Come on out to Hagood Mill on Saturday, January 19, and ring in the New Year with a big ole helping of delicious Old-Time music. We are pleased to have some amazing musicians to share in the new year cheer.
Music kicks off at 11 am with Dixie Dave Allen and Kayla Charlene. They will be followed by David White, Michele Turner and Becky Stovall from 12:15-1:15. Don’t miss the Old Time Jam where anyone that fancies to can jam with the gang from 1:15-1:45. Danielle Yother and Friends will close the show playing from 1:45-3:00.
Everyone near and far is invited to gather with us and celebrate a new year through song and dance inspired by the traditional music of mountain cultures that still thrives in the hills and hollers surrounding our beloved Hagood Mill site to this very day.
There will be lots of other things to see on January 19 as Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folk-life and traditional-arts demonstrations. There will be blacksmithing, bowl-digging, flint knapping, chair-caning, moonshining, broom-making, basket-making, pottery, quilting, spinning, knitting, weaving, bobbin lace, woodcarving, metalsmithing, beekeeping, and leatherworking demonstrations and more! You can ask questions of the artists and make a purchase of their traditional arts to take home.
The centerpiece of the Hagood Mill Historic Site is the water-powered 1845 gristmill. It is one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century technology in the Upcountry and operates just as it has for the last century and a half. The mill will be running throughout the day. In the old mill, fresh stone-ground cornmeal, grits, and wheat flour will be available. In addition, rye flour, Basmati rice flour, oat flour, oatmeal, popping corn meal, and grits, organic yellow cornmeal and grits, and buckwheat flour are produced and may be available. Hagood Mill cookbooks and a variety of other mill-related items are also available.
There is a $5 parking fee for the day, but admission is FREE to the Hagood Mill Site as well as the Hagood Creek Petroglyph Site. All proceeds from parking help offset costs at Hagood Mill.
So, head on out, grab a tasty plate of food on site from one of our wonderful food trucks and enjoy a special day at Hagood Mill.
The Hagood Mill Historic Site is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. all year long. The mill operates, rain or shine, for a special festival on the third Saturday of every month.
Hagood Mill is located just three miles north of Pickens off Highway 178 or 5½ miles south of Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway 11, just off Highway 178 at 138 Hagood Mill Road.
For additional information, please contact Hagood Mill at (864) 898-2936 or check us out on Facebook or Twitter. Visit our website www.hagoodmillfoundation.org. Pickens County is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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