Festival

Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards Apple Butter Festival

By Beth Worley / October 4, 2025 /

October 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – Fresh, delicious apples available for selection, cider, pick your own pumpkins, a corn maze, live music, food and craft vendors, apple butter, and much more is available at Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards Apple Butter Festival! This festival happens every year, always on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of October. Email: info@scso.co Phone: 434-277-5824 URL: Silver Creek and […]

Whitetop Molasses Festival

By Beth Worley / October 5, 2025 /

October 5, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – Visit Whitetop, Virginia, for a day full of molasses, live music, vendors, good food, and much more at the Whitetop Molasses Festival! Admission is $5 per person. Phone: 276-388-3422 Email: mtrogersvfr@gmail.com URL: Mount Rogers Fire and Rescue | Whitetop VA | Facebook  Hours: 11am – 5pm

Blue Highway Fest

By Beth Worley / October 8, 2025 /

October 8, 2025 – October 12, 2025 @ All Day – Come and visit the Blue Highway Fest, one of the largest Bluegrass festivals around! This is a week-long event celebrating the musical heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Surrounded by good music, food and a rich musical culture, this festival is a must-see for any music lover. To purchase tickets, see […]

Mountain Foliage Festival & Grand Privy Races

By Beth Worley / October 11, 2025 /

October 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – A sporting event like no other…. The Grand Privy Races start at 11 am in front of the Historic 1908 Courthouse where teams compete by racing their homebuilt Privy (aka – Outhouse) down Main Street in Independence. Largest Homegrown Pumpkin Contest, Pie Bake off and a Toilet Paper Toss round out the competitions while local […]

Woolwine Octoberfest

By Beth Worley / October 11, 2025 /

October 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Held the second Saturday in October at the Woolwine Volunteer Fire Department each year, you’re invited to come visit this sweet community and dance the afternoon away to some of the best mountain music of the area! Pull up a chair and celebrate the season and fellowship with good, honest, hardworking folks that take care […]

Drumheller’s Orchard Apple Festival

By Beth Worley / October 18, 2025 /

October 18, 2025 – October 19, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Drumheller’s Orchard’s Annual Apple Festival happens twice a year, always on the last weekend of September and the 3rd weekend of October. They have apples, apple butter, apple cider, baked goods, baskets, cookbooks, and vendors who sell a plethora of things during the festivals. There are also hayrides, a kid zone, live music, food, and […]

Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards Apple Butter Festival

By Beth Worley / October 18, 2025 /

October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – Fresh, delicious apples available for selection, cider, pick your own pumpkins, a corn maze, live music, food and craft vendors, apple butter, and much more is available at Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards Apple Butter Makin’ Festival! This festival happens every year, always on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of October. Email: info@scso.co Phone: 434-277-5824 URL: Silver Creek […]

Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

By Beth Worley / October 25, 2025 /

October 25, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – On the fourth Saturday of October, the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival has presented musicians, moonshiners, craftspeople, cooks, motorheads, mule jumpers, horse pullers, coon dog racers, antique tractor buffs, and old-time gamers for a celebration of the rich heritage and traditions of the region. The festival participants are the real thing, sharing folk traditions that have […]

Albemarle CiderWorks Apple Harvest Festival

By Beth Worley / November 1, 2025 /

November 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Visit Albemarle County, Virginia for one of the most anticipated festivals of autumn, the Apple Harvest Festival hosted by the CoveGarden Ruritans and Albemarle CiderWorks! Find many of your favorite farmers’ market vendors, local artisans, and craftsmen demonstrating their skills. Enjoy Brunswick stew and apple butter or grab some to go. Dig your teeth into […]

Old Time Appalachian Christmas Festival

By Beth Worley / December 13, 2025 /

December 13, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Slow down and experience some Appalachian Christmas traditions in downtown Galax’s annual Old Time Appalachian Christmas Festival. Held the 2nd Saturday in December, the streets are filled with hand crafted gifts, canned and baked goods, food, heritage demonstrations, live music, s’mores, photo ops, Santa, wagon rides and tons of fun! Don’t miss out on some […]

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