Homestead Fair 2023
Now Open Three Weekends
Join us for our 36th annual fair!
Watch a cow being milked, lend a hand at the old-fashioned timber frame barn raising and watch a master craftsman fashion a fine Windsor chair straight from a rough log! Afterward, sample one of the multicultural dishes from the food court or maybe lick a delicious maple pecan ice-cream cone while touring our farm on a horse-drawn hay wagon.
When?
November 24-26
Friday, November 249am – 9pm
Saturday, November 259am – 9pm
Sunday, November 2612pm – 5pm
December 1-2
Friday, December 19am – 9pm
Saturday, December 212pm – 6pm
December 8-9
Friday, December 89am – 9pm
Saturday, December 912pm – 6pm
Where?
608 Dry Creek Rd
Waco, Texas 76705
For map and directions, click here.
We're open, rain or shine!
There's plenty of covered areas for you to enjoy the fair, even in the rain!
Craft Demonstrations
Each day in the craft pavilion and craft shops, you’ll find a wide variety of ongoing homestead craft demonstrations – woodworking with hand tools, pottery, sewing, quilting, spinning, weaving, broom making, basket making, leatherwork and more.
Make-Your-Own
Make-Your-Own projects — dip a beeswax candle, felt wool, learn to cross-stitch, carve a wooden spatula, build a birdhouse or child’s boat, and more.
Music
Gather under the music tent for gospel songs, bluegrass, and children’s choirs each afternoon of the Fair, as well as Friday and Saturday evenings.
Shopping
Shop Christmas crafted gifts by amateurs and artisans whose work earns wide praise and national awards—featured on TV and in the White House permanent collection.
Food
From food booths, kiosks and small stands around the grounds, taste the diverse flavors of scratch-made entrées—authentic Mexican gorditas and tamales, Indian curries, Israeli shawarma, brick oven pizza, cheeseburgers, smoked brisket, homemade ice cream, apple cider donuts, and more!
Seminars
Homestead’s educational branch, The Ploughshare Institute, offers wide-ranging seminars on intentional community, homesteading skills, as well as related social, historical, and religious topics.
Agriculture
Watch agricultural demonstrations at Heritage Farm’s working homestead: • draft horse farming • sheepdog herding • cow and goat milking • butter and cheese making • brick-oven baking, and exhibits on beekeeping and raising poultry, farm animals, and more.
