The 2026 Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place
Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FESTIVAL MAP & SCHEDULE
This Year's Vendors and Performers
Please see our Festival Map (by clicking the button above) to view the Festival schedule, performance times, and locations.
Agricultural Demonstrations
Shearing by Leslie Sullivan of Hartland, VT and Kevin Ford of Colrain, MA
Dog sheepherding demos by Stoneheart Farm, South Paris Maine
Historic Reenactors, Performers, and Crafters
Alexandra Adamo-Cioffredi and MassArt Fiber Students
Beth Guertin of A Place to Weave
Blacksmith Dean Rantz of Rock Village Forge
Carrie Midura (Historical Costuming)
Christopher Nassise of Green Woodshop
Colonial Dancers of the Lincoln Minute Men
Colonel Bailey's 2nd MA Regiment
Commonwealth Morris Men
Northeast Feltmakers Guild
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (Boston Branch)
Spinner Zoe Lawson & Friends
The 1812 Marine Guard
Music and Entertainment
Almost Grown-Ups
Circus Smirkus
Good News Gus Puppet Show
David Coffin & The Revels
The Ruth and Ben String Band
This Year's Food Vendors
BerrySweets
Boston Events
Bubble Bee Milk Tea
Canterbury Kettle Corn
Dean's Beans Organic Coffee
Firefly's BBQ
Frosty Ice Cream
Ginger Love Cafe
Mighty Squirrel Brewing Co.
Q's Nuts
To The Queen’s Taste
Uncle Joey's Cannoli
Wander Cat Cola
Wild Bill's Soda
Ya Mothers Truck ‘n Kitchen
Yumtastic Yum Yum
Fiber Artists
Bleubird Creations
Neauveau
Wild Violet Fibers
Hilltop Farm & Fiber Arts
Quiet Season Fibers
Englishman Bay Handmade
Wool & Weft
Kathy Zola Fiber
Hurricane Hill Farm Heritage Goods
Laurel Ledge Farm
The Fiber Web
Fermanagh Farm
Sheepshed
Seacolors Yarnery at Meadowcroft Farm
Rose Handwovens
Bartlettyarns
PurlyKitten Fiber Arts
The Knitting Faun
She is Marguerite
Vobelle
Rag Hill Farm
Juliette Pécaut Designs
Nine Tailed Arts
KO Knits
Plush
The Felting Pot
Craft Fair Vendors
Adriani Soares
Age of Grace
Ain't Your Average B
Alix Fuerst Portrait Artist
alooDesign
Arthur's Arena
Arunshard Pottery
Ashleigh McKoy Jewelry
Ashley Mary Craftery
Baluka Nesting Dolls
Beech Street Pottery
Berkshire Hook Nook
Berkshire Mountain Gourmet/Seven Barrels
Bittersweet Herb Farm
BoBow Bowz
BookEndDesigns
Branching Out
Brookfield Candle Company
Cave Studio Arts
CFourCreatures
Cody Flags
Colleen Cecilia's Textiles
Crazy for Canines
Elizabeth Miller Jewelry
Gina the Botina
Gingerebel Soap Co.
Guilday Glass
Hames & Axle Farm, home of Surfing Goat Soaps
Happy Hounds Soap Company
Hastings Studio
Hathaway Ceramics
Henna by Heather
Ink Drawings by Gene Matras
JDB Creations by Joshua
JSA Goldsmiths
Jus Labs
Just Tickled Bows
Kelly Marie's Essentials
Kingdom of Ceramics
Kinnari Sanghavi Studio LLC
Little Bear Illustration
Little Wolf Creations
Loni Butera
Marcart
Mei Mei of Lexington
Mejor Jewelry
Melted Theory Art
Miraya DesignZ
Moment Made
Moon Drops
Morgan's Dogdanas
Mud and Roses Ceramics
Nala Designs Metalworks
New Bedford Soap Company
No Country for Beardless Men
Nodrog Farm
OscarBoxer DoggieDuds
Pearl Shop
Pebblescapes by Lou
Plain View Farm Alpacas
Prunella's Workshop
Scrapped and found
SepiaLepus Illustration
Sergei Novikov Speaking Music Cards
Shara Porter Designs
SJ Arts and Crafts
Sparkle Creations INK
Stone Street Tye-Dye
Sunflower N Ewe Farm
Tania Abedi Ceramics
The Farm at Baptist Common
The Golden Foxxe
The Sweetest Thing Shop
Thread Head Crafts
Trick My Ride
Unique Sands
Commercial Vendors
Dianne Moore & Virginia Todd, Leading Edge Real Estate
Hills Home Market
HomeWorks Energy
Manning Creations
Metro West HOME Team @ Real Broker
Native Spirit
Nivas
Power Home Remodeling
Renewal by Andersen of Boston
Rescom Exteriors Inc
Window Nation
Nonprofit Vendors
Adult and Teen Challenge
Africano Waltham
Grace Christian Church
More Than Words
Revels
Russell Cooperative Preschool
The Waltham Times
Waltham Garden Club
Watch City Steampunk Festival
Community Partners
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Metro West Home Team
Rotary Club of Waltham
On the Mark Archery
Stanton Insurance
Park Lodge Hotel Group
The Village Bank
Watertown Savings Bank
WBUR
