Jacksonport’s Cherry Fest

Jacksonport will host the annual Cherry Fest on Saturday, August 7, sponsored by the Jacksonport Historical Society. The festival will take place at Lakeside Park and begin at 9 am with fresh cherry treats, jams and jellies, and other tasty food items.

A juried arts and crafts fair will run from 9 am – 4 pm, featuring a wide range of artists and craftsmen from all across the country. Local artist Sandy De Master will demonstrate spinning fibers into yarn from 10 am – noon.

Free live entertainment will take under the big tent. From 9 am – 10:30 am the Birch Creek Ambassadors will be performing jazz music. Matt Wahl, singer and songwriter, will entertain from 11 am – 1:30 pm. The Mike Miller Band featuring everything from Sinatra to Aretha will entertain from 2 – 4 pm.

Mayberry’s Carriages will provide horse drawn wagon rides from 11 am – 3 pm for a small fee. A penny hunt for children will be held on the beach at 1 pm.

The Historical Society tent, set up in the Erskine Rest Area across the street, will feature the Jacksonport family memorabilia collection provided by members. All eight books published by The Jacksonport Historical Society will be for sale. The completely restored Erskine Root Cellar will be open to the public for viewing during Cherry Fest hours.

Back for another year the re-enactor Joe Jeanquart will once again feature pioneer living pre 1840’s and will have ongoing demonstrations of blacksmithing, fire starting, leather work, and cooking throughout the day. Stop and view the tepee and go back with Jeanquart and his cohort, Randy Alexander to life as it was many years ago.

For more information, visit http://www.jacksonporthistoricalsociety.org.