Events

Experience the excitement of tractor competitions, midway rides, music concerts, live entertainment, competitive and educational exhibits, demonstrations, animal shows, petting zoo, fair pageant, contests, games, [...]

Every summer, musicians and fans from near and far come to Fries for the Fries Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention. This beloved event showcases top-notch [...]

The Harmon Museum has an interesting array of artifacts. The museum exhibits numerous historical artifacts from the Carroll County Courthouse Courtroom Shooting of March 1912, [...]

Many of Tom Barr’s customers have a free morning or afternoon on Saturdays‚ so they often drop by the Fiddle Shop, which is celebrating its [...]

Educators‚ researchers‚ and students of all ages find the Blue Ridge Heritage Archive to be an invaluable resource in their study of folk culture. The [...]

The Roots of American Music Museum tells the compelling story of the region’s rich musical heritage through interactive displays, family and performers’ histories, musical recordings, [...]

The Heritage Shoppe sells old-time, bluegrass, and gospel recordings made by local mountain musicians. Many local musicians also go to Heritage Records to record and [...]

The Tomato Festival is a must-go for tomato lovers! They will have the TomatOlympics, live music, vendors, craft table, a Tomato Talent show, Tomato Contests, [...]

Every Saturday‚ the Floyd Country Store hosts "Americana Afternoon" starting at noon. Each week they schedule different performers to play anything from blues‚ bluegrass and [...]

Free live music is presented by the Blue Ridge Music Center on their covered breezeway from 12-3 p.m. every day that they're open. Midday Mountain [...]