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Come Enjoy the Festival! Good Food and Fun for the Entire Family.

Some of the interesting things that you will see at The International Goat Days Festival in Millington, Tennessee:

Rotary Club All Things Goat Village

Myotonic Fainting Goat Show

  • Showcasing over 300 Myotonic Goats found originally in Tennessee, but now live throughout the USA and Canada. W. S. Howard Memorial Show Friday and Babe's Myotonic Mania Saturday

Munford High School FFA

  • Best Dressed Goat in the Parade – Dress you & your goat up (or we’ll hook you up with one)!
     

  • Tacky Tourist Race - Can your team dress the goat the fastest?
     

  • BOERing Bingo - Buy your square - where the pellets drop determines the winner!
     

  • Forgot your goat - Rent one from the FFA and dress it for the parade!
     

  • GoatZILLA - Guess her weight! Winner receives $100!
     

  • Kidd Photos, Make a Barn or Goat Frame, Get your Official Goat Walker Certificate

Information for All Goat Show Participants

  • Please bring your trailers through the back gate on Quito Road.

  • Coming from the north, turn right on Shelby Road off of Highway 51, go to the 4-way stop and turn left onto Quito Road and enter through the back gate.

  • Coming from the south, turn left on Shelby Road off of Highway 51, go to the 4-way stop and turn left onto Quito Road and enter through the back gate.


 

 

MCCS Cooking Village

  • Registration Form
     

  • Rules
     

  • Teams compete for prizes and bragging rights. Visit booths adorned with decoration
    and trophies to prove boasting rights; teams are identified by their creative names.
    Good-natured winning is the objective, but cooking is the main theme where Peoples
    Choice and Judges Choice Awards is anybody’s to win.

             BBQ Bash Challenge

  • KCBS Licensed Competition (Ribs, Pork, Brisket, and Chicken)
     

  • Best Booth Contest, Peoples Choice
     

  • BBQ Goat
     

  • Cabrito Goat
     

  • Dutch Oven
     

  • Catfish
     

  • Pies and Cakes (Make em at home, bring em for judging)
     

  • Kids' Burger Challenge (Parents Supervise ONLY)
     

  • Ice Cream

Kiwanis Kidd Land Fun Farm Village

  • Rides for Kids less than 65 pounds. Bring cash to purchase tickets at Kidd Land Ticket Booth.
     

  • Supervise your children or IGDF staff will trade them for Goats!
     

  • Petting Zoo - Goats, Ducks Rabbits, Chickens (Admission - Free, Feed $1 per cup)
     

  • Games - Bell Ringer, Darts, Goldfish Ping-Pong, Race Cars, Floating Ducks
     

  • Rides $2 - $3 - Carousel, Roller Coaster, Tub Ride, Swing Seat, Barrel Train
     

  • Pony Rides - $3 for kids less than 50 pounds
     

  • Paint Ball - $3 for kids of all ages
     

  • Moon Bounce - $2 ($3 all day pass)
     

  • Orbitron - $5 for kids up to 150 pounds

Millington Arts Council Artists' Village

  • Artists' Merchant Village presents a fine collection of local artists and craftspeople that live and work in our area, who display and sell their unique items. We are dedicated to the development of local artistic talent and promotion of our artisans. This is a juried event.

City Beautiful Ya'll Come Parade

  • Everyone is welcome to be in the parade!
     

  • Forgot your goat - Rent one from the FFA and dress it for the parade!
     

  • Saturday Sept 12, 10:15am  - Line up in parking lot at USA Stadium Office
     

  • Parade Begins 11:00 am
     

  • Parade Route - From parking lot to All Things Goat Arena
     

  • Best Entry in Parade Award - In the Arena immediately Following Parade
     

  • Best Dressed Goat Award - Arena
     

  • Goat & Show Person Look Alike Award - Arena
     

  • Goats are the only pets allowed at this event

Optimist Club
Fishing Village,
Stage Coach, & Trolley Rides

Exchange Club Main Stage

  • Talent Shows Rules and Regulations
     

  • Mayor Hodges welcomes local dignitaries and guests to the opening ceremony
     

  • Capra Hircus Show - All age group interpretive skits of goats kick up their heels (hooves)
     

  • Haedus Talent Showcase for kids 2 -12
     

  • Ghaidos Talent Showcase for kids 13-18
     

  • Nanny and Billy Idol - Got what it takes? Ages 19-109 showcase their talent in the Nanny Idol
    Competition
     

  • Local Musical Talent throughout the event

 


Millington Arts & Recreation Games

  • Nanny and Billy's Putt-Putt Patch - $2 for nine holes of the Civic Center's famous mini-golf course.
     

  • Horseshoe Tournament
     

  • Egg Toss
     

  • Sack Races

 

Festival Food Court

  • Barbecue

  • BBQ Nachos & BBQ Bologna

  • Indian Tacos

  • Fish & Chips

  • Hamburger

  • Hot Dogs

  • Chicken-On-A-Stick

  • Funnel Cakes

  • Cotton Candy

  • Philly Cheesesteak

  • Roasted Corn

  • Ice Cream

  • Strawberry Limeade

  • Hot Apple Dumplins

  • Turkey Legs

  • Slushies

Community Groups

  • City Beautiful

  • City of Millington

  • Freelance Writers' Guild

  • Gideons

  • Knights of Columbus

  • Millington Community and Court Services

  • Millington Firefighters

  • Millington Police

  • Playhouse 51

  • Shelby County Tennessee Right to Life

  • YMCA