Events

The first Chautauqua Festival was staged in the southwest Virginia community of Wytheville in 1985. This annual celebration includes children’s activities‚ arts and crafts‚ hot [...]

Located in beautiful Nelson County‚ Virginia‚ Saunders Brothers grows quality peaches‚ apples‚ Asian pears‚ vegetables‚ flowering shrubs‚ annuals and perennials. They offer old-time music with [...]

Located in beautiful Nelson County‚ Virginia‚ Saunders Brothers grows quality peaches‚ apples‚ Asian pears‚ vegetables‚ flowering shrubs‚ annuals and perennials. They offer old-time music with [...]

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 [...]

Held at Grayson Highlands State Park‚ the Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition feature some of the region’s best musicians. The event takes [...]

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 [...]

Every Saturday‚ the Floyd Country Store hosts "Americana Afternoon" starting at noon‚ followed by an American Open Mic at 1:30. Each week they schedule a [...]

The Blue Ridge Music Center presents a series of concerts showcasing local‚ regional‚ and nationally known musicians on Saturday evenings at the Blue Ridge Music [...]