from the Calhoun County area, selling handmade goods with a range diverse enough to
see visitors leave the festival grounds with
honey and wooden furniture in one trip.
The music offerings are varied, as well, with
four main bands handling the day’s official
musical accompaniment. Each group has at
least one foot in bluegrass, with raucous tribe
The Rattlesnake Rattlers, elder statesmen
Foggy Hollow, folk-rockers The Gypsy Begonias and fiddle and mandolin equipped trio A
Quarter Short rounding out the rustic, familyfriendly, Appalachian stylings.
In addition to the official bands, a day-long
band competition will run at the nearby Oxford Performing Arts Center, with bands
competing for stage time and a grand prize
of $1,000. The competition is free to watch
and visitors can come and go as they please
INSIGHT
throughout the day.
Live demonstrations by local crafters will
also show off some of Lickskillet’s handiwork,
with the Parker Memorial woodcarvers creating sculpture art out of logs, and bookbinding techniques for making beautiful journals
and art books by Mo Fiorella, a University of
Alabama graduate who runs her own binding
business online.
Be sure to visit lickskilletfestival.com for more
updates as they become available and to learn
more about the history of Lickskillet, find vendor applications and volunteer information.
The Legend of Lickskillet Music and Heritage Festival is May 23 from 10 am - 6 pm at
the cross of Choccolocco and Main Street in
downtown Oxford. Admission is free. Visit the
festival’s event page on Facebook for more. ❉
May 2015