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Busy weekend in Monroe County: Fall festival, new Josh Graves exhibit

The festival includes free pancakes and horse-drawn wagon rides -- and a new competition celebrating the "King of the Dobro."
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MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. — This year's Cherohala Skyway Fall Festival has pancakes, bluegrass, horse-drawn wagon rides -- and a new historical exhibit. 

The festival takes place on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Charles Hall Museum of History & Heritage. It includes food, live music, vendors, inflatables and more. 

Next door at the Cherohala Skyway Visitor Center, officials will open the Josh Graves Memorial Exhibit at 2 p.m. -- a Tennessee Music Pathways tribute to the "King of the Dobro." Tennessee Music Pathways are a series of stops across the state, celebrating the places where different music genres developed. 

The festival's free activities include horse-drawn wagon rides, barrel train rides, a petting zoo and a "Sawdust Dig for Cash & Treasures." This year, the "Josh Graves Memorial Dobro Pick-Off Competition" will join the line-up at 3 p.m. 

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Here's a schedule of the different activities:

  • 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. -- 1st Baptist Free Pancake Breakfast
  • 10 a.m. -- Live music from Faith Willin
  • 11 a.m. -- Live bluegrass music from The Farm Hands
  • 11:30 a.m. -- Volunteer Federal Sawdust Dig
  • 12 p.m. -- Live bluegrass music from The Graves Brothers
  • 1 p.m. -- Live bluegrass music from The Farm Hands
  • 1:30 p.m. -- Happy Birthday Smokey Bear
  • 2 p.m. -- Live bluegrass music from Just Us
  • 2:30 p.m. -- Volunteer Federal Sawdust Dig
  • 3 p.m. -- Josh Graves Memorial Dobro Pick-Off Competition
  • 4 p.m. -- Live bluegrass music from Just Us

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