21st Annual Sheep Shearing Festival

My toddler is obsessed with sheep and sleeps with no less than two stuffed lambs every night so when we told her we were going to go see real «ba-​bas» take their coats off, just imagine her delight! We had a great time at the Sheep Shearing Festival, from the animal herding demonstration, the sheep shearing, and the hen house to the many food offerings and other onsite entertainment. An excellent and well-​organized family event.

This festival is figuratively all over the place, so here is a stream of consciousness outline review to coincide with that fact:
* Not sure how I haven’t heard about this until this year.
* Free parking.
* Bring sun tan lotion and a hat.
* Not many sheep being sheered.
* Sheep herding dog demonstration was weak, organized chaos. Random ducks in the herding area. Dogs wanted to eat them. So did I.
* Crafts. Wares. Food from Q’s Nuts, Christina’s Ice Cream, lots of etc. No booze.
* Babies everywhere.
* Chickens (multiple breeds), mini ponies, medium ponies, horses, goats, llamas, and sheep.
* Some goats make funny noises when you pet them.
* Some mini ponies pretend they are tough guys.
* I bought syrup.
* I wish there was a beef jerky booth.

I have never been; just wanted to say that this year’s event will be on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

What a wonderful time the Sheep Shearing Festival is! The animals are adorable… I love the sheep and goats. The llama and alpacas are entertaining too. They had live bluegrass music, craft vendors, and ice cream from White Mountain Creamery. I also wish they could have it every weekend… I can’t wait for next year :-)

I LOVE the sheep shearing festival.
I kind of wish they could have it every weekend. Of course, to have enough sheep to shear, we would probably all be knee deep in sheep everywhere in the Boston area. But that would be fine by me also! Then, maybe I wouldn’t nearly be run over in crosswalks so often. You know, because traffic would have to stop for sheep also. But, I digress…
While the focus of this festival is purportedly sheep, other animals abound. There are also alpacas and goats and sheep-​herding dogs (demonstrating their skills) and a barn full of bunnies. And fowl, I think. And for shoppers and gluttons like myself, be wary of the pretty sizeable craft fair and lots of decadent carnival-​ish food.
If you’ve never been, I hope you catch it next spring.