The Festival is five days of nonstop family events including multicultural performers, storytelling, culinary events and cooking classes, a Wool Festival, Championship Sheepdog Trials and the Big Sheep Parade with 1,500 sheep trailing down Main Street in Ketchum, Idaho.

3 OCT TUE

6:00 pm Farm to Table Dinner – Mountain Humane

4 OCT WED

10:00 am – 5:00 am Headquarters Open – The Argyros Performing Arts Center

10:30 am – 12:00 pm Cooking With Lamb – Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Cooking with Lamb – Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church

6:00 pm Farm to Table Dinner Mountain Humane

5 OCT THU

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Wool Fest: Posey Pin Cushion – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

10:00 am – 10:00 am Headquarters Open – The Argyros Performing Arts Center

10:30 am – 12:00 pm Cooking with Lamb – St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Parish Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm Cooking with Lamb – CK’s Real Food

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Cheese Making Class – St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Parish Hall

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Navajo-Style Spinning – Sun Valley Museum of Art

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Felted Collar/Shawl with Longwool Locks – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Animal Sculptures – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Cooking with Lamb – Ro’s Ramen aka The Ramen Place

6:00 pm Farm to Table Dinner – Mountain Humane

6 OCT FRI

9 am – 12 pm Wool Fest: Postcards from the Herd – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

9 am – 12 pm Wool Fest: Salish Weaving – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

9 am – 12 pm Wool Fest: Sheep Needle Keeper – Hailey Town Center West

9 am – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Sheep Skin Purse – Grange Hall

9 am – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Fiber Preparation – St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Parish Hall

9 am – 5 pm Sheepdog Trials

10 am Headquarters Open – The Argyros Performing Arts Center

10:30 am – 12 pm Cooking with Lamb – Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church

10:30 am – 12 pm Cooking with Lamb – CK’s Real Food

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Basic Weaving – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Falling Leaves Felted Scarf – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

2:30 pm – 4 pm Sheep Ranching Q&A with Idaho Ranchers & Friends – The Community Library

3:30 pm – 5 pm Cooking with Lamb – Sun Valley Culinary Institute

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm For the Love of Lamb – Downtown Ketchum

7 pm Sheep Tales Gathering – The Argyros Performing Arts Center

7 OCT SAT

9 am – 12 pm – Wool Fest: Drop Spindle Basics – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

9 am – 12 pm Wool Fest: Needle Felted Snowman – Emmanuel Episcopal Church

9 am – 5 pm Sheepdog Trials

9:30 am – 10:30 am Sheep Reads – Hailey Town Center West

10 am Headquarters Open – The Argyros Performing Arts Center

10 am – 4 pm – Folklife Fair – Roberta McKercher Park

11 am – 4 pm Lamb Fest at the Folklife Fair – Roberta McKercher Park

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wool Fest: Weaving a Mother Tree – Grange Hall

8 OCT SUN

9 am – 2 pm Sheepdog Trials

9:30 am – 11 am History of Sheepherding the Wood River Valley – Limelight Hotel

10 am – 3 pm Festival Closing Party – Ketchum Town Square

12 pm Big Sheep Parade – Downtown Ketchum

2 pm – 3:30 pm Sheepherders’ Hike & Stories – Forest Service Park