Links:

» Contact information and Driving Instructions

» Photo Gallery of previous Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

» Festival Schedule

Registration Forms:

» Horse/Mule Registration
» Coon Dog Contest Registration
» Car Show Registration
» Steam-and-Gas Engine, Antique Tractor, and Farm Equipment Registration



 

Festival Where & When (Activities run all day except as noted.  Check back for updates.)

MUSIC

The Blue Ridge Music Styles Stage is beside the Ferrum Fitness Centerl. The Blue Ridge String Band Stage is beside Garber Hall. The Religious Stage is in Vaughn Chapel. The Rockabilly Stage is in front of Swartz Gym.

The 2009 Folklife Festival included performances by:

  • Wayne Henderson & Helen White—Hot Picking and Old-Time Songs
  • The Dazzlers—'50s Rockabilly From a Band That Lived the Life
  • Rev. Robert Akers—Rocking Mountain Gospel
  • The Spiritual Seven—Hard-Driving Electrified African-American Gospel
  • Jeffrey Scott—Crisp Blues Picking and Singing in Virginia's famed Piedmont style
  • The Gerald Anderson Band —Sweet Old-Time Songs & Tunes From Southwest Virginia
  • Rick Ward—Banjo Tunes & Ballads From the Carolina Blue Ridge
  • Switchblade Suckerpunch—Virginia Rockabilly in the New Millenium
  • Troy Brammer & The Virginia Partners—Old-Style Bluegrass
  • The Moose Family Singers—Gospel Harmonies That Will Give You Chills
  • The True Life Travelers—Heartfelt Country Gospel
  • Buddy Pendleton & Friends—A World Champion Fiddler and a World Class Band
  • Greenhouse River Band—Bluegrass in the Traditional Mode
  • The New North Carolina Ramblers—Tunes in the Style of 1920s Greats Charlie Poole & Posey Rorrer
  • Elder Gilmore Warren—Central Virginia African American Gospel
  • The Danville Carter Family (Jeremy Stevens and Daren Moore)—Musical Memories of Virginia's Early Country Supergroup
  • The Elkville String Band—Fine Old-Time String Band Music
  • The Don Day & the Knights Band—Virginia Rockers From the Late '50s
  • Mount Zion Male Chorus—Moving African American Sacred Singing
  • The Sheets Family—Old-Style Carolina Tunes & Songs
  • Silver Heads & Nimble Fingers—Classic Carter Family-Style Gospel

DANCING

Mountain Dance Workshop—Different Styles of Blue Ridge Flat Footing, Buck Dancing, and Clogging

HORSE & DOG EVENTS

Virginia State Championship Coon Mule Jumping Contest—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Horse Pulling Contest—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Amazing Grace “The Amazing Painting Mule” Performance—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Auction of Amazing Grace’s Paintings

Sheep Herding—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Coon Dog Bench Show—Beside Adams Lake

Coon Dog Treeing Contest—Beside Adams Lake

Coon Dog Water Race—Adams Lake

ANTIQUE TRACTOR & ENGINE ACTIVITIES

Corn Meal Grinding—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Antique Engines and Tractors—Bassett Hall Field

Wheat Threshing and Hay Bailing Demonstrations—Basset Hall Field

Corn Shredding Demonstrations—Bassett Hall Field

Rock Crushing Demonstrations—Bassett Hall Field

OTHER ACTIVITIES, LOCATIONS & TIMES

Current Exhibition—Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Building

Antique Quilt Show—Prillaman Barn at the Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Moonshine Still—Above Adams Lake

Moonshiners, Drivers & Revenuers Storytelling Sessions—Blue Ridge Music Styles Stage

Crafts (Outside)—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Crafts (Inside)—Ferrum Fitness Center on Wiley Drive

Foods—Vaughn Chapel Field, Blue Ridge Farm Museum, and Along Wiley Drive

Molasses and Apple Butter Making—Blue Ridge Farm Museum

Children's Games & Checkers Contests—Central Campus Corridor Above Library Parking Lot, Registration 10:00 to 11:30, Games 10:00 to 4:00. (Visit games area to inquire about individual game times.) 

Car Culture Area—Field Below Adams Lake

Ferrum College Alumni Social Area—Franklin Hall, Virginia Room Patio (Lower Level), 10:00 to 5:00

For more information:  540-365-4416 or bri@ferrum.edu. Order advance tickets at 540-365-4412.

     
 

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