2024 Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials

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Thank you to all of the vendors, sponsors, artisans, and volunteers who helped to make last year’s festival happen! Check back soon for updates on the 2024 Festival happening on October 5th and 6th, 2024!


Submit your artwork for the 2024 artwork souvenirs. The selected artist will receive a $500 stipend!


Come learn with us!

The Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials is a celebration of traditional fiber techniques and an opportunity to view working dogs at their best! Join our family-friendly event to learn all about fiber animals, shearing, spinning, weaving, and fiber arts. You can join one of our many classes, view a demonstrations, enjoy our lauded sheep dog trials, or submit your best fiber art in one of our many competitive divisions. We will have a variety of vendors selling artisan goods and food trucks to feed any appetite.

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions you might have and we look forward to seeing you in October

The Fiber Festival is Held Rain or Shine!

We have many planned activities and will hold our festival regardless of the weather conditions, well maybe not if we have a hurricane, so be sure to come dressed appropriately. Additionally, there is limited seating available so feel free to bring your own lawn chairs or blankets to recline on as you watch our dog trials!


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No Pets Allowed

Please remember that we have many working dogs and fiber animals at the festival. As a result, we have to maintain a strict NO PETS policy.


Support the Festival!

There are many ways you can support the Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials. One of the most effective is to provide financial support by becoming a sponsor or through advertisement in our catalogue. Click the links below to learn more.


We are proud partners of Charlottesville Family and their sister company Wine and County.