Slim Piggins Food Cart

03/19/2025

☀️See you all today! Wednesday, the 19th. Walmart 11-6pm.

03/18/2025

🚩Schedule🚩
🍋3/19, Wed: Walmart 11-6pm
🍋3/22, Sat: Private Function

03/13/2025

🚩SOLD OUT! Closing a bit early today. Thank you to everyone that came out this week! We will see you next week.

03/13/2025

🚩At Walmart today until 6pm, Thursday the 13th. We will be closed tomorrow.

03/12/2025

🚩We will be open tomorrow! 3/13 Thursday: Walmart 11-6pm
Friday: Closed

03/12/2025

🚩☀️3/12, Wednesday: Walmart 11-6pm. 🍋🍓🥝🌭🥓🧀

03/11/2025

🚩3/11, Tuesday: Walmart 11-6pm. It's even warmer today!!! 🌞

03/10/2025

☀️3/10, Monday: Walmart 11-6pm
🍋🍓🌭🥓😋

03/09/2025

🚩☀️Schedule for this week🌞🚩
🍋3/10, Mon: Walmart 11-6pm
🍋3/11, Tues: Walmart 11-6pm
🍋3/12, Wed: Walmart 11-6pm
🍋3/13, Thurs: Walmart 11-6pm
🍓Friday: TBD

Let's enjoy the sunshine this week!!!

03/06/2025

🚩We will not be out tomorrow; however, next week looks a lot more promising! We'll see you all next week! 🍋🍓🌭🥓

03/05/2025

🍋We are hoping to get out on Friday. We are trying to allow some of the extra windy days to pass. March is known to be a good time for flying kites. 😄 🤞

03/01/2025

Join us tonight! 5-9pm

Friends! It's TIME! We'll see you this evening at First Annual Fasnacht! Parking will be at the visitor center (975 Tazewell Street) with shuttle down to the Jackson/Umberger Homestead Museum!

Tickets will be available at the gate for $20 and you don't have to wear a mask to take part in the festivities! Come hungry, thirsty, and ready to dance!

Slim Piggins Food Cart will have special menu items as well as classic favorites! Frog Leap Farm will have treats, baked goods and specialty mixes to take home! We'll have beer from Seven Sisters Brewery in the McGavock Tavern.

See you soon!
Forge Appalachia

02/26/2025

🚩2/26, Wed: Walmart. Opening early at 11am-4pm. We're yellow now!

02/24/2025

🚩Opening Week Schedule🚩
🍋2/25, Tues: Walmart 12pm-4pm
🍋2/26, Wed: Walmart 12pm-4pm
🍋3/1, Sat: Forge Appalachia First Annual Fastnacht at the Homestead. Parking is at the visitors center 5-9pm *special menu*

02/21/2025

It's almost time to burn winter away! We can't wait to get back out there and say, "good riddance to winter!!" And what a fun way to do it!

02/04/2025

Count down to Spring and what a wonderful way to chase winter away!!! Join us all March 1st. View full post and the Forge Appalachia page for all the details on this event. We can't wait to see everyone again!

Folks, we're pumped that you're getting excited about First Annual Fasnacht! We've been receiving questions about this event and what to expect so here's a rundown of the origins and festivities for our take on this celebration.

Fastnacht day is the PA Dutch or German tradition associated with Fat Tuesday. It occurs on Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday. (Fast night) Because many choose to fast or deny themselves sweets and treats during Lent, it was common to indulge on Fat Tuesday. Fat/Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. To prepare for Lent, many religions emptied their pantries of indulgences like lard and sugar. In using up the supplies, the Fastnacht was born.

Our event will take place on Saturday, March 1st from 5pm-9pm at the Jackson-Umberger Homestead site. You can expect delicious, themed foods from Slim Piggins Food Cart, and scrumptious sweets and treats from Frog Leap Farm.

We'll have traditional barn dancing from 6-8pm with music by Gina and Jason Dilg of The Lovely Mountaineers and their friend and musician, Ipi Hello. The esteeemed Anne Lough will be calling the dances. During the dancing, we'll judge handmade masks and declare a winner. After all the hootin', hollerin' and dancin', we'll line up together for our candlelit parade around the grounds. The event will conclude as we chase the colder days away by burning a life-sized Old Man Winter!

During all of this, you'll be able to visit our tavern for drinks from Seven Sisters Brewery and play old time games, too!

If you didn't snag a seat for our FULL Mask Making Basics workshop this weekend, we'll be posting resources soon to help you create a mask of your own. They're easier than you think and you only need a few hours to complete.

If you haven't yet, grab your tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-annual-fasnacht-tickets-1154949999539?aff=oddtdtcreator

01/16/2025

Perhaps the most exciting part of Fasnacht are the fanciful handmade masks! Join Forge Appalachia for this FREE Mask Making Basics Workshop led by Amanda Lee at the Heritage Preservation Center in Wytheville on Saturday, February 8th.

Participants will pick their template (owl, wolf, fox, raccoon) and begin contruction on their mask. Along the way, we'll talk about different materials you can use to "build up" your mask and have a paper mache demonstration using the boiled flour method.

Participants can expect to leave with a partially constructed mask and worksheet with helpful information on finishing.

All materials are provided free of charge. Ages 12+. Spots are limited and you can secure yours at the link below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mask-making-basics-tickets-1141017878189?aff=oddtdtcreator