Fee Free Day at National Parks - January 14-16, 2012
Tour fees at Carl Sandburg Home and entrance fees at most national parks will be waived on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.

Fee Free Day at National Parks - April 21-29, 2012
Tour fees at Carl Sandburg Home and entrance fees at most national parks will be waived during National Park Week.

Spring Into the Park
Saturday, April 28, 2012
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Celebrate National Junior Ranger Day at Carl Sandburg Home NHS with a day full of activities to learn more about Carl Sandburg and the National Park Service.

Carl Sandburg Folk Music Festival
Monday, Memorial Day, May 28, 2012
11:00 am - 4:00 p.m.
Join folk musicians from around the country as they perform folk music inspired by Carl Sandburg's American Songbag. Festival is free to attend.

Fee Free Day at National Parks - June 9, 2012 
Tour fees at Carl Sandburg Home and entrance fees at most national parks will be waived on Get Outdoors Day

Mid-June to Mid-August, 2012
10:15 - 10:45 am, Wed-Sat mornings
Sandburg Summer Stage Performances
Apprentice Actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse perform selections from Sandburg's works live on stage. Performances are free and are held rain or shine.

Fall Into the Farm
Saturday, September 22, 2012
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Enjoy a fun fall festival at the park. Learn about corn fairies through storytelling and make your own corn husk version. Cheese demonstrations, square dancing and farm-life tours and activities take you back the 1940's and 50's when the Sandburg's lived at Connemara.

Fee Free Day at National Parks - September 29, 2012
Tour fees at Carl Sandburg Home and entrance fees at most national parks will be waived on National Public Lands Day.

Fee Free Day at National Parks - November 10-12, 2012
Tour fees at Carl Sandburg Home and entrance fees at most national parks will be waived during Veterans Day weekend.

Christmas at Connemara
Saturday, December 8, 2012
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Musicians and storytellers will perform traditional holiday stories and music. Hot cider and cookies will be served. This free festive celebration will honor Carl Sandburg and the family holiday tradition of music. Young visitors will find many opportunities for participation in storytelling and sing-a-longs too. The house will be decorated in the simple style of the Sandburgs with poinsettias and a traditionally decorated Christmas tree throughout December until January 6th, 2013.