Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Hills of Home Festival is held annually on Memorial Day weekend. This festival, held at the Stanley Brothers Old Home Place, Hills of Home, celebrates the legacy of Dr. Ralph Stanley. This festival offers camping, as well as day passes, along with a mix of local merchandise and food vendors. Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Hills of Home Festival Read more...

The Albert Hash Memorial Festival takes place every year in Mouth of Wilson, VA in Grayson Highlands State Park. This festival honors Albert Hash, a beloved fiddler and master fiddle maker from Whitetop. His memory is celebrated at this annual festival of old-time and bluegrass music, dancing, food, crafts, and luthiers. Albert Hash founded the Whitetop Mountain Band, who plays Read more...

The Chilhowie Bluegrass JAM-Boree is an Affiliate Venue of The Crooked Road. This jam is hosted by the Chilhowie Lions Club in Chilhowie, VA of Smyth County. Musicians, dancers, and listeners come each week to enjoy the fellowship and music. The Chilhowie Bluegrass JAM-Boree takes place every Tuesday evening from 5 – 10 PM.  For more information about the Chilhowie Read more...

The Fancy Gap Country Store is an Affiliated Venue of The Crooked Road located in Fancy Gap, VA of Carroll County. The Fancy Gap Country Store is a BBQ restaurant, ice cream parlor, and old country store all in one. The Store offers authentic food and family hospitality, all while providing a place for old-time and bluegrass music to live Read more...

Blue Highway Fest is an award-winning music festival held each fall in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, celebrating the roots and future of bluegrass and Americana. Founded by the internationally acclaimed band Blue Highway, the festival brings world-class musicians together in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Southwest Virginia has long been a cradle of traditional music, and the festival proudly Read more...

The Fries Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddler’s Convention takes place annually, every 3rd weekend in August. The Convention is held at Fries Ball Park in Fries, VA of Grayson County. The Fries Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddler’s Convention was started in the mid-1960s by the Fries Volunteer Fire Department. In 2023, the Fries Musical Heritage Committee decided to continue the festival as Read more...

The Flat Ridge Community Center & Opry is an Affiliated Venue of The Crooked Road located in Troutdale, VA of Grayson County. They have been an Affiliate Venue of The Crooked Road since 2026. The Flat Ridge Community Center & Opry has been in operation since 2004. This family friendly venue is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountain in Grayson Read more...

The Newport Community Center is an affiliate venue of The Crooked Road located in Newport, VA of Giles County. The Newport Community Center was accepted onto The Crooked Road in 2026. The Newport Community Center has a rich history of music within the region. Their auditorium has housed several musicians from country music’s past and present, from Grandpa Jones and Read more...

The Wise County Famous Fall Fling is a fun-filled street festival in Wise, Virginia that center on the Big Glades, a beautifully landscaped community amphitheater and live music stage. The festival offers mountain music across two days of festivities, along with local craft vendors and food options. The Famous Fall Fling is annually held the second weekend of October.  Read more...

The annual Warren Street Festival is a celebration of Warren Street and its history in Franklin County. The two-day festival at the Rocky Mount Farmers’ Market includes food, gospel and R&B music, activities, a car show and parade. The Warren Street Festival will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2026.  Read more...

The Tazewell County Fiddlers Convention is held annually at the Historic Crab Orchard Museum in Tazewell, VA. The festival is held every second weekend in July. The competition is open to both old time and bluegrass musicians. Bring your family to Tazewell for a weekend of traditional mountain music, dancing, jams, competitions, cash prizes, camping, and more all in the Read more...

The Lee County Tobacco Festival was established in 1949 to celebrate the harvest of the area’s tobacco crop. It is the longest running tobacco festival in the state of Virginia and Lee County’s oldest annual parade. The Tobacco Festival is held annually the 4th Saturday of October. Fore more information about the Lee County Tobacco Festival, please contact leecountytobaccofestival@gmail.com. Read more...

For more than 40 years, Home Craft Days has featured musicians and artisans from throughout Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky. Musical performances are held throughout the three-day event, along with demonstrations of weaving, pottery making, grist milling, wood crafting, basket weaving, broom making, quilting, tatting and much more. Friday night features a free opening concert, with music continuing Read more...

The Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler’s Convention is held annually in Giles County to honor Old Time fiddler Henry Reed. The festival is typically hosted the second weekend in June. This festival offers camping and late night jam sessions. The festival is broadcasted from local radio station WNRV for listeners all over. For more information about the Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler’s Read more...

Haysi’s Russell Fork Autumn Fest is an annual festival held in Haysi, VA of Dickenson County. This festival celebrates small town charm through street parades, cake walks, local arts and crafts, and mountain music. For more information about Haysi’s Russell Fork Autumn Fest, please contact visit@dickensonva.org. Read more...

The Grayson County Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention is held annually the last full weekend in June at the Elk Creek School Ball Park. The Grayson County Fiddler’s Convention has preserved and celebrated mountain music and the culture of Southwest Virginia since 1967. Its mission is not only to preserve the artistic heritage of Grayson County, but also the Read more...

The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam located at 144 The Hollow Road, Ararat, VA 24053, has been jamming since around 1995.  Initially started by Otto and Nellie Hiatt in their home, the jam grew and moved to the Willis Gap Community Center.   The jam is conveniently located to the Blue Ridge Parkway, as well as the Primland Resort. Read more...

Wildwood Farms General Store is home to over 600 varieties of daylilies. This general store hosts biweekly jam sessions on Sunday afternoons and bluegrass bands every Saturday night. Read more...

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is the longest continually running outdoor drama in the Commonwealth of Virginia,and is now the official Outdoor Drama of Virginia. Set in Wise County, Virginia at the turn of the twentieth century, the love story between Jack and June is played out against a feud that has been boiling for over thirty years between Read more...

The Jettie Baker Center, formerly known as the Mullins Theater, was built in the late 1940′s. The property has been completely renovated with federal, state, and local funding with tremendous support by citizens of Dickenson County. The large auditorium and balcony area will seat 350, and the state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems truly mean “there’s not a bad seat in Read more...

They take authentic Old Time music seriously at this jam. In warm weather they gather under the trees on the lawn or under the picturesque gazebo to play tunes until late in the evening. In winter, the jam moves inside the old courthouse building (look for the historical museum exhibits inside) and the musicians gathered in a circle take turns Read more...

From May through October, the Stables Saloon at world renowned Primland Resort in the mountains of Patrick County resounds with some of the region’s finest bluegrass music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Primland is a remarkable natural retreat located in Meadows of Dan, VA. The property features a diverse and immersive menu of indoor and outdoor activities, world-class driven hunting Read more...

The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is home to one of the region’s largest collections of artifacts detailing early life in the far southwestern corner of the Commonwealth. Exhibits explore the boom and bust of the coal industry, the turn of the century in Big Stone Gap, and local folk artists and their works. The park is also home Read more...

Song of the Mountains is an award winning television series of Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Americana music recorded live at the Lincoln Theater in Marion, Virginia. The concerts are rebroadcast on public TV channels nationwide. The beautifully restored Lincoln Theatre is famed for its Mayan decorative motif and six large murals on the inside walls depicting key moments in Read more...

Join the jam session or just enjoy the sounds of the music at the Radford Fiddle and Banjo Jam. Monday evenings 6 – 9 PM Artis Center at Radford University 801 East Main Street, Radford, VA 24142   Read more...

Patrick County has some of the richest musical heritage anywhere along The Crooked Road and the area’s musicians love to play in the Rotary Memorial building for enthusiastic crowds usually numbering in the hundreds. Plenty of space for dancing, socializing, and grabbing a bite to eat before the next band comes on. Read more...

New River Community College is located in a region rich in music that has been passed down through generations. Traditional music is as much a source of pride for many area residents as it is a family legacy. Talented musicians – both instrumentally and vocally, crafters of musical instruments and those with a deep appreciation of the music gather monthly Read more...

Natural Tunnel State Park is located in Duffield, Virginia. The park features an 850 foot long and more than 10 story high natural tunnel carved out of the limestone mountainside. The park’s amphitheater is home to the Papa Joe Smiddy Mountain Music Festival held each Sunday of Labor Day weekend at 3 p.m. Visitors can also enjoy the Pickin’ in Read more...

The Little River Bluegrass Barn is located in Radford, Virginia. Nestled in the heart of the New River Valley, this barn hosts multiple events throughout the year, including old-time and bluegrass concerts. Read more...

Located in a former hardware store, this is the cultural heart of the Town of Coeburn. The stage is a replica of Jim & Jesse McReynolds’ mother’s front porch. Jammers take turns coming to the microphone to do their song and everyone joins in, sometimes until the wee hours. Friday night concerts feature some of the favorite regional bluegrass bands. Read more...

This annual gathering at Jim Lloyd’s barbershop over the Thanksgiving holiday is a reunion of the many musicians that Jim has taught and performed with over the years. Like Jim, they share a love and deep respect for the music traditions of The Crooked Road region that comes through big time in the music they make. It is an appropriate Read more...

Located in the historic mill town of Fries along the New River, The Historic Fries Theatre is a volunteer-run cultural center and music venue dedicated to preserving and promoting the traditional music of the Blue Ridge. The Theatre operates independently as a nonprofit organization focused on the region’s musical heritage. Every Thursday evening, the theatre hosts its signature event: the Read more...

Possibly the only Dairy Queen in America with a regular Bluegrass jam session. Good friends meet there to share a cup of morning coffee and some old songs. Read more...

Chestnut Creek School of Arts offers classes and events year-round for all ages and skill levels in traditional music, heritage crafts, and contemporary arts. Check out our website to see what’s scheduled when planning your next trip to Galax! Read more...

The U.S. Congress declared Bristol the Birthplace of Country Music, and this three-day marquee festival celebrates that designation every September in a big way. Dozens of stages in every corner of downtown Bristol present some of the finest roots music stars, but the festival has an uncanny ability to find the new acts that will soon be known around the Read more...

The Blacksburg Square Dance has been going for over 30 years in a town known for its strong connection between Old Time music and dance. You don’t need to be Fred Astair or Ginger Rogers either. They have been teaching newcomers all those years and they teach the simple basics before every dance so anyone can take part. The music Read more...