July 10-12. 9th annual columbia,  Tennessee knap-in. Fly's General  will again host this event.  Free to the public. Buy-Sell or trade. Primitive camping. Only a small vendor fee to help pay for advertising. For more information please contact  Wilson Fly: 931-682-2356. Carl Vanderford: 931-381-1488. Bigger & Better Ever Year!!!! Bring your swimming trunks.

July 17-19. Central Kentucky Knap-in.  Held at the Bernheim Forest Education Center, Clermont, KY. Interstate 65 to exit 112, Hwy 245 east approx. 1 mile to Forest entrance. Motels and restaurants are nearby Shepherdsville, exit 117. On site primitive camping for registered participants. $15 registration fee. Shower and restrooms are available. Contact Joe Yurt at Bernheim for campsite availability. Gates closed from dusk to dawn. For more information contact Dale Farris 502-957-2608.

August 1-2. 3rd Annual Chimney Rock Hollow Knap-In just north east of Locust Grove Oklahoma will again be held at the Chimney Rock Hollow Trout Fishery.  Set up as early as Wed. July 29th. We have showers and electric for fans but no R.V. hookups. There will be a food vendor on site with good food at reasonable prices. The fish fry will be on Friday evening and Ooga Booga family fun on Sat. night. For a look a the site go to:  www.chimneyrockhollowok.com for further information contact Rip and Debbie Riley at rriley3@cox.net or 405-341-5937 or Mike and Debbie Smyth at:  walkingdeer@poncacity.net or 580-363-4304

Aug. 7-9. 7th Annual Hehdoka Knap-in and Te Tonka Ha Rendezvous. "Hole In The Mountain" County Park, Lake Benton, Minnesota. Free camping Thrus., Fri. and Sat. nights. Electric sites are limited, call park manager to reserve. Lake Benton is only 18 miles from the Pipestone National Monument and the Catlinite quarries. For further information: Paul Nordmeyer, P.O. Box 123, Lake Benton, MN 56149. 605-651-1423 nights or e-mail 1benton@itctel.com. Park Manager 507-828-5313.

AUGUST 14-16. 21TH ANNUAL PIGG FARM KNAP-IN. To be held on the Jeff Pigg farm, on B-31 just off Interstate 31, Mexico, Indiana. On site camping. Bring your bows, tents, and tarps to catch chips. No Charge, just show up and have fun! Free camping, free firewood. There are local motels. Co-sponsored by Ed Moser. SASE to Jeff Pigg, 5113 N. Mexico Rd,  Peru, IN 46970. 765-985-3274. Ed Moser: 219-278-6266. Come early, Stay late! Lay over welcomed for the Stone Tool Show Knap-in. Come and beat rock and have a blast.

Aug. 21-23, STONE TOOL CRAFTSMAN'S SHOW. Letchworth Park, Castile, NY. Letchworth is considered the "Grand Canyon on the East."  This is one of the best shows of the knapping season. Always good fun. Atl-atls, knapping, camping. ATL-ATL competitions. A beautiful place to have a knap-in. SASE to Dana Klein, PO Box 368, Belfast, NY 14711.

SEPT. 4-6. FLINT RIDGE KNAP-IN. Held at the Flint Ridge Park near Brownsville, Ohio. Knapping, on-site camping, lots of space for setups and parking. Atl-atl competitions. You can set up on Wednesday if the grounds are ready.  No pre-registrations. Vendors & Atl-atl fees are $15. per person for the event. Primitive, camping, food concessions, shower. All vendors and campers must be out of the park on Labor Day by 10:00 am, NO EXCEPTIONS! No ground fires on the park property, except for fire tubs, 1st come, first served! Heavy camping trailers and Motor Coaches may have to park at the park’s supply building, depending on ground conditions (located west of Roy Miller’s property). Please chip over a sufficient tarp! If you do not have one, contact Ed Moreland for a spare. We are picking up more chips each year and the park will only tolerate so much! Help us in the clean up (most do) so we can keep the great knap-in park for years to come. We appreciate your participation and friendship of all who make this knap-in one of the best!   Ed Moreland: 740-625-5868; Roy Miller: 330-359-5590, Frank Slagle: franksjr@yahoo.com. 

Sept. 18-20. NORTH CAROLINA KNAP-IN and PRIMITIVE SKILLS RENDEZVOUS. Fri.& Sat. 9am to 6pm. Sun. 9am to 3pm. Hosted by the North Carolina Flint Knappers and Bowyers of North Carolina. Location: 2049 McCray Road Burlington, NC, 27217 (the grass airfield at Cardwell Dixon's place). You will be witness to such demonstrations as primitive bow construction, arrow making, including fletching, making stone points, knives and spear points, and how to mount them, how to make fire with bow drill along with flint and steel. There will be a plant walk and identification, how to make cortege, sinew processing, how to build a debris and primitive shelter. There will be a leather working and blacksmithing demo. Items will be available for sale and/or barter. Primitive vendors are welcome. No charge. There is almost unlimited parking. Busloads of school children are welcome. There is no general admission charge. We will accept donations of one dollar per car each day. So pile them in, and come and visit us. There is limited water, so bring your own. You will not want to miss this event. For further info contact: Dick Bernier, 336-562-3700 home, IF NO ANSWER, call 336-263-8880 (Cell). E-mail: rebsr1@wildblue.net . For updates see "Primitive Archer" thread at: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/board.8.0.html

Sept. 25-27. Old Stone Fort Knap In and Archaeoskills Celebration. Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, Manchester, TN. Site located on US Highway 41 just North of Manchester. Just off Interstate 24. For Information Contact: Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, 732 Stone Fort Dr., Manchester, Tennessee 37355. 931-723-5073. Park open from 8 am till 10 pm.  Camping available.

October 2-4.  Kansas Knap In – Come join other flint knappers at scenic Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, located 6 miles north and 1 ½ miles west of Canton, Ks.  Primitive camping will be available on the grounds or at McPherson State Fishing Lake 1 ½ miles west of the Headquarters area. The knap-in will be held in conjunction with the Friend’s of Maxwell Fall Rendezvous.  Mountain men camps, traders, buffalo herd tours, and bluegrass music are part of the event.  There will be concessions on the grounds.  Usually the elk are bugling this time of year.  Last year 1400 visitors attended, approximately 500 school kids on Friday.  Bring your rock, trade items, and points for sale, a tarp to catch chips, and chair.  Setup allowed as early as Thursday evening. Come break some rock in a unique Kansas setting!  For information call Friends of Maxwell at 620.628.4455 or Randy Clark at 316.683.8069 (w) or 620.543.6584 (h).

Oct. 8-11. 11th WHITE RIVER KNAP-IN. I hope to see everyone this year at the White River Knap-In. Campground in Bull Shoals, in Lake View, Arkansas.  This will be where the "Hillbilly Chili Cook-off" will be held. Access to both the lake and the river. $5 per tent.    If anyone needs more info you can call me at 870-405-3052.

2010

Feb.12-14, 2010. 3rd annual Ochlockonee River Stone Age and Primitive Arts Festival   This event will be held one week after the Gator Knap-in held in White Springs, Florida and a week before the Withlacoochee Knap-in held near Dade City, Florida. This will give out of state travelers an opportunity to attend three events in three weeks. We had 2400 visitors come to our 2nd annual event in 2009. This was up from 1595 from the event held in 2008. This is very good numbers considering our remote location and the fact that this was only the second year that the event has been held. The park holds this event to showcase primitive and stone age art forms from around the world and to educate the public about the world’s rich prehistory. This event is dedicated to stone age technologies and the park will not allow any artwork that does not fit the theme to be displayed. Please plan on displaying high quality hand made arts, no plastics or trinkets. Vendors will be allowed to sell their art work and knapping supplies. No original artifacts of antiquity can be sold, reproductions only please. The park has a 30 site campground for RV or tent camping. The cost for camping in the regular campground is $16.35 a night. The campground reservations for the 2009 event were booked up two months in advance. If you plan on camping in our campground please make your reservations as soon as possible by calling Reserve America at 1800-326-3521. The park provides a primitive camping area for vendors near the event area. There is not a charge to camp in this area. For those of you who wish to stay in motels there are three within a reasonable distant of the park. The Wakulla Springs Lodge located off of State Road 267 14 miles south of Tallahassee phone # 850-926-0700. The Best Western Motel and the Wild Wood Inn both located on US Highway 98 in Medart, Florida. The Best Western can be reached at 850-926-3737 and the Wild Wood at 850-926-4455. Ochlockonee River State Park is located four miles southwest of Sopchoppy, Florida off of Florida State Highway 319. Regionally this is 35 miles southwest of Tallahassee near the gulf coast. To pre-register for the Ochlockonee River event please contact Linda Trice or Kevin Patton by phone at 850-962- 2771 or contact them by e-mail at Linda.Trice@dep.state.fl.us or Kevin.Patton@dep.state.fl.us To learn more about Ochlockonee River State Park Please visit our web site at www.floridastateparks.org/ochlockoneeriver To contact the park by mail please mail to Ochlockonee River State Park, P.O. Box 5, Sopchoppy , Florida 32358.