2010 Calendar of Events
*Dates and Events are subject to change
Trade Days are held on the third Saturday and following Sunday of each month, March-November.
*Please Note: No Pets are allowed
in the Trade Days Area
| 13 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
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| 27-28 | Allsouth Archery |
| 13 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
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| 20-21 | Trade Days |
| 10 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
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| 10-11 | Batson Blade Symposium |
| 17-18 | Trade Days |
| 24 | Trout Tournament |
| 24-25 | Alabama Society of Traditional Bowmen |
| 1-2 | 37th Annual Southern Appalachian Dulcimer Festival |
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| 8 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
| 15-16 | Trade Days |
| 29 | 1st Annual Lucky Ducky Race |
| 29-30 | Civil War Reenactment |
| 5-6 | Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show |
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| 5-6 | Howard Hill Archery Southeastern Traditional Championship |
| 12 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
| 12 | 14th Annual Down Home Psaltery Festival |
| 19-20 | Trade Days |
| 26-27 | 4th Annual AFC Blacksmith Farrier Conference |
| 10 | Antique Engine and Tractor Show |
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| 10 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
| 17-18 | Trade Days |
| 7-8 | Alabama Society of Traditional Bowmen State Traditional Archery Championship |
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| 14 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
| 21-22 | Trade Days |
| 28 | Bug Blast |
| 6 | 19th Annual Labor Day Celebration and Moon Pie Eatin’ Contest |
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| 11 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
| 11-12 | Alabama Forge Council Conference |
| 18-19 | Trade Days |
| 25 | Heartland Cruisers Open Car Show |
| 9-10 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Show |
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| 16-17 | Trade Days |
| 30 | 19th Annual Halloween Fairyland |
| 6 | Dixie Division Military Vehicle Show |
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| 13 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
| 20-21 | Trade Days |
| 26-27 | Tannehill Crafters Open House |
| 1-3 | Tannehill Village Christmas (Educational) |
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| 8-10 | Tannehill Village Christmas (Educational) |
| 11 | Tannehill Woodcarvers Club |
Events at Tannehill
It is difficult to take in all of Tannehill in one visit. Come again and come often to enjoy the special appeal of each season. Campground accommodations, both primitive and improved, are plentiful. Horseback riding excursions are also available at Tannehill Trails.
The third weekend of each month, from March through November, shoppers and swappers come from far and near to Tannehill Trade Days in search of tools, clothing, jewelry, knives, furniture and other treasures. A monthly Campers’ Supper is held the Thursday before Trade Days (March – November) rain or shine. Each month features a speaker and everyone is welcomed. No charge, no reservations needed, bring a “covered dish” to share. You do not have to be a registered camper or Trade Days vendor to attend. Simple fun for all ages.
Other events include a Dulcimer festival, Civil War reenactment, Gem and Mineral show, Woodcarvers show, Educational programs for school children, a Labor Day celebration, Halloween festival, Christmas activities and many other events throughout the year.
The annual dulcimer festival features dulcimer craftsman and musicians from across the country. The festival features a dulcimer making class and beginning and intermediate dulcimer playing classes in the morning before the official stage festival in the afternoon. The festival is great fun for everyone, especially anyone who plays an acoustic stringed instrument and enjoys traditional music. Handcrafted dulcimers, instruction books, dulcimer CDs and cassettes are available for purchase.
Although shots were fired during the actual federal cavalry raid on the Tannehill Ironworks in 1865, the battle re-enactment, sponsored by the Alabama State Artillery re-enactors, is largely ceremonial.
Always held on Memorial Day weekend, the two-day event attracts 300 to 400 Federal and Confederate soldiers in full fighting attire of the day, cannons and horses and sometimes even battle music. Visitors may also walk through the military camps and and visit sutler stores.
The first weekend in June is the traditional meeting time for our annual Rock & Gem Show. This outdoor show is known throughout the Southeast as both a fun and a friendly show. The show is sponsored by Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society with demos, exhibits, children's activities, and door prizes. Various geology-and jewelry-related groups have booths at the show. The show will showcase and sell gems, minerals, fossils and jewelry. This event is also great fun for kids. They can begin a gem or rock collection that may develop into a fun hobby to be enjoyed for a lifetime. There is no additional entrance fee for the show.
On Labor Day you can participate in Alabama’s largest moon pie eating contest and compete for prize money in both children and adult categories. Across the park, the United Mine Workers hold their annual Birmingham District Labor Day celebration. There’s also plenty of good BBQ and some “picking and singing” too.
The Tannehill Woodcarvers Club sponsors a woodcarving show and sale each October in the park at the Cane Creek Schoolhouse. The show is culminated with a drawing for a Christmas Tree decorated with all hand carved ornaments donated by the members. The Tannehill Woodcarvers Club was chartered in 1985 for the purpose of promoting the art of wood carving, to acquaint the general public with sculpturing in wood and to bring back and preserve the almost lost art of woodcarving.
The Tannehill Halloween Festival, a non-scary fun-filled holiday event focused on the campgrounds, annually attracts over 6,000 visitors, most of them children. Begun in 1992, the October 31 event features park-sponsored programs during the afternoon and traditional Halloween candy “trick or treat” stops at more than 200 campsites during the evening. Park events include a moon walk, clowns, face painting, pony rides and sand art. A special tradition is the festival’s annual Halloween Festival tee shirt. Campground site decorations and lights are extensive, creative and surreal.
While the park’s Christmas Candlelight Tours are traditional events, they are not held every year including 2010. The Tannehill Learning Center, however, sponsors a Christmas Village Open House for school children on Crafts Row Friday and Saturday the first two weekends in December.