Jerry Fest 2022 Was A Huge Success!

Historic Farmland USA presented “Jerry Fest”, a free, all-day event celebrating the life and legacy of late Farmland resident Jerry Cole on Saturday, July 2, in downtown Farmland.

Jerry Cole volunteered for many years in Historic Farmland as its operations director, and elsewhere in Randolph County. He received the “Male Volunteer of the Year Award” from the Winchester Area Chamber of Commerce in 2016.

Cole was an accomplished and popular musician; he and his wife, Judy, started the popular First Friday Concert Series, and the Monday Music Jam at the Community Center. He also directed and performed in many theatrical productions and served as technical director for “Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show” in Farmland.

A music scholarship for budding local musicians has been established through donations, as well as the Jerry Cole Memorial Fund.

At Saturday’s festival performers included: John Beatrice, Dan Wright and Company, The Oxford Baking Company, Long Haul Paul and Michael Ronstadt, The Fierce, Lee Neuzil and Jess Robinson, John Kogge and the Lonesome Strangers, Mountain Laurel, and My Brother’s Keeper.