Burke's Garden Fall Festival
Burke's Garden, a remote bowl-shaped valley in Tazewell County known as 'God's Thumbprint,' hosts this one-day autumn festival celebrating the extraordinary agricultural landscape and Appalachian community heritage of one of Virginia's most isolated communities.
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"Billed as the world's oldest and largest old-time music and bluegrass competition, the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention has gathered mountain musicians at Felts Park since 1935, drawing competitors and campers from across the country."
Old Fiddlers' Convention
"Running since 1967 and sponsored by the local VFW post, this legendary four-day market transforms the small Carroll County mountain town of Hillsville into one of the largest flea markets in the eastern United States, with up to 500,000 visitors."
Hillsville Labor Day Flea Market and Gun Show
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Community Apple Festival
"A genuine small-county agricultural fair in the remote Blue Ridge community of Elk Creek, showcasing the farming traditions of Grayson County's high-mountain landscape with livestock shows, produce competitions, and family entertainment."
Grayson County Agricultural Fair
"A true small-community agricultural fair in the Giles County mountain village of Newport, preserving the livestock show and produce competition traditions of rural Appalachian Virginia."
Newport Agricultural Fair
"Now in its 77th year, Abingdon's Virginia Highlands Festival fills the historic Washington County town with juried fine art, antique markets, live bluegrass and old-time music, and guided outdoor excursions celebrating Southwest Virginia's Appalachian culture."
Virginia Highlands Festival
"Buckley's beloved antique engine and tractor show preserves the mechanical heritage of Michigan's rural farming past, drawing enthusiasts from across the Midwest for four days of steam engines, threshing demonstrations, and old-iron camaraderie in a small northwest Michigan village."
Buckley Old Engine Show
"A moving annual commemoration in the tiny Johnson County village of Butler, which was deliberately flooded by the Watauga Dam in the 1940s, reuniting descendants and former residents to remember the lost original town now beneath Watauga Lake."
Old Butler Day Festival
"A single-day community heritage celebration in the heart of small-town Harrington, Delaware, honoring the agricultural and railroad history of this central Kent County market town."
Harrington Heritage Day
"A three-day antique power and heritage show in the small Marathon County village of Edgar, where steam engines, threshing, and old-time farm demonstrations preserve central Wisconsin's agricultural past."
Edgar Steam Show
"An annual celebration of Midway's Swiss immigrant heritage held over Labor Day weekend, featuring an outdoor craft fair, folk dancing, a parade, and Swiss cultural entertainment in the scenic Heber Valley."
Swiss Days
"Since 1968, St. Maries has kicked off Labor Day weekend by celebrating its logging heritage with axe throwing, crosscut competitions, pole climbing, a parade, and carnival, using folk hero Paul Bunyan as its mascot."
Paul Bunyan Days