Syrup Sopping Day at Loachapoka

Name: Syrup Sopping Day at Loachapoka
Start: 2026-10-31
End: 2026-10-31
Location: Pioneer Park

Loachapoka, AL · Quirky

When: October 31, 2026
Where: Pioneer Park · Loachapoka · AL
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A one day festival at Pioneer Park in the Loachapoka Historic District where volunteers cook cane syrup in iron kettles the old fashioned way, a Lee County Historical Society tradition running for decades. Visitors watch blacksmithing, quilting, and other pioneer era crafts among the park's nine historic structures, then sample fresh syrup on biscuits.

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A one day festival at Pioneer Park in the Loachapoka Historic District where volunteers cook cane syrup in iron kettles the old fashioned way, a Lee County Historical Society tradition running for decades.
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