilts, made baskets and practiced other fiber crafts in order to create essential elements for daily living.”
Fleece and Fiber Festival Activities
Among the exhibitors and vendors at the Hallockville Fleece and Fiber Festival will be live sheep shearing by Tabbethia Haubold-Magee of Long Island Yarn and Farm. Visitors to the festival may watch as spinners transform raw fiber into yarn, weavers create cloth, quilters create colorful masterpieces, basket weavers turn raw materials into practical vessels, and also view rug-hooking, knitting, crocheting, needlework and woodworking demonstrations.
More than two-dozen vendors will be onsite selling handmade items. Docents will lead special fiber-oriented tours of Hallock Homestead, a preserved 18th century farmhouse listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. New this year will be a children’s activity area and a petting zoo, and visitors can stop by say “hello” to Hallockville’s resident pigs, chickens and cows.
The volunteer Hallockville Bakers will host a taste-tempting sale of homemade items, the proceeds of which will benefit Hallockville Museum Farm. Additional local food and beverages will be offered for sale by Golden Jalapeño food truck and Greenport Brewery.
Hours & Admission
Hallockville Museum Farm is located at 6038 Sound Ave. in Riverhead. Hours for the Fleece and Fiber Festival are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 (rain date Sunday, May 21). Tickets are $10 for persons age 13 and older, children 12 and younger are free. Tickets may be purchased in advance at this link. The festival will be held rain or shine!
About Hallockville Museum Farm
Hallockville Museum Farm is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of a 28-acre preserved farm homestead in Riverhead, NY, listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Hallockville Museum Farm is dedicated to taking Long Island back to its family farming roots and exploring their relevance today. For additional information about Hallockville Museum Farm please visit: www.hallockville.org.
