Old Tyme Farm Days and Swap Meet

Bring the entire family on a trip in time! Since 1989, Old Tyme Farm Days has been celebrating rural American life and heritage by bringing the skills and lifestyle of the late 19th Century back to life. Enjoy many exhibitions like syrup making and bottling, cane grinding, old tractors and engines, swap meet, arts and crafts, demonstrations, Suwannee Spirit Kids Music Camp Expo, displays, and much more! There is also an assortment of food vendors.

Bring your tent, or RV or rent one of our beautiful cabins and enjoy the weekend with us as we celebrate Thanksgiving, family, and tradition.
Admission for non-campers is $10 per carload per day.

Activities:

Syrup Making:
Watch how syrup is made. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup, simply by boiling the sap to remove water and thus concentrate the sugar that makes maple syrup.

Sled Pulls:
Come and see which tractor can pull the weighted sled the longest distance!

Kids Music Expo:
Join us for the Suwannee Spirit Kid’s Music Camp Expo! See what the multi-year camps offer children that want to learn to play a musical intrument “hands-on” style. Camps are free to children 5-17 years of age and instruments are provided. Instruction is available for guitar, fiddle, banjo, harmonica, ukulele, drums and vocals. This Expo does not require a reservation.

Blacksmithing:
Blacksmithing is the art of forging metal using tools like hammers and anvils to make objects, such as hinges, nails, hammers, and more. It was a common practice before the industrial revolution when most towns had their own town blacksmith shop, also known as a “village smithy.”

Saw Mill Operation:
A sawmill works by cutting logs into lumber using large bandsaw blades. The same process is repeated over and over, log by log, to produce high-volumes of rough cut lumber. An amazing sight to see.