Vendors will include fiber artists and demonstrators, craft and jewelry makers, local farms, and historic site partners. The Little Rhody Thrummers will demonstrate rug hooking, while Quilters by the Sea and the Rhode Island Spinners’ Guild will feature quilting and fiber spinning. A variety of crafts, authentic 18th century games, and contests will be available to visitors of all ages. The main event will be the shearing of Coggeshall’s herd of Gulf Coast Native Sheep. For entertainment, Ladies of the Rolling Pin will bring a vibrant, high energy morris dance performance. Their “flour power” and rolling rhythm always gets the crowd on their feet. The award-winning duo, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, brings traditional American and Celtic folk songs.

WHERE: Coggeshall Farm, One Colt Drive, Bristol
WHEN: Saturday, May 19; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
COST: $7 for adults; $5 for children under 12, seniors 62+, and active-duty military; members free
MORE INFO: www.coggeshallfarm.org