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EVENT SCHEDULE 2020 - 2021

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Country Christmas, Vintage Market

Saturday, December 5, 2020, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Antiques, vintage and an array of vendors for a special Christmas Shopping experience. Children's Christmas Crafts, Children's games, entertainment, food trucks and Museum Buildings decorated for Christmas by the Dade City Garden Club Circles Pioneer style. Free photos from 1-3.

11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. Live entertainment with Gypsy Wind,

at the Gazebo and picnic table area. Gypsy Wind will entertain us with some Kentucky bluegrass to gypsy swing, Gypsy Wind embodies a new take on an old blend of jazz, swing and acoustic music.

FUN activities for kids!  

Reindeer games will begin at 10:00 outside and inside at the Mabel Jordan Barn. Games are 50 cents each and prizes or candy given out. Those games will include ornament bowling, (bean bag toss) tossing cookies in Santa's or Frosty's mouth,  Santa Limbo, ring toss, pin the nose on the reindeer, pick a duck and more.

Children's Crafts (make an ornament) We will provide the supplies to make pinecone birdseed feeders with peanut butter &  ornaments. In the Mabel Jordan Barn. 50 cents each.

We offer free punch and cookies while they last at the Grace Dew Cafe!(near the Cummer Building)

Elf hat hunt - win candy and prizes when you turn in your completed form to the Grace Dew Cafe. (while supplies last).

Other activities to see and do include model trains at the Trilby Depot, Blacksmith demonstrations at the Blacksmith Shop, Cane chair making at the church, pine needle basket making, etc. All museum buildings will be open and lots of vendors to visit!

Admission is $5 and under 5 is free

We are accepting canned goods at teh entrance for the Thomas Promise Foundation. 

We have plenty of food and shopping vendors that range from custom made crafts, clothing, beauty products, patio furniture, unique gift items & so much more. Several of the community booths will offer giveaway items (while they last) and some may have an activity for a very minimal fee.  

The museum concession stand will be open with freshly made grilled chicken sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs and more (Located in between the church and school). We will also have food trucks with tasty lunch items, lemonade, etc..

FREE Parking

 

Cutest Elf Contest (dress up in your best Elf outfit and come on down)

At the Gazebo (picnic table area)

5 age groups all the way to 16 years plus. Contest will be as follows:

• Infant to 2 years 10:30am
• 3 to 5 years at 10:45
• 6 to 8 years at noon
• 9 to 15 years at 12:15
• 16 years plus at 12:30

Costumes will be judged on creativity, originality and effort.

 

We do our best to make this event a family friendly low cost event and raise money for our non profit museum at the same time. It allows us to host school field trips at reasonable prices and provide historic preservation and education in our community. We hope you will come out and support the Pioneer Florida Museum and our community vendors.

PASCO COUNTY ORDINANCE: Everyone has to wear a face covering while in most indoor public places within Pasco County, (under 2 yrs. exempt). Please wear your mask when you enter the Pioneer Florida Museum, practice social distancing, and wash or sanitize your hands often. The museum frequently sanitizes common areas and has hand sanitizer available. If you are sick, please stay home. The health and safety of our staff, guests and volunteers is our highest priority.

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The Treaty of Ft. Dade - Living History Event

Second Seminole War Event

Saturday, December 19, 2020, 12 noon - 6 p.m.

The Pioneer Florida Museum & Village and the Seminole Wars Foundation proudly present…The Treaty of Ft. Dade, a Second Seminole War Event.

It’s March, 1837 and the US Army and Seminole Indians have been at war for nearly a year-and-a-half. Under a flag of truce, the Seminoles agreed to meet with army officials at Fort Dade, just seven miles from present-day Dade City. Many tribal leaders agreed to be relocated to Oklahoma Territory during this lull in the hostilities. The truce would not last. On June 2, Osceola and Coacoochee snuck in the disembarkation camp outside Fort Brooke in Tampa and liberated hundreds of their fellow Seminoles.

The Pioneer Florida Museum will portray this sequence of events through historical interpretation and theatrical reenactment. The event will also feature Seminole and other Native American artisans, time period specific US Army and state militia portrayals, along with civilian crafts and demonstrations.

Food and fun!

More information coming soon!

 

Raising Cane Event

Saturday, January 9, 2021, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Featuring Cane Syrup Making and Southern Syrup-Makers Association Cane Syrup Tasting and Competition,  Unique vendors, live entertainment, beer, wine & food

 

Farm Fest and Quilt Show 

Saturday, February 6, 2021, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Draft horse pulls at 12 noon, Quilt Show, Syrup Making, entertainment, vendors, food, and fun

 

Living History, Civil War

The Battle of Fort Myers 

 February 26, 2021 - 9 a.m.- 1 p.m., Friday, School Field Trip Day Only

Saturday and Sunday, February 27 & 28, 2021, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Reenactments, speakers, and more. 

 

Jelly Bean Fling (Spring Festival)

Saturday, March 20, 2021,  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sphere's Bubble Magic Show, Jasper the Easter Bunny, kids entertainment, egg hunts all day long, games, food, vendors

 

More information for these events coming soon!

 

Vendor Information click here.

 

PASCO COUNTY ORDINANCE: Everyone has to wear a face covering while in most indoor public places within Pasco County, (under 2 yrs. exempt). Please wear your mask when you enter the Pioneer Florida Museum, practice social distancing, and wash or sanitize your hands often. The museum frequently sanitizes common areas and has hand sanitizer available. If you are sick, please stay home. The health and safety of our staff, guests and volunteers are our highest priority.

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