Festival

Apple Butter Makin’ Festival

By BRI Team / October 5, 2024 /

October 5, 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: […]

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 […]