The Macoupin County Historical Society, Macoupin Agriculture Antique Association and the Illinois Valley Blacksmith Association will host their annual Fall Festival September 19 and 20 from 9am until 4pm both days in Carlinville.

Over 150 arts, craft and flea market booths will be set up on the Historical Society grounds. The display theme in the Historical Society's museum this fall will be "Prairie Dresses". The Macoupin Agriculture Antique Associations will feature "Oddball and Orphans" along with the usual display of other antique tractors, antique cars, farming machinery, steam engines and small engines. There will be demonstrations of sorghum making, wheat threshing, straw baling and saw mill lumber sawing.

On Saturday, Prairie Land Garden Tractor Pullers will be having a garden tractor pull contest from 11am until 4pm near the blacksmith shop.

Food, including ham and beans, chicken and noodles, grilled pork chops, barbecue, hot dogs, polish sausage, rhubarb and apple sauce, home made pies and more will be available.

This is the 42nd year the Historical Society has sponsored a fall festival.