Join us at the for our 38th annual celebration of all things sheep, lamb, and wool.

Schedule of Events:

October 3, 2024

Time    
9:00 am
Workshops
Level up your fiber arts skills in one of our workshops! Pre-registration is required.

October 4, 2024

Time
9:00 am
workshops
Level up your fiber arts skills in one of our workshops! Pre-registration is required.

October 5, 2024

8:00 am
Competition
Skeins and Textiles - Entry Drop off

9:00 am
Workshops – Saturday All Day Workshops

10:00 am
Community Event - Circular Sock Machine Crank-In with Heddi Craft

Wooly Adventures
Wooly Adventures hosts sheep-themed crafts and beginning fiber arts projects for the young and the young at heart. Discover how wool is transformed into yarn, cloth, or felt with one of our make and takes or by weaving on our community looms. Free to all and fun for ages four to ninety-four.

Competition - Wool Show with Letty Klein
Letty Klein wades through fleece after fleece to determine which one takes home the blue ribbon. Listen in on her comments to get a leg up on which ones you’ll want to take home once the sale begins.

Demonstration
A shepherd is only as good as their sheep dog. Watch as handlers from the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association work with their collies, shepherds, and other stock dogs to bring, fetch, hold, and drive sheep in these field tria

10:30 AM
Skeins and Textiles Judging
Handspun yarn and knitted, crocheted, felted, or woven garments and textiles are judged for their quality and craftsmanship. Judge Shelia January will pin yellow, red, and blue ribbons on these handmade items this year.

11:00AM
Demonstrations

Sheep shearing Demo
You know that fresh feeling you get after haircut? Sheep feel the same way. Watch professional shearer Matt Gilbert demonstrate how to safely relieve a few lucky ewes of their luscious locks.

12:00PM
Competition
Make with wool contest

Make It With Wool is a sewing competition, scholarship opportunity, and growth opportunity where we are inspired by the beauty and diversity of the world around us. Watch as this year’s competitors show off their work on the Leber Garden Stage!

12pm
Demonstration
Sheep Dog Demo
A shepherd is only as good as their sheep dog. Watch as handlers from the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association work with their collies, shepherds, and other stock dogs to bring, fetch, hold, and drive sheep in these field trials.

1:00pm
Demonstrations

Sheep shearing Demo
You know that fresh feeling you get after haircut? Sheep feel the same way. Watch professional shearer Matt Gilbert demonstrate how to safely relieve a few lucky ewes of their luscious locks.

1:30PM
Workshops – Saturday Afternoon Workshops
Level up your fiber arts skills in one of our workshops! Pre-registration is required.

2:00pm
BIPOC Meetup

The BIPOC meetup is an opportunity for Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color to come together and share in the love of our community and crafts and is hosted by yelley. Join us for an informal gathering!

2:00pm
demonstration
Sheep dog demo
A shepherd is only as good as their sheep dog. Watch as handlers from the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association work with their collies, shepherds, and other stock dogs to bring, fetch, hold, and drive sheep in these field trials.

2:30pm
Live Music
Black Sheep Brass Band
The Black Sheep Brass Band will have you stomping your hooves, er, feet! Their unique sound is a mixture of funk, soul, New Orleans second line style, rhythm and rhymes, and original jams.

3:00pm
Competition
Sheep to Shawl Judging

Teams of eight competitors card, spin, ply, and weave fleece into a shawl while the clock is ticking. Will all of the teams complete a shawl in time? Join us to watch this growing spectator sport. Shelia January will determine the winner of the Fairgrounds Division before crowning a Grand Champion. Judging begins around 3PM.

3:00pm
demonstration
Sheep shearing demo
You know that fresh feeling you get after haircut? Sheep feel the same way. Watch professional shearer Matt Gilbert demonstrate how to safely relieve a few lucky ewes of their luscious locks.

3:00pm
wool sale
Once the judging is over, the fleece need new homes! Grab some wool for your next knitting, weaving, or felting project in our Wool Sale!

4:00pm
demonstration
Sheep dog demo
A shepherd is only as good as their sheep dog. Watch as handlers from the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association work with their collies, shepherds, and other stock dogs to bring, fetch, hold, and drive sheep in these field trials.

4:00pm
Live Music
Black Sheep Brass Band
The Black Sheep Brass Band will have you stomping your hooves, er, feet! Their unique sound is a mixture of funk, soul, New Orleans second line style, rhythm and rhymes, and original jams.

October 6, 2024

Time
9:00AM
Gates open

Workshops - sunday all day workshops
9:00AM
Level up your fiber arts skills in one of our workshops! Pre-registration is required.

Workshops – Sunday Morning Workshops
9:00AM
Level up your fiber arts skills in one of our workshops! Pre-registration is required.

10:00AM

Communtiy Events
Wooly Adventures

Wooly Adventures hosts sheep-themed crafts and beginning fiber arts projects for the young and the young at heart. Discover how wool is transformed into yarn, cloth, or felt with one of our make and takes or by weaving on our community looms. Free to all and fun for ages four to ninety-four.    

Competiton
Sheep to shawl competition fairgorunds division
Teams of eight competitors card, spin, ply, and weave fleece into a shawl while the clock is ticking. Will all of the teams complete a shawl in time? Join us to watch this growing spectator sport. Shelia January will determine the winner of the Fairgrounds Division before crowning a Grand Champion. Judging begins around 3PM.

Demonstration
Sheep show
How do you tell a good sheep from a bad one? What makes a sheep a champion? Judge Maria Rooney will offer her insight in the show ring. Learn about the qualities shepherds look for to improve their flocks as primitive, meat, and modern wool breeds show off their best in the ring. Watch for the finale when two sheep are selected as Supreme Champions over all the sheep in the show.

11:00AM

Demonstration
Sheep shearing demo
You know that fresh feeling you get after haircut? Sheep feel the same way. Watch professional shearer Matt Gilbert demonstrate how to safely relieve a few lucky ewes of their luscious locks.

12:00pm

Demonstration
Sheep dog demo

A shepherd is only as good as their sheep dog. Watch as handlers from the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association work with their collies, shepherds, and other stock dogs to bring, fetch, hold, and drive sheep in these field trials.

1:30pm
Workshops

Level up your fiber arts skills in one of our workshops! Pre-registration is required.

2:00pm

Community Event

LGBTQIA+ Meetup

The LGBTQIA+ meetup is an opportunity for queer crafters to come together and share in the love of our community and crafts and is hosted by yelley. Join us for an informal gathering!

2:00pm
Demonstration
Sheep dog demo
A shepherd is only as good as their sheep dog. Watch as handlers from the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association work with their collies, shepherds, and other stock dogs to bring, fetch, hold, and drive sheep in these field trials.

3:00pm
Competition

Sheep to Shawl Judging

Teams of eight competitors card, spin, ply, and weave fleece into a shawl while the clock is ticking. Will all of the teams complete a shawl in time? Join us to watch this growing spectator sport. Shelia January will determine the winner of the Fairgrounds Division before crowning a Grand Champion. Judging begins around 3PM.

3:00pm
Sheep shearing Demo
You know that fresh feeling you get after haircut? Sheep feel the same way. Watch professional shearer Matt Gilbert demonstrate how to safely relieve a few lucky ewes of their luscious locks

Date: October 3 - 6, 2024

Location: Dixon May Fair, 655 South First Street Dixon, CA 95620

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