Event Description

It’s Hopping in Barberville! The Barberville Pioneer Settlement along with The West Volusia Beacon and Hometown News is pleased to present the 12th Annual Spring Frolic. This music and dance festival is sure to please the whole family. Saturday April 23, 2016 9am - 9pm and Sunday April 24, 2016 9am - 4pm. Admission: Adults $10, Children 6-12 $5, Children 5 and under Free. Members FREE! Parking is FREE! On the last full weekend of April the Barberville Pioneer Settlement will be filled with live acoustic music as over 200 musicians from all across the state perform on seven stages throughout the grounds. The musicians also teach workshops and conduct jams which are open to all, so bring your instrument and join in the music and the fun. Tentative Music, Jam, and Workshop schedules are available online. Old fashioned barn and contra dancing happens each afternoon until closing in the schoolhouse auditorium. Live music and callers make it easy to grab a partner and kick up your heels. Tentative dance schedules are also available online. Do you find joy in purchasing that perfect handmade piece? How would you like to win $40 in purchase vouchers to spend with artists and crafters? It’s free to register. Sign up for our e-newsletter today and you could be one of 10 lucky people to win. Visit our web site for more details on our 40th Anniversary $400 give away. There will also be vendors and business booths, food trucks and more. Children’s activities this year include the always popular “Lil Abner Fiddle Hunt”. Can you find the twelve wooden fiddles hidden all over the grounds!? It’s so much fun even the adults join the hunt. For your little musician there is the Junior Jam presented by the Music Coach. Visit the Fun 4 Daytona Kids booth for more fun Children’s activities. Do you have an antique or classic car? Cruise in and show it off as The Crankin A’s Car Club presents the Antique Car Show on Saturday (from 9am-2pm only). The show is open to all makes and models with prizes to be awarded and fun to be had. Discover yesterday throughout the event with living history demonstrations of the life skills required of pioneers in rural Florida in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Experience the trades of a weaver, blacksmith, woodworker, and more. Worked up an appetite yet? We’ve been serving up finger lickin’ food for years so if you’re a fan of pulled pork then you should taste ours. 40 years and folk are still coming back for seconds. Other items on the menu include hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, and slaw. The Barberville Pioneer Settlement is located just eleven and a half miles north of Hwy. 92 (ISB), DeLand. The historical village museum is situated on a thirty-acre campus that features eighteen 18 historical structures and a collection of over 10,000 artifacts. The Barberville Pioneer Settlement is a registered non-profit organization and offers self-guided and guided tours, field trips, workshops and demonstrations, as well as rental facilities for meetings, small weddings and special events. For more information please visit our website www.pioneersettlement.org or call (386) 749-2959. Contact: Shiloh Thomas, Event Coordinator 386-749-2959 or email events@pioneersettlement.org