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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 10, 2023
Contact: Kim Wells, Public Relations and Marketing Specialist, 804-217-1077, kim.wells@dcr.virginia.gov

10th Annual Harvest Festival to be held at Chippokes State Park
Enjoy a hayride, paint a pumpkin or enter a costume contest

(Editors: Follow this link to download an image. Photo caption: Fall decorations at Chippokes)

(Editors: Follow this link to download an image. Photo caption: Chippokes Jones-Stewart Mansion in the fall)

SURRY COUNTY, VA — Celebrate this year’s fall harvest at Chippokes State Park Saturday, Oct. 21st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in honor of the 10th Annual Harvest Festival. Along with local craft and food vendors, guests will enjoy live music, entertainment, games and crafts.

“This year we are proud to feature the Teeny Tiny Farm featuring their different farm animals,” said Chippokes State Park Chief Ranger of Visitor Experience Shannon Carlin. “Activities like pumpkin painting or corn cob dolls will give guests something to take home and decorate the yard with this Fall.”

The Farm and Forestry Museum will be open for self-guided tours from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Jones – Stewart Mansion will be open for guided tours throughout the event.

The Harvest Festival is sponsored by the Friends of Chippokes and is a community outreach event that will be packed full of various offerings and opportunities designed to provide fun for every member of the family.

“The festival will also include tractor drawn hayrides, corn hole game, sack races, vintage games, tiny tractors, a straw fort, but and the fun doesn’t end there,” says Carlin. “Traditional and historical demonstrations will take place throughout the day and will include hearth cooking, basket weaving, farming equipment demonstrations, draft horse demos, antique tractor pulls, and so much more. We are excited to invite everyone to celebrate fall at Chippokes State Park.”

There is no fee for the event, but there is a $7 park entrance fee that applies per vehicle. Donations will be accepted for all activities.

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Virginia State Parks are managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. For more information about Virginia State Parks’ activities and amenities or to reserve one of the more than 1,800 campsites or 300 climate-controlled cabins, call the Virginia State Parks Reservation Center at 800-933-PARK (7275) or visit www.virginiastateparks.gov.

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