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2023 Creelsboro Festival marks a new beginning

The Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival was held on Saturday October 21, 2023, in historic Creelsboro, Kentucky. Click headline for photos from this year's Festival.

From Kimberly Lawless

The Creelsboro Festival had a wonderful new beginning this year, after taking a break in 2022. We are working on building a team to grow this festival into a cherished annual community event.

For the 2023 Creelsboro Festival, we added demonstrations of blacksmithing by Jonathan Eby, weaving by Anne Bird and beekeeping by Gunnar Coe. They gave the attendees an opportunity to engage and ask questions. Each shared their passion with the crowd.


The Blacksmith demonstration was a big hit for all. We had a steady crowd around Jonathan Eby as he hammered. He shared with us that he hopes to open classes for the public

Our Weaver, Anne Bird, expressed her heartfelt thanks to having the opportunity to teach her craft. In her presentation, she gave an open invitation to mothers to send their daughters to her. Her desire is so strong to teach the next generation.

Gunnar Coe, our local beekeeper, shared how he got started at 5 years old. I was so impressed by this young man. I was touched by his desire to follow his dreams.

Local vendors gathered together in our Trading Post area with beautiful merchandise, much of it handcrafted. Historian Richard Phelps portrayed Elijah Creel and gave a lively performance as he shared the history of the area. Living Waters drew the crowd as they performed. Everyone was excited about the raffle drawing for Showalter Meat's Whole Hog and Gift Certificates from Esto Country Store & Cafe.

We also wish to thank our sponsors again for their support this year!
  • Creelsboro Nazarene Church
  • ATS Mobility
  • Golden Rule Realty
  • Stephens Pipe and Steel
  • Hills Sanitation
  • Campbell Family
  • Hillside Motors
  • Sparc Recovery
  • Felecia Zabriskie
  • IBC Print
  • Anonymous Sponsor
  • Showalter's Meats
  • Russell County Farm Store
  • Campbell's Creelsboro Country Store
  • Esto Country Store & Cafe
  • Mammy Frog's Diner
  • Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
  • Black Stallion Steakhouse
  • Reel Java Brew & Bakehouse
  • Advertisers
  • The Times Journal
  • The Adair Progress Inc.
  • The Current News
  • Columbia Magazine
  • WJRS Radio
Thank all of you who came out to the 2023 Creelsboro Festival. We had a good time.


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Original Irvin Store ledgers provide insight at Creelsboro



2023-11-17 - Creelsboro, KY - Photo courtesy Kimberly Lawless.
Gary and Kimberly Lawless with Doris Burgess (left) and the Irvin Store original ledgers at the 2023 Creelsboro Festival.

The Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival was held on Saturday October 21, 2023, in historic Creelsboro, Kentucky.

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2023 Creelsboro Festival attendees



2023-11-17 - Creelsboro, KY - Photo courtesy Kimberly Lawless.
The Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival was held on Saturday October 21, 2023, in historic Creelsboro, Kentucky. Attendees and vendors alike were encouraged to dress in 1800's and early 1900's style clothing.

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Harold Burton was Raffle Winner at Creelsboro Festival



2023-11-17 - Creelsboro, KY - Photo courtesy Kimberly Lawless.
Kimberly writes, "As you can see in the picture, there were some happy people. The winner of our raffle drawing was Harold Burton. He thought he would support us when he bought the tickets. Within a few hours, his name was drawn!"

Mr. Burton won a combination of prizes that included: a $495 valued custom processed 300 lb whole hog from Showalters Meats along with a pack of gift certificates and gift cards from local businesses totaling over $300. Esto Country Store & Cafe, Black Stallion, Pepe's Mexican, Reel Java Brew & Bakehouse, Campbell's Creelsboro Country Store, Fiesta Mexican, and the Russell County Farm Store were all sponsors of our event this year and contributed to the raffle prize. Mammy Frog contributed to our give away with ice cream cone certificates.

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Trading post was busy at 2023 Creelsboro Festival



2023-11-17 - Creelsboro, KY - Photo courtesy Kimberly Lawless.
Kimberly writes, "Local vendors gathered together in our Trading Post area with beautiful merchandise, much of it handcrafted."

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Creelsboro Festival included blacksmithing, beekeeping, weaving



2023-11-17 - Creelsboro, KY - Photo courtesy Kimberly Lawless.
Kimberly writes, "For the 2023 Creelsboro Festival, we added demonstrations of blacksmithing by Jonathan Eby, weaving by Anne Bird and beekeeping by Gunnar Coe. They gave the attendees an opportunity to engage and ask questions. Each shared their passion with the crowd."

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