Virginia Highlands Festival
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.
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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
"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
"A grassroots music and arts festival held at the scenic Adirondack hamlet of Caroga Lake, bringing live performances and creative community spirit to one of the Fulton County region's most characterful small lakeside villages."
Woofstock Music and Arts Festival
"A beloved Oregon Coast arts tradition in the gallery village of Cannon Beach, where the town's galleries host artist demonstrations, a Stormy Weather Fashion Show, and a spotlight concert as the Pacific storms return to the coast each autumn."
Cannon Beach Stormy Weather Arts Festival
"Set among North America's finest concentration of authentic French Colonial architecture, this two-day outdoor arts and crafts festival fills the historic streets of Missouri's oldest town with over 150 artisan vendors, music, and food."
Jour de Fete Arts and Crafts Festival
"A juried arts and craft fair held in the tiny San Juan Mountain gateway town of Ridgway, a designated Colorado Creative District known as the crossroads of the Uncompahgre Valley."
Ridgway Rendezvous Art and Craft Festival
"America's oldest juried crafts fair, held for nine days each August at the base of Mount Sunapee, gathering over 300 artists and craftspeople for interactive demonstrations in pottery, woodworking, and more against a spectacular mountain backdrop."
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Fair
"One of Colorado's premier juried outdoor art shows, drawing fine-art vendors and craftspeople to the colorful Victorian streetscape of a designated Colorado Creative District."
Crested Butte Arts Festival