Join us to celebrate everything goat! This is an annual event that features local goat raisers, workshops and kid's activities! Goat milk, goat cheese, wool, and animal husbandry are covered in this one-day event at the Boonville Fairgrounds. ALL FREE!

Bring your bike and get a prize! Be sure to remember your helmet too. The parade at 11:30 will be people dressed like goats, or bikes dressed like goats! Please come dressed in your favorite goat costume! Let's pay tribute to our wonderful animal friends who provide us with so much. 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!'

The information below is from our 2018 event. There are no current plans For a future goat fest- but you never know, things might change! Watch this space for more information or contact avfoodshed@gmail.com to become a volunteer organizer.

10:00- Gates and Farmers’ Market Open

Mosswood Goat Cheese Empanadas available at Info Table at 10am.

Lunch Food Vendors:

  • Alicia’s Tacos

  • John's Farm Burgers

  • Gabe's Fruit Cups, Horchata & Hibiscus Aguas and Baked Goods (Fundraiser for the Music Production Program at AV High School)

Entertainment and Activities:

  • 10:00- Goat Mask and Costume Making workshop (on-going)

  • 11:30- Parade: Humans dressed up as goats or bikes dressed up as goats! (Don't have a costume? Make one at the workshop at 10am)

  • 12:00-1:00 Music in the Grove with Gabe Segura and other students from the high school.

  • 1:00-1:15 Performance by AVES 3rd Grade

  • 1:15 Piñata!

  • 1:45 Birria Tasting Begins

  • 2:45 Birria Winner Announced

  • 2:00-3:00 More Music in the Grove

  • 3:00 Clean-up

*The Bike Rodeo, sadly, has been cancelled. Please feel free to bring your bikes and scooters! There will be bike rider prizes!*

Workshops:

10:30 -11:00- Goat Milking with Fallon from Anderson Valley Community Farm

11:00-12:30- Goats 101 - Jim Doublesnake (See course description below)

12:00-1:00- Cheese Making and More – Marggie Chandler

1:00-2:00- Goats for pack animals, carts, clearing, and restoration - Abeja Hummel

2:00-3:00- Soap Making with Elodi Terrochaud from Yerba Santa Goat Farm

3:00- Tour of Pennyroyal Farm: Sign up at info table in advance please. Meet at the info table at fairgrounds at 3pm

Hope to see you there!