THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 – FREE EVENT! 

3:15 PM – Plott-Tober Fest Opening Ceremony & Welcome​

• Mike McLean – President, Haywood County Historical & Genealogical Society

• Richard Hurley – Emcee, Plott-Tober Fest

• FEATURED SPEAKERS:​

  • Pat Smathers – Cruso Fund

  • Zeb Smathers – Mayor, Town of Canton

  • Jim Trantham – Mayor, Town of Clyde

  • Mike Eveland – Mayor, Town of Maggie Valley

  • Gary Caldwell – Mayor, Town of Waynesville

  • Bob Plott – Our State Dog – The Plott Hound

4:00 – 7 pm – Milltown Farmers Market

• A collection of local farmers and artisans celebrating local food, music, and community

• Music featuring the Steubenville Tootlers – The best German Band Music this side of
  Frankfurt

• BearWaters Brewery Celebrating Plott-Tober Fest with Dutch Cove Hefeweisen

• Haus Heidelberg German Cuisine

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 – HISTORY DAY – TICKETED EVENT

9:30 am – 8:30 pm – Ticket Sales at Main Entrance
10 am – 4 pm – German Roots Registration (HCH&GS & Canton Historical Museum Booth)
12 noon – 1 pm Plott Hound History – Bob Plott
1 pm – 3 pm Haywood County’s German Roots (Heritage Tent)
3 pm – 4 pm Kids Activities at Splash Pad
10 am – 4 pm Free Shuttle to the Museum of Haywood County History in Clyde for Free Exhibits
(Departs from Sorrells Street Park every hour from 10 am & last return to Sorrells Street Park at 4 pm)

Live Music: 
10 am – 1 pm – The Steubenville Tootlers – The best German Band Music this side of Frankfurt
4 pm – 5 pm – Acoustic Songwriters: Beth Lee and Nick Dauphanais 
5 pm – 6 pm – Acoustic Bluegrass: Brew Davis and Nick Dauphanais
6:30 pm – 7: 30 pm – Appalachian Heritage Music: William Ritter & Tim McWilliams
7:30 pm – The JackTown Ramblers – 4-piece American Bluegrass, Swing, & Gypsy Jazz band

10 am – 10 pm Food Trucks – Vendors – WNC Organizations
Bearwaters Brewery Celebrating Plott-Tober Fest with Dutch Cove Hefeweisen
Haus Heidelberg German Cuisine

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​SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 – PLOTT FEST – TICKETED EVENT

9:00 am – 8:30 pm Ticket Sales at Main Entrance

Plott Fest: 

• 9 am – 11:30 am Dog Registration

• 9:30 am – ONE DOG & TWO DOG MECHANICAL BEAR BAY

• 10:30 am – 3 DOG MECHANICAL BEAR BAY

• 11:30 am – COON TREEING EVENT

• 12:30 pm – UKC BENCH SHOW

• 3:30 pm – Plott Hound Roundtable hosted by Bob Plott

• 4:30 pm – PRESENTATION OF AWARDS (METHVEN AWARD, R.H. PLOTT MEMORIAL AWARD, PERSON DOING MOST FOR PLOTT BREED AWARD, PLOTT PATRIOT AWARD) ON STAGE

• 4:45 pm – Raffle Drawing

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10 am – 4 pm Free Shuttle to the Museum of Haywood County History in Clyde for Free Exhibits(Departs from Sorrells Street Park every hour from 10 am & last return to Sorrells Street Park at 4 pm)

1 pm – 5 pm Kids Activities at Splash Pad

1 pm – 3 pm – Heritage Craft Demonstration Tents:

• BLACKSMITHING – David Burnette

• HIDE TANNING – Charles Brown

• FLINTLOCK RIFLES – Dana Ballinger

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Live Music & Dance: 
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – J. Creek Cloggers
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm – Daniel Johnston – Acoustic Music Songwriter
6:15 pm – 7: 00 pm Richard Hurley – Award Winning Singer/Songwriter
7:00 – An Evening of Bluegrass
with Darren Nicholson, Marc Pruett, Reed Jones, & Audie Blaylock

10 am – 10 pm Food Trucks – Vendors – WNC Organizations
Bearwaters Brewery Celebrating Plott-Tober Fest with Dutch Cove Hefeweisen
Haus Heidelberg German Cuisine

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 – FREE EVENT!
1:30 pm – 4 pm – Shaped Note Singing Demonstration
Morning Star United Methodist Church
2535 Dutch Cove Road
Canton, NC 28716
June Smathers Jolley & Friends will be singing from the Christian Harmony Songbook, published in 1873.  Loaner books will be available for those who would like to learn to sing using the shaped-note system.