Hillsville Labor Day Flea Market and Gun Show
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.
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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
"Chilhowie's annual apple festival in the Smyth County valley beneath Clinch Mountain celebrates the area's orchard heritage with apple butter-making, craft vendors, live mountain music, and classic small-town parade."
Community Apple 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."
Burke's Garden Fall 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