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Coon Dog Contests
Horse, Mule, and OX Events
Sheep Herding Demos
Thunder in the Blue Ridge Car Show
Crafts
Moonshine
Museum Exhibits
Antique Engines and Tractors
Coon Dog Contests
Field west of Adams Lake
- Open Grade Bench Show – 10 AM
- Treeing Contest – 12 PM
- Virginia State Water Race – 1:30 PM
Horse, Mule, and OX Events
Blue Ridge Farm Museum
- Team Horse and Mule Log Skidding – 10 AM
- Ox Driving Demonstration – 11 AM
- Virginia State Championship Coon Mule Jumping Contest – 12:30 PM
- Horse Pulling Contest – 1 PM
Sheep Herding Demos
Blue Ridge Farm Museum
- 10 AM, 2 PM, 4 PM
Thunder in the Blue Ridge Car Show
Field west of the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
See 1985 or older original & restored cars, trucks, street rods, street machines, oval track racers, drag cars, and more.
Crafts
Indoor Crafts
Ferrum Fitness Center – Wiley Drive
Outdoor Crafts
Blue Ridge Farm Museum
Quilting, chair caning, apples, herbal products, spinning, instrument making, turkey calls, stuffed animals and dolls, distilling, basket weaving, hog butchering, wood carving, crocheting, and much more.
Moonshine
Moonshine Tasting
- 5 Mile Mountain Distillery
- Twin Creeks Distillery
- Roosters Rise-N-Shine Distillery
Moonshiner’s Still
Moonshiner’s Lore
- Tales from Makers – 10:30 AM & 2 PM
- Bobby Radford, Moonshine Songs – 1 PM
- Book signing by Henry Lee Law – 11 AM & throughout the day
Moonshine Merchandise Tent
Museum Exhibits
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
- Southwest VA Plein Air Painters and Friends
- The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County
- The Memory Painting of James T. Rexrode
Antique Engines and Tractors
Field southwest of Adams Lake
- Wheat Threshing – 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:30 PM
- Shingle Milling – 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:30 PM
- Rock Crushing – 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM