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The Florida Trail Fest is an annual event celebrating the Florida Trail (FT) Community. Held at the approximate halfway point for Florida National Scenic Trail thru hikers who started at kick-off in January. This year’s event will be held February 7th-9th, 2025 at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, in White Springs, FL

Join us at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park as early as 9am on February 7th, at the Florida Trail Association tent to ask questions. While we are setting up, we invite you to eat and shop at White Springs downtown businesses.

Florida Trail Fest 2025 Festivities will begin on Friday at 5 pm. and end Sunday before noon.
Be sure to check out the Florida Trail Association tent for information on a planned day hike Sunday.

At Florida Trail Fest you can plan your upcoming hike, check out all the amazing vendors, listen to entertainment, visit with representatives from all the trail towns along the FT, attend workshops, and get to know other outdoor enthusiasts.

You will also be inspired by our incredible speakers. Who will they be in 2025, Stay tuned!

Looking forward to seeing you at Florida Trail Fest 2025.

Where's Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park???

11016 Lillian Saunders Drive, White Springs, FL 32096

Camping for thru-hikers is in the primitive spots made by the Boy Scouts along the FT.

Vendors will be setup in the park and along Lillian Sanders Drive.

Currently the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park campgrounds are full.

Here are some other sleeping options if you are a visitor.

Vendors

The Backbone of the Florida Trail Fest
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Sponsors

The Best Partnerships For Florida Trail Fest
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FTF FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
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Sleeping options

Many options for getting a solution for where you will sleep
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FTF Guide Book

Printable guide to the entire event
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FTF FAQ

February 7th-9th. Festivities begin at 5pm on Friday, at 8am on Saturday, and at 8am on Sunday. Visitors may arrive at 9am on Friday to ask questions at our tent while we get setup, then head downtown to eat and shop local. (or you can hang out and we will put you to work!)

This is a free event no fee to attend. Although, donations are appreciated floridatrail.org/donate

The campground is full so please visit floridatrail.org/fest for more info on places to arrange your stay.

The campground at Stephen Foster is now full. If you are a thru-hiker please reach out to us as we have some primitive spots along the FT for you.  Please pre-register here.

You are awesome. There are two ways you can help, Volunteer at the festival and/or Donate to the cause. Florida Trial Fest is a grassroots festival and every donation counts in a big way. Donations can be made to the organization by clicking here! If you would like to volunteer Just click here!

We are excited to say YES!!! please RSVP for the event and note your interest in the special merch. We will have FTA Socks, shirts and all sorts of other merchandise.

Florida Trail Fest is not your normal arts and crafts festival. If you are a trail related shop, outdoor club or organization, you may be a great fit. All of our vendor booths are hiking, backpacking, trail and outdoor focused. So if you have a booth with that target in mind, please reach out to our event Director at [email protected] and they can point you in the right direction. Also, you can register as a sponsor or vendor by clicking here.

ABSOLUTELY! Florida Trail Fest is a family friendly event. Come camp out, or just visit for the day, You don’t even have to be a hiker, just come see what the Florida Trail is all about and meet some of the most awesome people! (including Smokey Bear and Speedy the Turtle and the Chick-fil-a Cow)

 You may have a fire in a self contained fire pit. You cannot build a fire ring, or burn directly on the ground. Please remember your LNT rules, pack it in, pack it out, Never leave a fire unattended. and extinguish it completely with water.

Nope, it’s just 3 days, we’ll all smell, nothing new. but if you have to, please donate to the park so you can use the campground facilities.

You can bring your pet as long as they are well behaved, on a leash and you clean up after them. (LNT goes for pups too)

Visit floridatrail.org/fest-guide, you’ll be able to see all the weekends activities including our sponsors, vendors, food trucks, entertainment, Guest speaker and more!

We will have directional signage at the park showing where parking is.

There are a few trees, but there are limited space to hang your hammock, please bring a tent as a backup. 

Please reach out to us at [email protected] or call Abe at 352-554-6062