Festivals

The Famous Fall Fling is a fun-filled street festival in Wise, Virginia that centers on the Big Glades, a beautifully landscaped community amphitheatre and live music stage. The Festival runs a lot of fine mountain music across the stage during the two days of festivities including many vendors of crafts, food, and kids activities. Read more...

As a guitar player, Wayne Henderson has taken his three finger style of guitar picking all over the world as a member of the Masters of Steel String Guitar tour. But his favorite place to be is in his guitar shop making guitars that make Eric Clapton and others of that ilk sound good. This festival provides scholarships for youth 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, and a car show and parade. Read more...

This fiddlers convention is at the fairgrounds, so there is a large building available if inclement weather forces a move indoors. More than $5,000 is handed out in prize money to the best pickers and singers and attendants can also enjoy cake walks, and flatfoot dancing. The event is sponsored by the Historic Crab Orchard Museum, a museum of regional Read more...

This jewel of a festival is held from Friday to Sunday the third full weekend in July and attracts thousands every year to one of Virginia’s loveliest State Parks. The Festival is held rain or shine and features a multitude of family friendly activities including live music, clogging, lots of arts and crafts, and plenty of festival food vendors.  They Read more...

Welcome to Honaker (pronounced hoe-nay-ker), the Redbud Capital of the World. At this long running springtime festival when the redbud trees color the landscape, you can enjoy great mountain music at the Friday night concert followed by a weekend of festival fun. Read more...

This festival has been presenting authentic mountain culture for over 40 years with artists from Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky. Friday night features an opening concert at the Goodloe Center on the campus of Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) with music from two stages on Saturday and Sunday. MECC is also the site of the Mountain Music School, Read more...

This fiddlers convention honors the legacy of Old Time fiddler Henry Reed from Glen Lyn, VA whose extensive repertoire of Old Time fiddle music has been documented by the Smithsonian Institute among others. The event is located in the municipal park with plenty of camping and late night jam sessions. The Reed family is very involved in coordinating and playing Read more...

Haysi’s charm as a small mountain town is in full bloom for the festival when street parades, cake walks, arts and crafts, and great mountain music fill the streets. Haysi is also the Gateway to the Breaks Interstate Park and lots of outdoor adventures like fishing and kayaking are close at hand. Read more...

This fiddlers convention is a gem. Look down on the stage from the surrounding hill in the evening and you’ll think it’s something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Formed by the local fire department in the late 1960s, this event is a favorite of the musicians who compete for prizes but really come because of the fellowship and the Read more...

This festival features Dr. Ralph, son Ralph II, and grandson Nathan Stanley along with all the Clinch Mountain Boys, Plenty of camping and a full lineup of great Bluegrass artists who appreciate the opportunity to share the stage with Dr. Ralph. Read more...

Welcome to the Clinch Mountain Music Festival – an old-time Mountain Music Festival held at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia every June featuring America’s favorite music. Read more...

Albert Hash was a beloved fiddle player and master fiddle maker from Whitetop who memory is celebrated at this annual festival of Old Time and Bluegrass music. Food and craft vendors make this a very pleasant affair that usually includes a display of fiddles Albert made. Don’t count on buying one. His fiddles are tightly held, especially by those who Read more...

Gathering in the Gap Festival each year on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Friday Noon concerts June & July, Open Mic concerts first Saturday of the month.Gathering in the Gap Festival each year on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Friday Noon concerts June & July, Open Mic concerts first Saturday of the month. Read more...

Papa Joe Smiddy Mountain Music Festival – Sunday of Labor Day weekend at 3 p.m. Pickin’ in the Park- last Sunday of the summer months of May, June, and July – 2 to 4 PM Read more...