The Mullica Hill Fall Festival will be returning to Main Street on Saturday Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday Oct. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. which will celebrate local history and welcome the fall season in Mullica Hill.
The two-day event is free for people to attend. Businesses all along Main Street will be holding open houses and special sales for the weekend.
“Most of the shops on Main Street are participating in it,” said Hazel Dilsaver, the event’s coordinator and owner of Farm House Design and MH Events.
There will also be live music, a bounce house for kids, food trucks and more for attendees. Another main feature happening on both days of the event is the Living History portion. This will feature a reenactment of a Civil War battle between Union and Confederate forces.
Attendees will not only be able to witness this but also receive a tour of the camps for both sides, witness strategic planning and meet and talk with the soldiers participating.
This portion of the festival aims to pay tribute to a local family that participated in the conflict, as well as honor that portion of Mullica Hill’s history. Dilsaver did not provide the family’s name, so as not to ruin the experience for attendees.
“We have two camps, Union and Confederate, and they actually mimic a battle with strategies and everything,” she said. “We’re going to have some displays and a cannon firing.”
This history will also be expanded upon in the Ghastly Tales Walking Tours taking place at Farm House Design, a separate event that ties into the Fall Festival. This takes place from Friday Oct. 11 to Sunday Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. on the first two days, and 7:15 p.m. on the third. The tours require a small fee and a spot to be reserved on ticketleap.com.
Dilsaver expects that the festival and its associated events will draw in an approximate total of around 5,000 people. The event is sponsored by J. Downs Law, J&D’s Paving, Nocentino Homes, Virtua Health Systems, Your Home Sold Guaranteed, Nancy Kowalik Realty and Anderson Windows.
“It’s a multi-purpose event,” she said. “It brings the community together, puts a spotlight on Mullica Hill and it teaches people all about town history.”
