This popular annual event showcases the many different skills that were practiced by both the enslaved and free people throughout the Low Country’s long rich history. Over 30 historic interpreters and volunteers will demonstrate skills including carpentry, blacksmithing, pottery, laundry, cooking, and cane pressing. In addition, historic practices of agriculture and animal husbandry will also be presented.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
ALL-DAY PROGRAMMING (10:00 – 4:00)
- Blacksmithing
- Pottery
- Canvas Stitching (Saturday Only)
- Candle Making
- Carpentry
- Coopering
- Cooking
- Plants / Agriculture
- Gunsmithing
- Powder Horn
- Indigo Dyeing
- Textiles: Spinning, Carding, Weaving, Knitting
- Pewter Making
- Soap Making
- Cordwainer
- Laundry
- Brick Making
- Bee Keeping
- Sugar Cane Cooking
- Hands-On Candle Making
- Hands-On Pottery
- Hands-On Dyeing
TIMED EVENTS (SAT & SUN)
- Farrier Demo (11:00 & 2:00)
- African American Story-Telling (11:30 & 2:30)
- Sugar Cane Pressing (12:00 & 1:30)
- Indigo History Talk (12:00)
- Horse Grooming (12:30 & 2:30)
- Cow Milking (1:00)
- Rice History Talk (1:30)
This special event is included in general admission and is free for members. Purchase General Admission tickets here.
Make it a weekend with a stay at The Inn at Middleton Place. For reservations and more information click here