Broomcorn Festival

September 19

Now in it's 14th year, the Hockaday Broomcorn Festival just keeps getting bigger and better. What started as a fall harvest event on Jack and Dee Martin's farm has grown into one of the South's premier folk art festivals. The popular festival is now held annually in the City Park at the south intersection of Highway 45 and Highway 64 in Selmer. This year's festivities begin at 9:00 AM and conclude at 5:00 PM on Saturday, September 19. Admission is $3.00 for all adults but as an added incentive, this year, children through 8th grade will get in free. Organizers hope the change will attract more area young people and interest them in exploring their unique cultural heritage.

Jack Martin's dedication to preservation of traditional, American, folk art and craft can be seen in every detail of his

brooms but no where is that passion more evident than at the annual Broomcorn Festival. More than thirty, first rate, folk and craft artists will be on hand demonstrating traditional techniques in textiles, pottery, glass, woodworking, basketry, blacksmithing and, of course, broom making to name just a few things. The whole family will find plenty of other activites to hold their interest throughout the day with wagon rides, face painting, numerous food vendors and live music from beginning to end. Legendary, Beale Street, Blues guitarist, Don McMinn will headline this year's music.
For more information about the Hockaday Broomcorn Festival call 731-645-4823 or visit: www.hhbrooms.com