The Old School at Mcdaniel Crossroads

08/22/2025

Hello friends! Anyone local missing or recognize this sweet girl? She has been hanging out under the deck for a few days, she’s skittish so we have not been able to see if there are any identifiers on her collar. Would love to get her home safely . Please share if you’re local. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

10/15/2024

Just another reminder that there WILL NOT be an Old School Sorghum Festival this coming weekend or in the future. Our family made the difficult decision that we would no longer be hosting the festival, after 25 years it was time to step away from the event. We appreciate your support over the years and are grateful for the good times and friendships made over the years.

It is with deep gratitude and affection for our Old School At McDaniel Crossroads community that The Old School Sorghum Festival founders and team member announce that we have decided that our journey as festival hosts and producers has come to an end. We will no longer be putting on The Old School Sorghum Festival each October or hosting our occasional Old School Vintage Marketplace sales events.

The Old School Sorghum Festival has been held annually since 1998, the creation of our founders, Johnny and Annie Matthews. Our family has been blessed to have been called to be part of their Old School team and to have been led by them as the festival grew over the years. We have learned much from them about leadership, teamwork, commitment to a dream that benefits the community, hardwork and perseverance and generosity and the need to honor and share traditions. We are so very grateful for them and the core memories we all carry with us of time spent preparing for this event as a family!

Though we will not be hosting the Old School Sorghum Festival this October, or in years to come, we are forever thankful and blessed by the family members and friends, who are like family, who have faithfully pitched in each year to lend us a hand in this endeavor. Our deepest thanks to each of you for your continued support, we couldn’t have done it without you.

We have been blessed over the years by amazing OSSF friends, those who have participated as vendors, exhibitors, teachers of old ways, performers and helpers. We are so thankful for your contributions that made the Sorghum Festivals such an enjoyable and educational day for others who have attended over the years. We are also grateful for the support of the local media and other organizations who have promoted and supported us each year.

Finally, a huge thank you to all of you who have joined us on the third Saturday of October for this day that has meant so much to our family. We hope that your time at the Old School brought you as much joy and as many happy memories as you have given us over the past 25 years. We appreciate you all so very much.

If you wouldn’t mind helping us out one more time by sharing this post to help us get the word out about this news, we would so appreciate it.

10/10/2024

Just a reminder friends, we WILL NOT be holding an Old School Sorghum Festival this year. Please help us get the word out by spreading this post.

We make the difficult decision several months ago to step away from the presenting the festival after 25 years . We very much appreciate all of the support and help provided to us over the years and that so many of you chose to spend your time with us at the Old School Sorghum Festival . We will always cherish the friendships and the experience of putting on the OSSF for the community.

07/01/2024

It is with deep gratitude and affection for our Old School At McDaniel Crossroads community that The Old School Sorghum Festival founders and team member announce that we have decided that our journey as festival hosts and producers has come to an end. We will no longer be putting on The Old School Sorghum Festival each October or hosting our occasional Old School Vintage Marketplace sales events.

The Old School Sorghum Festival has been held annually since 1998, the creation of our founders, Johnny and Annie Matthews. Our family has been blessed to have been called to be part of their Old School team and to have been led by them as the festival grew over the years. We have learned much from them about leadership, teamwork, commitment to a dream that benefits the community, hardwork and perseverance and generosity and the need to honor and share traditions. We are so very grateful for them and the core memories we all carry with us of time spent preparing for this event as a family!

Though we will not be hosting the Old School Sorghum Festival this October, or in years to come, we are forever thankful and blessed by the family members and friends, who are like family, who have faithfully pitched in each year to lend us a hand in this endeavor. Our deepest thanks to each of you for your continued support, we couldn’t have done it without you.

We have been blessed over the years by amazing OSSF friends, those who have participated as vendors, exhibitors, teachers of old ways, performers and helpers. We are so thankful for your contributions that made the Sorghum Festivals such an enjoyable and educational day for others who have attended over the years. We are also grateful for the support of the local media and other organizations who have promoted and supported us each year.

Finally, a huge thank you to all of you who have joined us on the third Saturday of October for this day that has meant so much to our family. We hope that your time at the Old School brought you as much joy and as many happy memories as you have given us over the past 25 years. We appreciate you all so very much.

If you wouldn’t mind helping us out one more time by sharing this post to help us get the word out about this news, we would so appreciate it.

11/04/2023

Hello friends. I neglected to mention in my most recent post that we will not be able to have our annual The Old School Vintage Marketplace Christmas and Holiday sale this month. We regret not being able to welcome you back to the Old School this month for this fan favorite sale. We hope that you will all have a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones.

11/03/2023

Hello friends, I hope that you’re enjoying this lovely autumn day. This post is a very, very belated thank you to all who contributed to make our annual Old School Sorghum Festival such a special day. We have been blessed by friends and family members who have volunteered to help us produce this event over the last twenty five years! Thank you to all of you for your support and hard work this year and in the past. We are so thankful for each of you.

We are so very appreciative of the support we have received from the community! Thank you vendors, musicians, exhibitors and attendees for your steadfast support. We would also like to thank Bashton’s Party Rentals and Southern Porta John for their generosity and support this year.

Our family wishes yours a wonderful holiday season and thank you so much for your support and encouragement and kind words.

10/20/2023

*edited to add link to our event page with all the details in the comments*

Good morning Old School friends! It is crunch day at The Old School at Mcdaniel Crossroads! We have lots of last minute items on our To Do list today as we finish preparations for the 25th Anniversary edition of The Old School Sorghum Festival! 25 years y’all! What a blessing to have been able to do this as a family for all these years. Thank you for your support.

We will be working up an appetite tomorrow and are looking forward to tasty some delicious food on Saturday! We are thrilled to have the good folks from Serenity Church back with us this year serving bbq and hot dogs. Our favorite funnel cake folks are back again as well. We are thrilled to have two new food vendors join us this year, be on the lookout for the colorful ForksN’Motion truck and the cute little yellow donut and slushie trailer, Poppy’s Cake Donuts and Ava’s Slushie’s. Also joining us this year is, Give Me S’more, a s’more vendor. There will also be a good number of other bake sale type booths.

You also won’t want to miss Sorghum Festival favorites, our signature sorghum cookies and Miss Annie’s fudge available next to the Sorghum Booth and in the Country Store, along with cold drinks. And also new this year, the third generation of Matthewses will be serving freshly popped popcorn, cold drinks and other goodies by the Sorghum Booth! Come support these cuties!

We can’t wait to see you all on Saturday! We will be open from 9-4, that’s plenty of time to sample all these delicious festival foods AND walk off those calories as you take in all that’s to be seen at The Old The Old School Sorghum Festival! Please bring cash to support our vendors, the cell service in the schoolyard is spotty for some carriers making electronic sales difficult at best.

10/18/2023

The Old School Sorghum Festival
Saturday, October 21 from 9-4
The Old School at Mcdaniel Crossroads
11233 Boykin Bridge Road, Roseboro
No admission fee, family friendly
Handicapped accessible

10/17/2023

Anyone else feel this in your bones? Anne of Green Gables is a lifetime favorite book of mine so this makes my heart happy and I do LOVE October. One of my favorite things about October is, of course, The Old School Sorghum Festival! I can hardly believe that we are only days away from this year’s festival. I can’t begin to describe what a blessing it has been for our family to have been putting on this event and welcoming the community to our Old School for the past 25 years. Thank you for the wonderful support and encouragement you all have offered us over the years. We’ve made wonderful memories at the Sorghum Festival and we sincerely hope that you and your family have wonderful memories from attending as well. Please join us this Saturday, bring your loved ones and make more October memories!

The Old School Sorghum Festival
Saturday, October 21
From 9:00 until 4:00
The Old School at Mcdaniel Crossroads
11233 Boykin Bridge Road, Roseboro, NC
Fun for the entire family, no entry fee
The Old School is handicapped accessible
Bring cash to shop in our The Old School Vintage Marketplace and with our bumper crop of vendors.

We hope to see you all on Saturday! Shares, likes and comments appreciated. I’ll add a link to the event page in the comments.