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March 2021
Digital Trail Guide: Sugar Hill Loop
Join us for a digital tour of the Sugar Hill Loop Trail in the Clinch River State Park in St. Paul. Trail guide and video will be posted online at http://www.nortonva.gov/digitaltrailguides. Contact Katie Dunn, katied@nortonva.org or (276) 679-1160, for details.
Find out more »July 2021
Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam
!WILLIS GAP COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN JAM: Just minutes from Blue Ridge Parkway (Mabry's Mill) Meadows of Dan (Primland) and minutes from Andy Griffith's hometown Mount Airy, NC (Mayberry). Willis Gap Community Center has been jamming successfully for over (21) twenty-one years. All skill levels are invited to attend. Acoustic instruments are playing Bluegrass, Country, Old-time, and Gospel. Director of the jam Les Edgell. Hotdogs, chips, desserts, and drinks available for purchase. All…
Find out more »September 2021
Annual Coal Miners Reunion-Pocahontas
The Coal Miners' Reunion is sponsored by Historic Pocahontas, Inc. (HPI) and serves as a tribute to miners and railroad workers across southwest Virginia. Held in historic Pocahontas, the event includes a breakfast, dinner, honorary parade, live music and giveaways. 2021 will serve as the 30th anniversary.
Find out more »Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Historic Downtown Bristol, VA-TN! The award-winning Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion festival celebrates the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions - and its influence on the music of today - annually along State Street in Historic Downtown with approximately 100 acts of live music over a three-day weekend. Visitors may dance in two states while enjoying the very best in Americana, country and traditional bluegrass and…
Find out more »December 2021
Frontier Christmas
To celebrate the holiday the pioneer way, Crab Orchard Museum welcomes the public to Frontier Christmas, featuring an evening of Pioneer apprentices in costume singing carols, singing in the Horsepen cabin, bonfires throughout the 1800s Pioneer Park, storytelling, blacksmithing, hot cider and cookies, costumed interpreters in the museum gallery, live music by bluegrass and old time musicians, candlemaking, photos with Santa, and more. Admission is a can of food for A Child Shall Lead Them Food…
Find out more »Christmas Wreath Class
Come learn to make a Forever wreath. This balsam wreath will be adorned as you wish for Christmas and then over time it will darken to be a beautiful Forever Decorator wreath. It will stay pliable and will not shed as a regular Christmas greenery wreath . The pictures show a Christmas wreath and several of our students with their creations but our Forever wreath at Beagle Ridge which is 25 years old. This wreath…
Find out more »May 2022
Gathering in the Gap Music Festival
Celebrate Southwest Virginia's rich tradition of old-time, bluegrass, blues, and Americana music. Legendary country music star Crystal Gayle will be the featured performer. Enjoy performances by regionally and nationally renowned musicians Dave Eggar & Company, and more! Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to wander the park grounds, browse fine regional crafts, and enjoy some good food while listening to some of the genre’s premier performers under the stars. In addition to the evening entertainment,…
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