Sheepdog Trials & Dog Festival

What better way to wrap up the fall season than with your canine pal and several hundred of their new best friends? Bring your family, friends, and dog (or dogs) for one of the area’s best known dog events, now in its 25th year! No other dog festival in the area can offer more fun or variety!

Don’t miss a thing! National Border Collie Shepherding Championships, Carolina Dock Dogs, Canine Agility Club Competitions and more will be held over the two-day event! And dog sports demonstrations featuring the Greater Charlotte Shetland Sheepdog Club and others!

Also on hand will be North Carolina beer and wine, heritage breed livestock, hay rides, historic craft and cooking demos, food vendors, shopping, open trails, antique tractors, living history demonstrations in the 1760s cabin, pumpkin chunkin’, corn launchin’, kid’s activities, and much more!