Cornbread and Moonshine Festival

Granville's 11th Annual Cornbread & Moonshine Festival features a Cornbread Cookoff and Moonshine Tasting event.  Plan to visit us on May 4 and bring your best cornbread or hoecake recipe.  After the cornbread has been judged, everyone will have the opportunity to enjoy a country lunch and sample the entries.  

The Tennessee Whiskey Trail Guild will participate in this year's event with 15 area distillers participating.  For a $10 Tasting Fee, visitors can sample dozens of beverages and purchase products directly from the distillers. 

One of the highlights of your day will be your visit to the Granville Decanter Museum to see the "World's Largest" collection of limited- edition decanters.  You'll be amazed at the artistry and the variety as you walk through the museum with over 5,000 decanters on display.

This outdoor festival will be packed with activities that the whole family will enjoy, including concerts by Sweet N3 Band, Front Row Barber Shop Quartet and Elvis Tribute Artist, Wayne Euliss.  Just for fun, visitors can come dressed as Elvis and participate in the Elvis Look-A-Like Contest and enjoy an Elvis Trivia Contest.

Schedule of Events

11th Annual Cornbread & Moonshine Festival - May 4, 2024

"Rural Life from the Hills of Jackson County"

8:30 am - 9:30 am

"Cornbread Cookoff" Entries at Pioneer Village

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Granville Museum Open - "The Cumberland River: Recreation, Transportation & Rural Life" * Mayberry - I Love Lucy Museum Open

Lucy Gift Shop at Southern Shops of Granville

World's Largest Whiskey Decanter Museum, 5,000 Decanters, Decanters For Sale

Whistle Stop Saloon & Ice Cream Shop Museum Open - Hop T. Lee Moonshine Exhibit

Pioneer Village Open - Artisans demonstrating crafts of yesteryear: Primitive Cooking, Grist Mill, Blacksmith, Basket Weaving, Pottery, Broom Making, Weaving, Chair Bottoming, Woodworking & Cornbread Cooking at Grist Mill

Antique Car Museum Open

Shopping at Granville Gifts, Southern Shops, Sutton General Store, Sutton Artisan Gallery, Aunt Bee's Quilt Shop & Bakery, Granville Broom and Fiber Shop

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

1880's Sutton Historic Home with Guided Tours "Rural Life on the Cumberland"

10:45 am

Awards Presented to Cornbread Cookoff Winners

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Cornbread Lane Pioneer Lunch at Pioneer Village - Pinto Beans with Ham, Turnip Greens, Apples, Cobbler, Beverage. Includes tasting of Cornbread Cookoff Entries- $10.00

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Sutton Store Lunch Counter: Sandwiches, Chips, Beverages, Ice Cream

11:00 am

Cooking Demonstration: "Cooking Over Open Fire" Pioneer Village, Larry Edmondson

12:00 pm

Cooking Demonstration: "Hot Water Hoe Cakes" - Pioneer Village, Brenda Denney

1:00 pm

Cooking Demonstration: "A'maize'ing Cornbread Treats" - Event Center, Drucilla Ray, Food Column Journalist

2:00 pm

Cooking Demonstration: "Thirty Minutes with a Creative 'Corny' Cook" - Event Center, Drucilla Ray, Food Column Journalist

3:00 pm

Cooking Demonstration: "Cornbread: The Real Thing" - Event Center  

A demonstration of the way generations of Granville cooks made cornbread - Liz Bennett

11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm & 3:30 pm

Front Row Barber Shop Quartet performing at Daniel Barber Shop

12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm & 3:00 pm

Sweet N3 Band, Pruett Stage

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Moonshine Tasting sponsored by Tennessee Whiskey Guild (Across from Granville Museum) $10 Tasting Fee, Must be Older than 21, ID Required

1:00 pm & 3:00 pm

Wayne Euliss, Elvis Tribute Artist, Concert at Elvis Event Center Stage

2:00 pm 

Elvis Look-A-Like Contest Judging and Elvis Trivia Contest at Elvis Event Center Stage

5:00 pm

Mayberry Outdoor Dinner Theatre - May 3rd & 4th "Best of the Darlings"

Special Guests Ernest T. Bass and One Way Out Bluegrass Band. Reservations Required.

5:00 pm & 6:30 pm

Sutton Ole Time Music Hour Dinner Show - Def Leprechaun Band

Reservations Required. Tickets at www.granvilletn.com or Call 931-653-4151

Admission to the event is $7.00 with an additional $5.00 parking fee.  Guests entering the Moonshine Tasting Area will be charged an additional $10.00 and must be at least 21 years of age.   ID will be required.    

Date:  May 4, 2024 

Location: Historic Granville TN

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