Sheep and wool festival to be held in HSC

The 2nd Annual Wyoming Sheep & Wool Festival will be held July 12-14 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds, 627 Springview Street. A free concert will be featured on Saturday, July 13.

The festival features elements of agriculture, the arts, community, and culture. There will be demonstrations, hand-on workshops, and a vendor fair. Additionally, they will have tours, exhibits, programs, an art show with reception and sale. They will have live music, the sheepherders come bye lamb dinner and awards. The events are family friendly and wheelchair accessible.

The Wyoming Wool Growers Association said, “Make plans to bring your family to enjoy arts, educational and cultural events celebrating Wyoming’s sheep and wool industry, meet the animals, feast on some great lamb, browse through vendor and educational booths, watch the stock dog trials, go on a tour, and then dance to live music at an after-dinner party on Saturday night. Educational sessions, farm tours, and the art show reception will be held on Friday.”

They continued and said, “Saturday’s events include an all-day vendor fair, and programming for all ages, followed by the lamb feast. During dinner, some sheep folks will be honored with awards, and then the band will start up, so bring your dancing boots as Kellen Smith and the Nate Champion Band turn on the sound at the free concert. The festival committee is happy to consider ideas for demos, workshops or other activities that might enhance the festival, so if you’ve got a great idea, let them know.

Any organization or business that wants to get involved in the fun is also encouraged to contact them. Donations and sponsorships for the festival help to make most festival events free for the public (only the lamb dinner is a ticketed event).

The festival is a project of the WWGA and Wyoming SHEEP Foundation and is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.”

For more information about the festival, please contact WWGA’s Alison Crane at 307-265-5250, or Heather Jones at 307-864-4058. Be sure to check out the festival website where all the details will be posted as they become available: wyomingsheepandwoolfestival.com.