TFG Events & Workshops

TimberFest 2025: Hancock Shaker Village

Forty years, nearly to the day, Guild members will once again convene at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Memories of that first Guild conference will echo through the grounds the weekend of June 13–15 as we celebrate our first forty years and the future to come at TimberFest 2025. 

With the program from that very first conference in hand, Jack Sobon is leading the way, weaving elements of that gathering into our TimberFest schedule and activities. We look forward to sharing memories, techniques, ideas, and knowledge as the Guild continues to foster education in timber framing.

TimberFest 2025 Schedule
(tentative)

Friday, June 13

12 p.m. - Check-in Open

12-4 p.m. - Open House at Local Timber Framing Shops

6 p.m. - BBQ & Beer

7 p.m. - Slideshow: Remember When

Bonfire time!

Saturday, June 14

7:30 a.m. - Breakfast

All Day - Presentations:

• Tedd Benson 
• Paul Reed
• Peter McCurdy
• Neil Godden & Michele Beemer 
• Arron Sturgis 
• Retrospective of Guild projects

Afternoon: Timber Framer's Tour of Hancock Shaker Village, including water-powered woodworking shop

6 p.m. - Dinner & Birthday Party at Woodlife Farm Market

Sunday, June 15

8 a.m. - Breakfast

9 a.m. - Demonstrations, some timber framing

12 p.m. - Wrap up and depart for an optional tour of another Shaker community, Mount Lebanon, or visit a local timber frame shop hosting an open house, including Tall Pine Timber Frames and David E. Lanoue, Inc.

Share Your Experiences
We invite attendees to share their first frame and most recent during the slideshow. Please share your images, clearly labeled with dates, locations, and any other relevant information. You can send your photos to timberfest2025@tfguild.org.

And, we have a special request for this event: if you attended the first conference or events in the early years and have photos or film, please contact us at timberfest2025@tfguild.org. We’d like to showcase your memories captured by the camera during this year’s TimberFest.

Bring Your Tools
Bring your tools for an old-fashioned tool swap! Give your unused tools a new home and find new treasured additions for your shop. 

Event registration will be available soon.