On Cosby Festival for 2008 at the Moonshine Capital of the World

The 11th annual On Cosby festival is being held from October 17th to the 19th in the Moonshine capital of the world: Cosby in Tennessee's Cocke County.

The temperature is perfect and the leaves in the trees are bursting forth with showy fall colors and the best value in family friendly Smoky Mountain entertainment is going to take place against beautiful backdrop of the Great Smoky Mountains at the Cosby visitor's center on 321.

With so much to see and do all for the price of parking - which goes to the local fire department the On Cosby Festival is a must for anyone in the Smokies this weekend.

Exhibitors and vendors were setting up today and hopefully the weather will hold out tomorrow as the school kids will flood the festival playing games, watching demonstration and musical entertainment.

Friday October 17th 2008 On Cosby festival schedule

• 11:00 Pottery with Sandy learn the basics
• 11:30 Native American musical instruments with Karen Lancaster
• 11:00 Native American resources (stage)
• 12:00 Walking sticks with the wood wizard Learn to carve one using a spoon and choreboy
• 12:00 Cosby show choir (stage)
• 12:30 Native American musical instruments with Karen Lancaster
• 12:30 Corn meal grinding - farm machinery
• 1:00 pottery with Sandy
• 1:00 David Salyers presents Uncle Sam
• 1:30 Spinning with Jan Harris
• 1:30 Meth lab demonstration (stage)
• 2:00 Walking sticks with the wood wizard
• 2:30 Rug hooking with Jan Harris How to make your own design
• 3:00 Pottery with sandy
• 3:00 Lap looms with Jan Harris
• 4:00 Walking sticks with the wood wizard
• 5:00 Cinnamon girls (stage)
• 5:00-5:30 talent show registration $5
• 6:00 talent show

Saturday October 18th 2008 On Cosby festival schedule

• 10:00-10:30 Jane Smith
• 10:30-11:00 Dietra Green
• 11:00-11:30 Stoney Creek cloggers
• 11:30-12:00 Roy Poore and Penny Grooms
• 12:00-1:00 Steve Brown and Hurricane Ridge
• 1:00-1:30 Tennessee pride cloggers
• 1:30-2:00 Macedonia Baptist church choir
• 2:00-2:30 Dean Haney and Big Creek Gospel Bluegrass
• 2:30-3:00 Wanda Todd
• 3:00-3:30 Wild West dance club
• 3:30-4:00 Crystal Lee
• 4:00-4:30 Marcie Wilds McMahan
• 4:30-5:00 Candice Keller
• 5:00-6:00 Mountain Edge
• 6:00 sharing stories of the past

Sunday October 19th 2008 On Cosby festival schedule

• 11:00-12:00 Feed my sheep church service
• 12:00-12:30 Sheree Ramsey
• 12:30-1:00 Laurel Dunn
• 1:00-2:00 Longshot - A new brand of country "Southern Rock"
• 2:00-2:30 Margie Lee
• 2:30-3:00 Randall Reece
• 3:30-4:00 Missy Ellis
• 4:00-4:30 Hannah Rowland
• 4:30-5:00 Acoustigals - Tracie Howerton and Mary Beale

See you there at the On Cosby Festival!

Celebrate the On Cosby Festival in the Moonshine Capital of the world

Lots of food, fun and music, local crafts, face painting, games for the kids and more can be found in Cocke county Tennessee this weekend at the 10th annual On Cosby Festival in the Moonshine Capital of the world - Cosby Tennessee!

Picture loads of fun and being surrounded by fall colors and the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains all for the price of parking - $2 - which goes to the local fire department.

   

Stick the around On Cosby Festival and you will get to see a dog show, a beauty pageant, listen to brave souls try their hands at Karaoke. At dusk on both Friday and Saturday catch the Drama at dusk!

Not only is there a car show at the On Cosby Festival, there is a display of working tractors and even a few antique running engines some of which will be grinding corn which is for sale by the bag.

   

Today was kids' day at the On Cosby Festival and obviously school let out early as kids were having fun everywhere - face painting and colored hair spray for the girls and the boys were running around with rubber band guns and sling shots and a few kids were in a scavenger hunt of which at some point I was the victim of some of the days tomfoolery!

   

Pan for gold, eat funnel cake, buy a rubber band gun or some knick knacks for your cabin or to bring back home. Great prices - good fun and beautiful fall weather - the On Cosby Festival is loads of fun and the best buy in town.

The festival runs from October 19th to the 21st and is held at the at the Cosby Welcome Center on Highway 321 - minutes from the Cosby entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.