Sheep Shearing Festival at the Queens County Farm Museum

Sun May 18, 2025
10:00am to 5:00pm ET
Age: All
Price: $20/five activities
Location:
Queens County Farm Museum
(718) 347-3276
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Queens, NY,
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Visit the Queens County Farm Museum on the Nassau-Queens border to see the sheep get their annual haircuts. Move to the foot-stomping rhythms of live music, and enjoy farmer-led tours and a plant sale all day. 

Purchase tickets in advance.

Activities:

  • Shearing demonstrations take place at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm.
  • Passport Activities: Compost seed balls; Dried herb tea bags; Clay pinch pots; Decorate peat pots for green beans; Colonial pearl earrings; Sheep puppets; Felt coasters; Coffee filter butterflies; Yarn gnomes; Ojos de Dios woven diamonds.

    Find more May fairs and festivals here.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.