Historic Stafford Farm

A 2017 Festival preview ran on UNC-TV's "NC Weekend" (it aired at 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 19 and 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 20, 2017.)

**************************************************************************

On a historic farm with structures dating back into the early 1800s or before, the Annual Colfax Persimmon Festival celebrates the native American persimmon and historic farming with a wide range of exhibits, demonstrations, arts and crafts, live music, and of course, persimmon-related items for purchase.

Eleventh Annual Colfax Persimmon Festival (2018)

Admission fee: $10 for ages 12 and older; free for ages 11 and under.

Please do NOT bring: pets, coolers, alcohol.

PARKING: Free parking is coordinated off-site at Shady Grove Church (119 N. Bunker Hill Road). Shuttle service is provided to and from the Festival site further north on Bunker Hill Road. If your vehicle has a current handicapped tag, please ask at the church about handicapped parking at the Festival site.

The Festival's heated/air conditioned shuttle buses joined the event in 2014.

VIDEO: SEE FOUNDER GENE STAFFORD EXPLAINING THE WEATHER-PREDICTING SKILLS OF THE PERSIMMON SEED!

ARTICLE: OUR STATE talks to Gene about the venerable persimmon in this 2011 article (note: admission price has changed since the article appeared).

For a list of anticipated activities, click here.

Visit us on FaceBook.

************************************



Ripe native American persimmons in a row.



Harvest time!