Festival

Whitetop Mountain Molasses Festival

By BRI Team / October 6, 2024 /

October 6, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Mount Rogers Fire Hall is the site for the annual Whitetop Mountain Molasses Festival. This event is the fall counterpart to the Whitetop Mountain Maple Festival‚ and it features crafts‚ demonstrations of apple butter making‚ sorghum molasses making‚ and lots of good old mountain music. Phone: 276-773-2000 Email: eholeton@graysoncountyva.com URL: https://smythchamber.org/event/whitetop-mountain-sorghum-molasses-festival/ Hours:11:00am-5:00pm Directions: From Independence go […]

Mountain Foliage Festival and Grand Privy Races

By BRI Team / October 19, 2024 /

October 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – On the second Saturday in October‚ the streets surrounding the historic 1908 Courthouse square in Independence come alive with a celebration of the colorful leaves of autumn. Held at the height of the fall color season‚ the celebration includes a parade‚ music‚ arts and crafts‚ and best of all‚ the Grand Privy Race. (Yes‚ they […]

Apple Butter Makin’ Festival (2)

By BRI Team / October 19, 2024 /

October 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – For over 30 years, Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards (SCSO) has been having their Apple Butter Makin’ Festivals the first and third Saturdays in October. The festival features the making of apple butter, live music, food, a corn maze, a pick your own pumpkin patch, and tons of apples to choose from. Phone: 434-277-5824 Email: info@scso.co URL: http://silvercreekseamansorchards.com Time:10am-4:30pm Directions: […]

Buzzy Coleman Chili Cook-Off

By BRI Team / October 26, 2024 /

October 26, 2024 @ All Day – The Sedalia Center is a regional non-profit organization that’s designed to “ignite and nourish the creative process by offering programs in the arts‚ culture‚ environmental awareness‚ health‚ and inner development.” The Center sponsors a series of annual events that incorporate and showcase Southern Appalachian music and dance traditions. Phone: 434-299-5080 Email: director@sedaliacenter.org URL: http://www.sedaliacenter.org Directions: From Bedford take […]

Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

By BRI Team / October 26, 2024 /

October 26, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – The deep-voiced yelps of coon hounds and the braying of jumping coon mules mix strangely with the rhythmic sounds of bluegrass banjos and old-time fiddles‚ but these and myriad other distinctive sounds reverberate through the air at the annual Blue Ridge Folklife Festival at Ferrum College‚ the pinnacle of festivals in the Blue Ridge. This […]

Apple Harvest Festival

By BRI Team / November 2, 2024 /

November 2, 2024 – November 3, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Come together to listen to great music and enjoy workshops, food, apple products, and a variety of craft vendors for an entire day! The Apple Harvest Festival is a yearly event hosted by Vintage Virginia Apples and the CoveGarden Ruritan Club. Phone: 434-297-2326 Email: fruit@albemarleciderworks.com URL: https://www.albemarleciderworks.com/news/harvest-festivalHours: 10:00am-5:00pm First Saturday and Sunday of November Directions: Located on U.S. Route […]

Southwest Virginia Antique Farm Days

By Beth Worley / June 13, 2025 /

June 13, 2025 – June 15, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – The Southwest Virginia Antique Farm Days organization is dedicated to restoring and preserving farm machinery and implements that were used in the agriculture-based society of early Southwest Virginia. Their Antique Farm Days event showcases all the early farm equipment used and teaches not only how the machines and methods of days past worked, but also […]

Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom

By BRI Team / June 19, 2025 /

June 19, 2025 – June 22, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – On April 5‚ 1856‚ Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the 207-acre farm of James Burroughs. After the Civil War‚ Washington became the first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. Later as an adviser‚ author and orator‚ his past would influence his philosophies as the most influential African American of his era. […]

Red Wing Roots Music Festival

By Beth Worley / June 20, 2025 /

June 20, 2025 – June 22, 2025 @ All Day – The Red Wing Roots Music Festival showcases an impressive 3-day lineup of bands, stages, activities, and much more! The festival takes place right in the Natural Chimneys Park in Mt Solon, Virginia, so you can explore the great outdoors and all the other attractions the park has to offer while attending the festival. To purchase […]

Buchanan Community Carnival

By Beth Worley / June 26, 2025 /

June 26, 2025 – July 5, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Come on down to Buchanan, Virginia to visit the Buchanan Community Carnival! Eat some carnival food, participate in one of the many different carnival attractions, and watch fireworks be set off for the 4th of July. Great fun for the whole family! Admission to the carnival is free, but wristbands must be purchased for the […]