Where craft is still made by hand.
Tucked into twenty-seven acres of Alabama countryside, Homestead Hollow is a homestead in the truest sense — original settler cabins, a running stream, and generations of Southern craft — opened to visitors three festival weekends each year.
Creek Fest 2026
An evening of live music in the hollow — with all proceeds going to the Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve.
A day in the hollow
The gristmill, the food, the crowds under the trees — a few glimpses of what a festival weekend looks like.
The Gristmill
The mill house sits where the water runs, its wheel and stonework framing one of the most photographed corners of the property. Come early in the day if you want it to yourself.
Room to be a kid
Between the booths there is a whole day built for the young ones — face painting, wagon rides, and a petting zoo just past the trees. Children twelve and under get in free.
Come hungry
A whole food court under the trees — pit barbecue and boiled peanuts, funnel cakes and fried pies, ice cream, and kettle corn popped in the open air. Most folks eat their way clean across the grounds.
Family Fun in the country
Three weekends a year the fields fill up — more than a hundred and eighty booths, craftsmen at work, and families who have been making the trip for generations.
See the hollow come alive
A few minutes inside a festival weekend — the forge, the stoves, the music, and the crowds under the trees.
Filmed on the grounds at Homestead Hollow, Springville, Alabama
The 2026 Festival Season
Three weekends. One homestead. Mark the calendar, bring the family, and spend a day the old way.
Bloomin' in the Hollow
Harvest at the Homestead
Christmas in the Country
Admission is $10 for adults — children twelve & under come in free.
Tickets are sold only at the park entrance
Homestead Hollow is more than a festival,
it's history.
The cabins standing at Homestead Hollow are not reproductions. They were raised by hand, log by log, by the early settlers of these valleys — and they stand today where homestead life has carried on for generations.
Spread across twenty-seven acres of rolling countryside northeast of Birmingham, the property is threaded with natural stream areas and shaded gathering grounds. On festival weekends, smoke rises from the wood stoves again, the forge rings, and the whole hollow opens its doors.
It isn't history behind glass. It's a working homestead — you can walk into it.
Original Settler Cabins
Authentic structures built by early Alabama settlers — preserved on the grounds just as they were raised, and open to walk through on festival days.
Twenty-Seven Acres
Open fields, wooded paths, and room to roam — with free parking for every visitor across the grounds.
Natural Stream Areas
Flowing water winds through the hollow — part of what made this land a homestead in the first place.
The Original Working Still
The homestead's whiskey still isn't a prop — it still runs, and you can watch it work.
Watch it made.
Live demonstrations run all weekend long, practiced the old way and up close. Our craftsmen love an audience — questions welcome.
Blacksmithing
Iron takes shape at the forge — hammered, drawn, and bent the same way it was when these cabins were built.
Wood Carving
From raw timber to finished piece, blade by blade, right in front of you.
The Whiskey Still
Our original still is still in working order. Watch the old art of distilling, done the way it always was.
Fine Art & Handmade Craft
One-of-a-kind, handmade work from artists and craftspeople set up throughout the grounds.
All day to play
Straight off the fire
Come out to the hollow
Springville, Alabama 35146
Two miles off Interstate 59 at exit 154 — about half an hour northeast of Birmingham. Free parking on the grounds for every visitor.
Spend a day
the old way.
Bring the whole family out to the homestead — for the craft, the food, the cabins, and a Southern tradition worth keeping.
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