Virginia Highlands Festival

Schedule Of Events:

Friday, July 25, 2025

8:00?AM-4:30?PM - Writers & Readers - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:30?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-12:00?PM - Stream Discovery - Whites Mill
11:00?AM-1:00?PM - Barter Theatre: History and Backstage Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-6:00?PM - VA250 Mobile Museum - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Logan Fritz & McKenna Blevins - Delta Blues Indoor Stage
4:00?PM-6:00?PM - Barter Theatre: History and Backstage Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
5:15?PM-6:30?PM - Juried Fine Art: Opening Reception - Arts Depot
6:00?PM-8:30?PM - An Evening With Sheri Castle including wine reception - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
7:00?PM-9:00?PM - Music: Kick-Off Concert featuring Virginia Ground Tribute - Delta Blues Outdoor Stage
7:00?PM-8:30?PM - An Evening With Sheri Castle, presentation only - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center

Saturday, July 26, 2025
8:00?AM-1:00?PM - Abingdon Farmers Market - Abingdon Farmers Market
8:00?AM-1:00?PM - Microgreens Tasting With Nature’s Edge Farm - Abingdon Farmers Market
8:00?AM-4:30?PM - Writers & Readers - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
9:00?AM-9:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-6:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
10:00?AM-11:00?AM - Yoga in the Park With Abingdon Yoga Center - Wye Park at Virginia Creeper Trailhead
10:00?AM-11:00?AM - William King House Historic Marker Dedication - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Duncansville One-Room Schoolhouse Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Community Day - Abingdon Visitors Center Lawn
11:00?AM-3:00?PM - Busker Fest - Delta Blues, The Commons, Abingdon Visitors Center
12:00?PM-6:00?PM - VA250 Mobile Museum - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Gerald Sheppard & Ryan Adkins - Sweetbay Brewing Co.
1:30?PM-2:30?PM - How to Clean Tombstones, with Charlie Barnette - Virginia Highlands Festival
3:00?PM-6:00?PM - Abingdon Farmers Market - Abingdon Farmers Market
3:00?PM-5:00?PM - Wine Tasting: Katbird’s Wine & Gourmet Shoppe - Katbird's Wine & Gourmet Shoppe
5:00?PM-7:15?PM - Living History Tour of the Historic Sinking Spring Cemetery - Virginia Highlands Festival

July 27, 2025

9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
12:00?PM-6:00?PM - VA250 Mobile Museum - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring David & Ann Ledgerwood - The Taproom
1:00?PM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
1:00?PM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
2:00?PM-4:00?PM - Duncansville One-Room Schoolhouse Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
2:00?PM-4:00?PM - Music: Old World Ballads & The Mountain Dulcimer - Sinking Spring Church
4:00?PM-7:00?PM - Farm Tour: Food. Flowers. Fish - Various Locations
5:30?PM-7:30?PM - A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson - Virginia Highlands Festival

Monday, July 28, 2025

9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
11:00?AM-1:00?PM - St. Thomas Episcopal Church Luncheons - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-6:00?PM - VA250 Mobile Museum - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Momma Molasses & Adam Bolt - Wolf Hills Coffee
1:30?PM-2:30?PM - Historical Interpretation Workshop - Virginia Highlands Festival
1:30?PM-2:30?PM - Workshop: Historical Interpretation - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture/Workshop: How to care for Antique Textiles - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture and Workshop: How to Take Care of Antique Textiles - Virginia Highlands Festival
5:00?PM-6:00?PM - Hard Cider Tasting at Tumbling Creek Cider Company - The Taproom
5:30?PM-7:30?PM - A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson - Virginia Highlands Festival
7:00?PM-8:00?PM - Hard Cider Tasting at Tumbling Creek Cider Company - The Taproom
7:30?PM-10:30?PM - Film Series: Permanent by Collette Burton - Moonlite Drive-In Theatre & Venue
7:30?PM-9:00?PM - Wildlife Rehab Talk by Darin Handy - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
9:00?AM-12:00?PM - Workshop With Charles Goolsby: Monotype, Day 1 - William King Museum of Art
9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-11:00?AM - Coffee Tasting: Wolf Hill Coffee - Wolf Hills Coffee
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Jamie Collins & Cody Jackson - Summers Rooftop
12:00?PM-6:00?PM - VA250 Mobile Museum - Virginia Highlands Festival
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Coffee Tasting: Wolf Hill Coffee - Wolf Hills Coffee
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture: Pottery Industry in 19th Century WCVA - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture: The Pottery Industry in 19th CenturyWashington County Virginia - Virginia Highlands Festival
5:00?PM-6:00?PM - Hard Cider Tasting at Tumbling Creek Cider Company - The Taproom
5:00?PM-6:00?PM - Craft Beer Tasting With Nibbles: Sweetbay Brewing Co. - Sweetbay Brewing Co.
7:00?PM-8:00?PM - Hard Cider Tasting at Tumbling Creek Cider Company - The Taproom
8:00?PM-10:00?PM - Comedy Night at Barter With Summit Comedy - Barter Theatre, Gilliam Stage

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

9:00?AM-12:00?PM - Workshop With Charles Goolsby: Monotype, Day 2 - William King Museum of Art
9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
11:00?AM-1:00?PM - St. Thomas Episcopal Church Luncheons - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Quentin Horton & Benny Wilson - Delta Blues Indoor Stage
1:00?PM-4:00?PM - Dreamland Alpacas: Tour & Feed - Dreamland Alpacas
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture: Are you thinking of buying an Old House? - Virginia Highlands Festival
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture: Are You Thinking of Buying an Old House? - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
4:00?PM-5:30?PM - Tour: Appalachian Heritage Distillery - Appalachian Heritage Distillery
5:00?PM-6:00?PM - Hard Cider Tasting at Tumbling Creek Cider Company - The Taproom
5:00?PM-6:30?PM - Workshop With Richard Moyer:Grow Your Own Fruit in Harmony with Nature - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
7:00?PM-8:00?PM - Hard Cider Tasting at Tumbling Creek Cider Company - The Taproom
7:30?PM-8:30?PM - Abingdon Downtown Walking Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
7:30?PM-10:30?PM - Film Series: Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani - Moonlite Drive-In Theatre & Venue
7:30?PM-8:30?PM - Historical Interpretations: Meet Abingdon Pioneer, Parson Charles Cummings - Virginia Highlands Festival

Thursday, July 31, 2025
9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-11:00?AM - Coffee Tasting: Wolf Hill Coffee - Wolf Hills Coffee
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:30?AM-3:30?PM - Fistful of Festival Sandwich at Snow’s Meats - Snow's Meats & Provisions
11:00?AM-2:00?PM - Tasting: Juice samples WithWhite Birch Food & Juice - White Birch Food & Juice
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Hannah Rae Adams & Julia Stills - White Birch Food & Juice
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture: Decorating with Family Heirlooms & Estate Sale Pieces - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Illustrated Lecture: Decorating with Family Heirlooms & Estate Sale Finds - Virginia Highlands Festival
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Coffee Tasting: Wolf Hill Coffee - Wolf Hills Coffee
7:00?PM-9:00?PM - Music: Samantha Gray Band - Sweetbay Brewing Co.
7:30?PM-8:30?PM - Lecture: The Importance of the Fincastle Resolutions to the American Revolution by Walter Jenny - Virginia Highlands Festival

Friday, August 1, 2025

9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
11:00?AM-1:00?PM - Barter Theatre: History and Backstage Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
11:00?AM-2:00?PM - Farm Tour: Farm. Fungi. Feast WithAdam Goodson including lunch - Pick n Grin Farm
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Jennifer Gillenwater & Barbara Walton - The Taproom
3:00?PM-5:00?PM - Farm Tour: Tumbling Creek Cider Company's Orchards & Cider Barn - Kelly Ridge Farm
4:00?PM-6:00?PM - Barter Theatre: History and Backstage Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
7:00?PM-10:00?PM - Music: Blast from the Past! Hot Air Balloon Glow & Music Concert featuring Cassette Rewind - Meadows Sports Complex

Saturday, August 2, 2025
8:00?AM-1:00?PM - Abingdon Farmers Market - Abingdon Farmers Market
9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-2:00?PM - Youth Tent - The Martha Lawn
10:00?AM-11:00?AM - Coffee Tasting: Wolf Hill Coffee - Wolf Hills Coffee
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Abingdon Historic Homes Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-11:00?AM - Abingdon Downtown Walking Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Duncansville One-Room Schoolhouse Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
11:00?AM-4:00?PM - Music: Abingdon Amateur BBQ competition & Blues Concert featuring Billy Crawford Band - Delta Blues Outdoor Stage
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Clay Blevins & Adam Clouse - The Taproom
2:00?PM-3:00?PM - Coffee Tasting: Wolf Hill Coffee - Wolf Hills Coffee

Sunday, August 3, 2025
9:00?AM-6:00?PM - Arts & Crafts - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Highlands Writers Fair - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Antiques & Vintage - Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10:00?AM-5:00?PM - Tour of White’s Mill - Virginia Highlands Festival
10:00?AM-4:00?PM - Muster Grounds Events - Virginia Highlands Festival
12:00?PM-2:00?PM - Music: Tunes at Noon series featuring Darris Stanley & Jon Bolt - Wolf Hills Coffee
1:00?PM-4:00?PM - Juried Fine Art Exhibit - Arts Depot
1:00?PM-5:00?PM - William King Museum of Art: Exhibits - Virginia Highlands Festival
2:00?PM-4:00?PM - Duncansville One-Room Schoolhouse Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival
2:00?PM-6:00?PM - Music: Grand Finale Concert featuring Journey From The Heart with special guests Rusty Steel & Lance Stinson - Moonlite Drive-In Theatre & Venue
7:30?PM-8:30?PM - Abingdon Downtown Walking Tour - Virginia Highlands Festival

Date: July 25 - August 3, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Abingdon, VA 24210

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