Billie Creek Village Schedule of Events

Hours

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, until 6:30 p.m. Saturdays and Monday.

Special events

Friday, Potters' Bowl and Pitcher Day; Saturday, Spinners & Weavers Dye Day; Saturday, Sunday and Oct. 16 and 17, quilt auction; 10:30 a.m. Sunday, a 1905 Methodist Christian tent meeting; 5:30 p.m. Monday, 1812 Overture concert and fireworks; Oct. 16, Weavers Fiber to Finish Day (Hoosier Heritage Spinners & Weavers Guild weaves fibers dyed on Saturday); 10:30 a.m. Oct. 17, 1910 Old-Fashioned Federated Christian tent meeting; Oct. 16 and 17, Civil War Union Troop Encampment.

Daily entertainment

Vickie & Crew, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. daily and 5 p.m. Saturdays at gazebo; gospel sing with Nancy Rooney, noon, 2 and 4 p.m. in Baptist Church; Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge Centennial, about 11:50 a.m. at gazebo; herb talk, 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Beeson Cabin; bird talk, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Beeson Cabin; tablet weaving, 3 p.m. in Beeson Cabin.

Demonstrating crafters

Blacksmith, miller, potter, watercolorist, oil painter, candlemaker, broommaker, knitter, naturalist, woodburner, weaver, spinners, soap maker, steam-powered "popper," goldsmith.

Unique crafts/artists

Fretwork clock maker on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting; 12 different pressed pennies.

Foods

Birch beer (non-alcoholic), cider, Wright's ice cream, chicken and dumplings, buffalo steaks/burgers, candied apples, ham and beans, apple butter, hobo stew, sorghum, corn on the cob, cotton candy, whole hog sausage, popcorn, pork chop dinners, sassafras tea, steamed popcorn.

Rides

Antique carousel, mule-pulled wagon rides, mechanical pony, tractor-pulled shuttle wagon to Rockville square, horse-pulled wagon rides, tractor-pulled covered bridge tour.


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