The very first Oak Ridge Festival was held in July of 1997.  Every year since then the festival has grown and evolved in our efforts to peek the interest of a variety of people.   Previos Oak Ridge Festivals have had MANY talented folks participating in various ways

Entertainers have included: Hand Hewn the Kin Folk Tartan Played Joey Hall IInd Fret the Tanners Sing'N Celebrate Ruthin' Sweet Sounds Up-State Blue Grass Band	Ramblin' Rovers the King Family Patchworks Nancy Heartland Express Cloggers Good Times String Band the Smart Family Dulcimers the New Washington Band Parragon Barbershop Quartet the Heritage Minstrels Northern Cross
Demonstrations: Basket making Spoon Carving Scoll Saw Demos Metal smithing Soap Making Tole Painting Spinning Kettle Corn Making Bee Keeping Demos Cracklin' Making	Chain Saw Carving Broom making Mimi Straw Baler Wood Carving Caricature Drawing Rug weaving Slate Painting Candle Making Apple Butter Making Homemade Butter Making
Some Previous Attractions and Activities: Old time Baseball games Old Fashioned wagon Rides Petting Zoo Draft Pony Exhibit Cannon Firings Black Powder Shooting Archery Competition Smoothbore Rifle Contests Primative Camp Games Old Fashioned Barber Shop Vintage Croquet Matches Apple Bobbing Face Painting Coin Hunts Cooking Contests Historical Lectures Town Crier 18th Century Trekking Demo Rope Making Demonstration Straw Maze Easter American Indian Lore visit by Abe Lincoln	Country Auctions Live, Wild Bird Displays Highland Cattle Display Civil War Encampments Civil War Skirmish Tomahawk Throw Contests Knife Throw Contests Dueling Pistol Contests Hawlk Throwing Demonstrations Horseshoe Throwing Competitions Celtic & Highland Competitions Spelling Bees Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest Red TiPi Hunts Arrow Head Displays Davey Crockett Portrayals Blackfoot Sub-Chief Presentations Gunsmithing Presentations Trader's Row General store Scottish Reel Dancing