RED BLUFF - Red Bluff's
Fiber on the Foot, is now in its sixth year, and shifting to a multi-species fiber producer’s festival and livestock show.
This event is held the first full weekend in May. This year it is May 3 and 4.
Fiber on the Foot was started by local alpaca farmers sharing their advertising dollars and enthusiasm to create a fun educational event for the public. According to Irene Fuller
"That was when one said alpaca and the unfamiliar asked what color their eggs were?"
(ah how times have changed now we all know they are golden eggs!)
Like other fiber producers festivals such as Boonville, and Lambtown USA in Dixon, Red Bluff's
Fiber on the Foot is a fiber producer's festival and livestock show. All fiber producers get to present their farm products, wares and livestock to the interested public in a casual setting. At the same time the avid fiber artist gets to buy direct from the producer. Many farms offer for sale livestock from their breeding program.
The public is entertained by free demonstrations in spinning, weaving, felting, dyeing, shearing and talks. It is a win-win for the end user, the producer, the mini-mills and the general public.
It is not uncommon for recognized fiber/wool events to draw over 20,000 attendees. That is good for agriculture, communities, and the public. This is the goal of
Fiber on the Foot - Fiber Producers Festival and Livestock Show.
All farms raising fiber-producing livestock are invited to participate. Breeders of livestock guardian dogs are also welcome.
Information is available by calling 527-5180, or going to
the show web site.
If you can’t participate but want to be an event Sponsor, for $200 you get a full page in the event program (600 to 700 copies distributed). Your LOGO on the sponsors page, linked to your farm web site. This will stay on the site for a minimum of 10 months.
6th Annual Fiber on the Foot
Natural Fiber Producer’s
Livestock Show & Festival
May 3, 2008 9:00 am – 5pm & May 4, 2008 9am – 4pm
Tehama District Fair Grounds, Red Bluff CA
