Vision 2020 Inc.
Celebrating the Roots of Healing, Heritage, and Community
Saturday, June 7, 2025
1st Saturday in June
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Red Boiling Springs, TN
Celebrating the Restorative Power of Nature
Since the 1980s, the Folk Medicine Festival has been a treasured tradition in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee—born from a desire to preserve the natural wisdom, creative spirit, and cultural richness that define our region. This one-day, family-friendly event returns on Saturday, June 7, 2025, and we warmly invite you to join us.
Hosted in the heart of our historic mineral springs town, the festival offers a full day of music, craft, heritage demonstrations, local food, and holistic healing traditions—a living tribute to the folkways that have sustained generations in small towns like ours.
🎶 Schedule of Events
9:00 AM – Festival Opens
- 🎶 Live music begins with Tommy Burkhead & Terry Bartlett
- 🌱 Jeff Poppen, Tennessee’s Barefoot Farmer, presents on Biodynamic Farming, followed by a Q&A
10:00 AM – Music Continues
- Kyle Trujillo & Zach Mears
- 🌿 Herb Walk with Juanita Dodson
10:30 AM – Speaker Spotlight
- 😂 Debra Norwood, the “Laughter Lawyer,” shares The Joy of Resilience—a heartwarming session of laughter therapy, breathing exercises, and stories of growing up with a folklorist mother who studied medicinal plants
12:00 Noon – Midday Experiences
- 🎶 Faith Gomez & Josh Keas take the stage
- 🍄 Mushroom Growing & Foraging with Robert & Emily Jones—learn how to cultivate and identify edible mushrooms native to our region
2:00 PM – Afternoon Activities
- 🌿 Second Herb Walk
- 🎶 Closing music with T.J. Watson, Lauren Rose, Josh Hogan & Brent Johnson
All-Day Highlights
🧵 FMF Quilt Show & People’s Choice Contest
A community-favorite tradition! View quilts old and new, cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award, and join a live quilting demonstration—even add a stitch to our community quilt.
🧺 Arts & Crafts Market
Support local makers and discover handcrafted goods that reflect the spirit of folk life, from natural soaps and apothecary items to woodworking and heritage crafts.
🔨 Live Demonstrations
Step into the past as traditional skills come alive before your eyes:
- Barbara Boone – Basket weaving (Barbara’s Handmade Baskets)
- Joyce Hutcherson – Twining
- Ann Fife – Loom weaving
- Mark Newberry – Chair making (Newberry & Sons Chairs)
- Skip & Susan Peek – Broom making (Granville Broom Works)
- Brian & Heather Blackburn – Homesteading skills (Leaning Tree Farms)
🚗 RBS Fire Department Car Show
Enjoy a walk among classic and antique vehicles
🏆 Car Show Award at 1:00 PM
🍽️ Food & Refreshments
Come hungry! Enjoy a variety of festival foods from local vendors, including:
- Hardwoods Smokehouse BBQ
- Fresh-squeezed lemonade by the 37150 Community Center
- Plus other festival favorites from local cooks and community organizations
🎁 Special Activities & Giveaways
- 🧵 People’s Choice Quilt Award – Winner announced later in the afternoon
- 🏆 Car Show Award – 1:00 PM
- 📋 Survey Drawing – Fill out our short survey to win a prize
- 📲 Social Media Check-In Drawing – Share your visit and tag us to enter!
💚 Why It Matters
For over four decades, this festival has honored the legacy of folk medicine, folk arts, and folk life. It began as a grassroots effort to preserve the stories, skills, and self-reliance that have defined life in Red Boiling Springs. As our world changes, these timeless practices ground us in what matters: community, connection, creativity, and the healing power of nature.
At Vision 2020 Inc., we are proud to support this festival as part of our mission to preserve and promote local history, cultural heritage, and rural resilience. This isn’t just an event—it’s a living story, passed from one generation to the next.
Vision 2020 Inc. 