Florida Remembered

Florida Remembered 

Experience Old Florida’s history, traditions and folkways at Florida Remembered. Our newest addition to the festival, Florida Remembered is dedicated to the robust spirit of Floridians and those from around the globe who have built the foundation of the Florida we know and love. With ingenuity and perseverance, our predecessors have conquered the hardships they encountered to cultivate Florida’s cultural landscape. 

Meet characters from Florida’s past. See traditional crafts, tools and skills faithfully reproduced by experts. Visit an authentic Cracker Cow Camp. Through workshops, demonstrations and characterizations, tradition-bearers and interpreters will share their expertise as you explore Florida’s unique history. Take a look at the exciting demonstrators and exhibitors and the programs they've provided at previous festivals. The complete Florida Folk Festival schedule will be posted April 1, 2024.

  • Mary and Ruthanne Mason from Mary and Mom display and sell tie-dye creations.
  • Sausage making, salt pickling, barley threshing, grain grinding, carding and processing wool will be demonstrated by Ethan Forbes, Clothilde Forbes, Rose Forbes, Angie Minno, Mirin Minno, Maria Minno, March Minno, Avi Minno, Shenna Bennarte, Alex Zukovsky, Walt Zukovsky, Laura Price, Ethan Snyder, Sara Cervone, Casey Whitford and Darin Shearer. 
  • Robert Wilson, Cole Cady, Deedee Ritch, Cara Salg, John Salg and Lila Salg will portray frontier trapper traders.
  • Chair making will be demonstrated by Ross Morton, Jessie King and Kito Reed.
  • Michael Stevens will give educational talks on plants and mushrooms.
  • Kristyn Gorton will give awareness talks on Florida snakes with a brief guided hike.
  • Palm frond weaving and palmetto basket making will be demonstrated by Willy the Losen, Stephen Cotton, Joy Cotton, Barrett Cotton, Jasper Cotton, Gus Cotton, Karin Weinrich, Roscoe Weinrich and Darin Shearer.
  • Psychic readings modeled after the experience at historic Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp in Volusia County. Jillian and Brett Waggoner and children Huck and Bo will give readings all throughout the day. 
  • Florida Remembered band: Duane Westling, Sally Morrison, Bjorn Parramoure and Nancy Lassiter.

Florida Remembered Workshops

  • Remembering our plants - Have fun learning what plants grow on the grounds, their stories and uses.  With Mycol Stevens.
  • Florida's Snakes and You: Safety, Appreciation, Conservation.  With Kristyn Gorton, conservation biologist, PhD student and native Floridian.  For an all-ages discussion about the ecological and cultural significance of Florida's snakes. Meet a real live snake, learn how to identify and protect yourself from venomous species, and then explore our scaly neighbors’ habitat and their role in the environment during a brief guided walk.
  • Cabbage palm weaving: Learn to weave swamp roses and palm critters. With Willy the Losen and friends.
  • Funguyin Out.  Learn what mycelium are growing amongst us...(the fungus among us).  With Mycol Stevens.
  • Get a handle on things.  Demonstrating how to fix your broken garden tools. With Mycol Stevens.
  • Palmetto Basket Weaving: Learn to make a gathering basket from saw palmetto fronds. With Willy the Losen and friends.