The Ultimate Guide to the 2015 Spring Festival

 SMC is excited to hold the 14th Annual Spring Festival!

Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3

Join us this weekend for food, ice cream, and fun for the whole family!

Charity Raffle

This spring, SMC has chosen our local 4-H Chapter as our charity of choice. As the nation’s largest positive youth development and youth mentoring organization, 4-H empowers six million young people in the U.S annually. On behalf of the Frederick County 4-H, South Mountain Creamery is asking you to donate to our charity raffle to grow more confident and capable young people. Youth who participate in 4-H learn life skills to help them become caring, competent and responsible individuals through club work, community service, and 4-H project curriculum.  Members of 4-H work with their club leaders to develop yearly educational plans and service projects, and attend field trips and learning activities. Stop by our Raffle Table this weekend to see how you can invest in the future of our young people through bidding on these exclusive items:

• Ocean City Beach Vacation (Two chances to win a 1 week stay)
• Two Admission Tickets to Medieval Times
• Two Cider Tastings at Distillery Lane Ciderworks
• Catoctin Popcorn Basket
• Falling Bark Farm Hickory Syrup Basket
• Firefly Farms Gift Certificate
• Hoffman’s Meats Gift Certificate
• Liberty View Creamery Goat Product Basket
• Lord Byron Honey Basket
• McCutcheon’s Gift Basket
• Michele’s Granola Sampler
• The Breadery Gourmet Bread Basket
• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Gift Certificate
• Handmade Quilt by Margaret Minton
• Photo by Ralph Adkins
• Dominion Tea Gift Basket
• Adventure Park USA Gift Certificate
• Manoli Canoli Olive Oil & Kalamata Olives
• South Mountain Creamery Porch Box

For History Enthusiasts

Did you know South Mountain Creamery is located in the heart of Civil War territory? Our history buff visitors will have the opportunity to learn more with these great demonstrations:

• John Milleker Photography and Wet Plate Demonstrations
• Civil War Reenactors and Encampment
• Civil War Ambulance

Vendors

Visit with some of our awesome vendors to learn more about why we choose to offer their products! Free samples and giveaways will be offered:

• Animal Planet, APLive camera, demonstrations and giveaways
• WFRE, live remote and giveaways
• WLIF, live remote and giveaways
• Catoctin Popcorn, fresh kettle corn
• istillery Lane Ciderworks, hard cider tastings
• Dominion Tea, tea samples
• Falling Bark Farm, hickory syrup samples
• Gude Brothers Greenhouses, lettuce samples and greenhouse tours
• Civil War Photographer, civil war style photos
• Civil War Reenactors, encampment
• Liberty View Creamery, goats and samples
• Lord Byron Honey, bee demonstration and samples
• Manoli Canoli, olive oil samples
• Maryland Aerial Video, aerial videography demonstration
• Michele’s Granola, granola samples
• Rolling Thunder, motorcycle display
• Sanner Brothers Maple Products
• Sleepy Hollow Lights, recycled tin cans
• Sugar Loaf Alpacas, alpacas and yarn
• Sweet Farm Sauerkraut, sauerkraut samples
• The Wild Pea Hummous, hummous samples
• DC Dills, flavored pickle samples

Entertainment

After you’ve eaten too much ice cream, sit down in our shop and enjoy some great music:

• Ernie Bradley (bluegrass music) performing Saturday & Sunday
• Special appearance by SMC’s very own Randy Sowers

 Free Activities

You have to take advantage of our free activities over the weekend! Our festivals are the only chance you have to see our production facility!

• Animal Planet Photo Booth
• Watch the Cows being milked 1:30pm-5:00pm
• Bottle Feed the Calves, 4:00pm
• Playground and Rock Pile
• Hayrides
• Face Painting by local Girl Scout Troop
• Tours of production facility and milking parlor
• Antique Tractor Display
• Cow Milking Contests
• Make Your Own Butter

Karen's Kountry Store

Our farm store will be open 10:00am-6:00pm on Saturday, and 11:00am-6:00pm on Sunday. Join us in the store for free samples and merchandise. Our 2015 Spring Festival Shirts will be on sale over the weekend.

Food

Our food tent, located in our pavilion, showcases some of SMC's meats and local products. Our rub and BBQ sauce are made locally. This year, greens and potatoes will come from Gude Brothers Greenhouses.

• Pit Beef and Pork BBQ Sandwiches
• Fresh Cut French Fries (Regular & Sweet Potato)
• Super Premium Ice Cream & Milkshakes
• Chicken Corn Soup and Chili
• Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Chicken Tenders and Hot Dogs

Parking

Both parking and admission at the festival are free. If you are in need of handicapped parking, please let one of our parking staff know!

For more information:

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Email us at events@smcdairy.com