Upcoming events.


Wilderness Road Regional Museum
Jul
31

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

Just a 15-minute drive from Radford, this museum offers “glimpses into the lives of those that lived along the main migration route west.” For more info, visit: www.wildernessroadmuseum.com

  • Fincastle Company, 18th Century Living History Interpreters

  • Interpreter on Indigenous History

  • Enslaved People’s History Exhibit

  • Performance by musician Ricky Cox

  • Onsite Scavenger Hunt

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Glencoe Mansion
Jul
31

Glencoe Mansion

  • Art Show continues; exhibit and video on Mary Draper Ingles and other exhibits on Native Americans and the Civil War; Statue and New River Train Observatory sites open to visitors.

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Long Way Brewing
Jul
30

Long Way Brewing

  • Food Truck: Salty’s Lobster 12 PM-9 PM

  • Kids Zone

  • Live Music—“Committed To Monday” 1 PM-3:30 PM

  • Live Music—Zan Armentrout 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

  • Mary Draper Ingles Interpretative Performance 6:30 PM

  • Features West Virginia actress, storyteller and historian Karen Vuranch.

  • Live Music—Fritz Schindler Group 7:30 PM-9:30 PM

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Glencoe Mansion
Jul
30

Glencoe Mansion

  • Fincastle Company, 18th Century Living History Interpreters–All Day

  • Wool Spinning Demonstration 10 AM 

  • English and Scottish Country Dancing Demonstrations by “The Inspired Scholar” 10 AM 

  • Live Music—Common Thread–11 AM and 2 PM

    Jeff Levy and Randy Hylton have a unique eclectic blend of Classic Rock, Bluegrass, Classic Country, Americana and Folk, Gospel and a wide range of original compositions.

  • Live Music—Ricky Cox 12:30 PM 

  • Period Clothing Demonstration by Dina Smith-Glaviana, Director of the Oris Glisson Historic and Textile Collection at Virginia Tech. 11 AM-4 PM 

  • Petting Zoo 10 AM-4 PM 

  • Kids’ Sporting Activities with Radford University Athletics 

  • “Follow Her Journey” Gallery Exhibit Continues inside Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-4 PM 

  • Exhibit and a video tell the Mary Ingles story, and the Gift Shop features Mary-themed items. 

  • Statue and train observatory Open All Day (Dawn-Dusk)

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Historic Ingles Farm
Jul
30

Historic Ingles Farm

Interpreters will be here all day to share info on the ferry site, the family cemetery, and colonial farm life. The farm, which is on national and state historic registers, is still in family hands.

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Long Way Brewing
Jul
29

Long Way Brewing

  •  Live Music: The Woogemen—serving up a hot helping of blues, jazz, folk, rock and some fine pickin! 6PM-9 PM

  •  Meet and Greet with West Virginia actress, storyteller and historian Karen Vuranch, portraying Mary Draper Ingles

  •  Food Truck: Bluegrass BBQ 4 PM-9PM

  •  MDI Pint Glass Night– Mary’s Journey Pint Release

    The Mary, Mary beer will be re-released this Friday evening.

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Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery
Jul
29

Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery

  •  Glencoe open for tours 10 AM – 5 PM

  •  Dedication of the Mary Draper Ingles Cultural Heritage Park 5 PM

    The Park, home to the Ingles statue and the New River Train Observatory, overlooks the New River and an active Norfolk Southern rail line. 

  • Opening Reception for Exhibit “Follow Her Journey” 5:30 PM

    A multi-artist show themed on the life and times of Ingles.

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Historic Smithfield Plantation
Jul
29

Historic Smithfield Plantation

  • Smithfield open for tours 10 AM-5 PM

    Just a 25-minute drive from Radford, Historic Smithfield is a plantation house built from 1772 to 1774 by Col. William Preston. For more info, visit www.historicsmithfield.org.

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