Historic Stafford Farm

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.

Twelfth Annual Colfax Persimmon Festival (11/2/2019)

Please note: some of these details may change as planning for the next Festival continues.

Admission fee: $10 for ages 12 and older; free for ages 11 and under. Admission fees contribute to the maintenance and upkeep of the historic farm and buildings.

Please do NOT bring: pets, coolers, alcohol.

PARKING: Free parking is coordinated off-site at Shady Grove Church (119 N. Bunker Hill Road, just north of the West Market Street intersection in Colfax). 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 stop at the church to ask about free handicapped parking at the Festival site. (Admission fees still apply.)

No parking is allowed on either side of Bunker Hill Road in the vicinity of Historic Stafford Farm and the Festival.

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).

TV: 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.)

For a list of anticipated activities, click here.

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Ripe native American persimmons in a row.



Harvest time!