Don’t think of it as Selma’s annual pilgrimage all over again. Think of it as a new feather in Selma’s tourism hat. And think of the feather as being plucked from the pilgrimage.

This weekend, for the first time ever, the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society will host the Kenan’s Mill Arts & Crafts Festival. The one-day event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and concludes around 4 p.m.

“The enthusiasm of this event does stem from the excitement produced from the pilgrimage,” said Lauri Cothran, director of tourism for the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce.

At this year’s pilgrimage, held last month, Kenan’s Mill was included as part of the tour.

On this weekend in years past, tourism officials have recruited town visitors to another location in Dallas County — the first capitol of the state at Cahawba.

“Cahawba is on vacation this year, so this is a great date to hold this festival,” Cothran said. “We don’t know if it will be on this weekend, or when we’ll hold it in coming years, but things worked out perfect this year.”

The Cahawba Festival was canceled this year, apparently for renovations at the park.

So just what is the Kenan’s Arts & Crafts Festival? Obviously, there will be arts and crafts.

For instance, “Tin Man” Charlie Lucas will put his art on display, available for purchase. A.C. Reeves will display her hand paper art, and Vicky Sommerville will present her portraits.

There will be other arts and crafts at the festival as well.

“We’ll have heirloom paintings, Becky Pickens from Collerene, rag rugs and yard art,” Cothran said.

The festival also promises “choices of real Southern food,” according to a brochure.

Cothran said there’s no way to tell how many people will attend this year’s festival. In fact, it’s been hard to determine how many people normally attend Cahawba Festival. The difference, this year, will be the difference in space for the event at Kenan’s Mill.

“Space will be an issue, especially parking space,” Cothran said. “There’s limited parking at the first entrance, and we’re urging people to park at Cedar Park School.”

From there, a shuttle will take people to the festival.

“If people buy something big and need to get it back to their car, we’ll make arrangements to help them,” she said.

Kenan’s Mill was built in the mid 1800s and produced water-ground meal, grits and corn for more than 100 years.

The facility was build and owned by the Kenan family until Elizabeth Kenan Buchanan donated it to the Historic Society in 1997.