The Homestead Festival is an annual event held in Columbia, TN. This two-day event held in Columbia, TN on June 7th and 8th 2024 combines music with meaningful experiences, alongside world-class teachers focused on inspiring people to build sustainable lives filled with meaning and purpose. You can learn more about The Festival, Hardison Mill, Rory Feek, and all that we do at TheHomesteadFestival.com.
Previous events have included speakers and demos with Dr. Temple Grandin, Joel Salatin, Jill Winger, Teddy Gentry of Alabama, Justin Rhodes, Anne Briggs, Ann Accetta Scott, Aliceson Bales, Daniel Salatin, Darryl Patton, Derrick & Paige Jackson, Dr. Theron Hutton, Ivan Keim, Jared & Annette Thurmon, Jere Gettle, Jessica Sowards, Jill Ragan, Kate St. Cyr, Kaylee Richardson, Kevin Krause, Linda Kane, Shawn & Beth Dougherty, and more.
Past musical performances have included Kevin Costner & Modern West, The Isaacs, Collin Raye, Paul Overstreet, Craig Campbell, Wynn Varble, Julie Roberts, Jamey Johnson, Brother’s of the Heart (Jimmy Fortune, Bradley Walker, Mike Rogers, and Ben Isaacs),The Malpass Brothers, and more.
The Festival includes daytime talks, demonstrations, vendor shopping, a kids area with interactive activities, and evening musical performances. More info, updates, and announcements are located on the website at TheHomesteadFestival.com.
The Homestead Festival was created for folks who are just getting started with the idea of homesteading (or thinking about sustainability)… no matter where they live. Whether you’re in the city, the suburbs, or the country… the hope is to show people how to take the leap and start learning skills such as food preservation, raising chickens, soap making, homeschooling, home births, or natural medicine.
HISTORY OF THE HOMESTEAD FESTIVAL:
From 2008 to 2013, Rory Feek and his wife Joey held their annual Bib & Buckle Fest, where thousands of fans from all over attended outdoor concerts on the front lawn of their historic farm. This will be the first time Rory has brought outdoor music to his homestead since then.
Since Joey’s passing in 2016, Rory has expanded the farm adding more rotational-grazed pastures for cows and chickens, a one-room schoolhouse with a barnyard and livestock, multiple gardens, a greenhouse, and continued to host concerts on the farm in his 300-seat venue known as Homestead Hall. All of this is in an effort to be more sustainable for his large extended family who live, work, and teach on the farm.
Tickets for The Homestead Festival are on sale now at TheHomesteadFestival.com. You too can join the festivities by following the festival on Facebook and Instagram.
For the most up-to-date hours and information, please contact The Homestead Festival directly.
