Rural Fun Day
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Rural Fun Day is an annual festival held the last weekend in August in Thomaston, Alabama. The festival is hosted at the Alabama Rural Heritage Center, which was designed and built by Auburn University's Rural Studio.
RFD is a celebration of Rural Life & Traditions in West Alabama. Activities include:
- Folk Singing
- Storytelling
- Gospel Singing
- Chair Caining Demonstrations
- Barbecue
- Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
- Sack Races
- Artisan Craft Vendors
The festival is the third-largest held every year in Marengo County, Alabama, after Demopolis' Christmas on The River, and the Alabama Crawfish Festival.