Festivals / Events

Old Fiddler's Convention

www.oldfiddlersconvention.com
Galax, VA
Phone: (276)238-8130 or (276)236-8541
August 6- 11, 2007 in Felts Park at the World's Capital of Oldtime Mountain Music. Oldest and largest fiddler's convention in the world.

Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market

www.vfw1115.com/gun_show.html
Hillsville, VA
Phone: (276)728-5237
VFW Post 1115 has been sponsoring the Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market since the late 1960s and it has become one of the biggest events of its type in the state --- perhaps in the nation.

Whitetop Mountain Ramp Festival

www.graysoncountyva.com
Always held the 3rd Sunday in May at the Mount Rogers Vol. Fire Dept and Rescue Squad at Whitetop, VA.
Arts, crafts, Bluegrass and Oldtime Mountain Music, BBQ chicken dinner, and a ramp eating contest

Galax Leaf and String Festival

www.visitgalax.com/gfvirginia_bluegrass.aspx
Held Annually at Felts Park in Galax, VA
Phone: (276)238-8130
A celebration of history, music, dance, and crafts featuring master musicians, instrument makers, and performances.

Baywood Fall Pumpkin Festival

www.graysoncountyva.com
Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the Baywood School 247 Grammar Ln., Baywood VA
Phone: (276)236-9177
Food, parade, crafts, gospel and mountain music, pumpkins, heritage exhibits, & a horse pull

Whitetop Mountain Molasses Festival

www.graysoncountyva.com
Always the 2nd Sunday in October at Mount Rogers Fire Dept. Hall on US 58.
Phone: (276)388-3422
Molasses & apple butter making, craft show, live music, dancing, BBQ chicken, bake sale.

Mountain Foliage Festival

www.lakeridgerv.com
Always the 2nd Sunday in October in Independence, VA
Phone: (276)773-3507
Spend a day in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia and enjoy the Grand Privy Race, an art & craft fair, live mountain music, and fabulous mountain home cooked food.