The National Rolley Hole Championship Marbles and Music Festival considered the ‘Super Bowl’ of marbles rolls into Standing Stone State Park on Saturday, September 14, 8 a.m.- 7 p.m.
The event, now in its 41st year, features world-class marbles players, down-home bluegrass and old-time music.
In addition to the high level of competition, the day includes a kids marbles festival, marble making demonstrations, and a marbles swap meet. Youth tournaments will be held. Food will be available all day.
Admission is free although some activities require a fee to benefit the Friends of Standing Stone State Park, a support group.
The History
Rolley Hole is a folk game, similar to croquet. The strategy comes by determining the best way to keep opponents from making the hole, which often requires skillful hard shots against other marbles, sending them ricocheting across the yard. The competition is played by the rules of the National Rolley Hole Marbles Championship on a dirt yard which measures 40×25 feet.
Standing Stone is the only state park in the nation with a marbles yard, mainly because some of the best players hail from Tennessee’s Clay County.
Standing Stone State Park is located 10 miles north of Livingston, just off Highway 52 near Celina and covers nearly 1,000 acres on the Highland Rim of north-central Tennessee. For more information about the festival and Standing Stone State Park call 931-823-6347 or go here.
