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2025 Festivals & Events Guide

For every weekend for the rest of the year, there’s a great excursion awaiting, with a perfect event built in.

Slow Going

Here’s how to safely help turtles cross the road.

Roanoke, Virginia: Mill Mountain and Downtown

The bounty of trails on Roanoke’s own mountain combine with the Roanoke River Greenway and downtown to create a fine walk.

Singing in the Garden: Mud

March is mud mucking, slop, sucking, streams flowing, grass growing, calves running, colts sunning, redwings singing, "Winter's gone, and spring is springing." ~Ginny Neil

The Mountain Q&A – Lindsey Gallaher: President of The Museum of Appalachia

This granddaughter of Museum of Appalachia founder John Rice Irwin now leads the 54-year-old East Tennessee museum, keeping the stories alive and showing visitors how people of Southern Appalachia lived in the 1800s.

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Celebrate warmer days with concerts, beer, wine, kids activities and more on May 24 at ValleyFest.

2025 Festivals & Events Guide

For every weekend for the rest of the year, there’s a great excursion awaiting, with a perfect event built in.
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Slow Going

Here’s how to safely help turtles cross the road.
Downtown Roanoke, VA

Roanoke, Virginia: Mill Mountain and Downtown

The bounty of trails on Roanoke’s own mountain combine with the Roanoke River Greenway and downtown to create a fine walk.
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Singing in the Garden: Mud

March is mud mucking, slop, sucking, streams flowing, grass growing, calves running, colts sunning, redwings singing, "Winter's gone, and spring is springing." ~Ginny Neil
Lindsey Gallaher

The Mountain Q&A – Lindsey Gallaher: President of The Museum of Appalachia

This granddaughter of Museum of Appalachia founder John Rice Irwin now leads the 54-year-old East Tennessee museum, keeping the stories alive and showing visitors how people of Southern Appalachia lived in the 1800s.
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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
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Fall 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

April 20, 2026
4th of July Parade & Festival, July 4, Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
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Summer 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

April 20, 2026

CALENDAR OF EVENTS