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Founder’s Day Fall Festival “Car & Jeep Show” Fundraiser

Flyer for the Falkner MS Founder’s Day Fall Festival Car & Jeep Show fundraiser, Saturday September 26, 2026, 8 AM to 2 PM at the Falkner MS Heritage Park, with raffle tickets, a 50-50 drawing, a $20 donation entry fee, barbecue, hotdogs, drinks and oldies music.
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 8 AM – 2 PM

Showcasing Jeeps, classic & vintage cars

Held in the Falkner MS Heritage Park as part of the Founder’s Day Fall Festival. Bring the family, walk the rows, and stay for lunch — we will be serving barbecue and hotdogs with drinks, and oldies music playing all day.

This is a fundraiser first. The entry fees, the food, the raffle and the day’s proceeds go toward building the Falkner Heritage Community Center and Museum Project.

  • Where: Falkner Heritage Park — just off Highway 15 in the Town of Falkner, on CR 200 behind City Hall. Watch for signs along Hwy 15.
  • Entry: $20 donation entry fee
  • Raffle: Raffle tickets available for goods, plus a 50-50 drawing
  • Food & music: Barbecue, hotdogs and drinks, with oldies music
  • Information: Susan Rutherford — 662-587-4067

Invite your friends, neighbors and car enthusiasts, and bring the family — help us make this a great community event.

Showing a vehicle?

Bring your Jeep, classic or vintage car

Entries are welcome on the day for a $20 donation. If you are bringing a club, a group of cars, or want to know about setup times, call ahead so we can save you room.

Susan Rutherford
662-587-4067

Vendors and craft tables: call the same number.

Every year

The gatherings that come around again

Dates are set year to year and announced first in the Facebook group. Call 662-587-4067 if you would like to be told directly.

The Cooper Hill School House and open lawn at Falkner Heritage Park, where Founder’s Day is held.

Founder’s Day Fall Festival

The park’s largest gathering of the year and the anchor of the Falkner Heritage calendar. A car show, food vendors, crafts, yard sales, raffles, and educational activities for children — a full day in Old Town Falkner.

This year: Saturday, September 26, 2026, built around the Car & Jeep Show.

Inside the Cooper Hill School House, where the heirloom quilts are hung each year.

The Heirloom Quilt Expo

Heirloom and vintage quilts brought in by families from across Tippah County and hung in the Cooper Hill School House — family heirlooms, many of them generations old, in the sort of exhibit that old room was practically built for. Bring a family quilt, or come and look.

Date: announced each year in the Facebook group.

Museum tours and group visits

Outside of scheduled events, the Museum and the Cooper Hill School House are opened for group tours and by appointment. Schools, church groups, family reunions and history clubs are all welcome — call 662-587-4067 to arrange a time.

Where the money goes

Every event is a fundraiser.

Falkner Heritage is a non-profit organization. Funding for the Falkner Heritage Park projects has come from proceeds from supporters and volunteers, local businesses and community efforts, banks, schools and churches, project sales and special events — with continued generous donations making the work possible.

Events are one of those sources. Phase 1 of the Community Center — the foundation and slab — was paid for this way and is complete. Phase 2, framing and roofing, is next.

  1. Phase 1 — Complete

    Foundation & Slab

    Funded by donations and event proceeds. Poured and ready.

  2. Phase 2 — In progress

    Framing & Roofing

    Estimates are being taken now. Every event between here and there helps pay for it.

  3. Ahead — Funding needed

    Completion & Fit-out

    The kitchen, restrooms, interior and mechanical work still to be funded.

Don’t miss one

Event dates go out on Facebook first

The Falkner Heritage Facebook group is where dates, weather calls, vendor spots and last-minute changes are posted. It is also where people share old photographs and Falkner memories — worth joining for that alone.