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January

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February

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March

Spring is here! Get your bike and hiking shoes dusted off and tuned up.

Bristol Motor Speedway-Food City 500

Whitetop Mountain Maple Festival (Last Sunday in March) 276.388.3257

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April

Mid-Atlantic Garden Faire - Abingdon

Highlands Jazz Festival - Abingdon

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May

The world famous Appalachian Trail Days (www.traildaysinfo.com) event kicks off the Saturday before Mother's Day with a town-wide yard sale and ends with the largest gathering of its kind anywhere.

Whitetop Mountain Ramp Festival

Plumb Alley Days, Abingdon, Virginia -
Abingdon Convention & Visitors Bureau, 335 Cummings Street, Abingdon, VA 24210

Annual community celebration of Spring the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. Plumb Alley comes alive with a variety of arts, crafts, food, book sales, and much more! Entertainment abounds with live performances from bagpipes to rock’n’roll. Children will find fun activities, such as face painting, sidewalk chalk competitions, and more! The Festival is a major fundraiser for the Kiwanis Club of Abingdon. All proceeds go to support charities and charitable organizations in our region. Find it all on the alley between Main and Valley Streets in Historic Abingdon, VA!

Telephone: (276) 676-2282

Website: www.abingdon.com/tourism

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June

Trade Days-Trade, Tennessee

Wayne C. Henderson Festival & Guitar Competition -

Grayson Highlands State Park, 829 Grayson Highland Lane, Mouth of Wilson, VA 24363
Come and visit with world renowned guitarist and luthier, Wayne C. Henderson. Support your favorite picker in the Guitar Competition and spend the day listening to Wayne and his guests playing great foot tapping music. The guitar competition starts at 10:30 a.m. and the concert at noon. Also features games for children, terrific barbeque, alternative food choices and T-shirts, hats and other memorabilia of the day. This festival is enjoyed in the unsurpassed natural beauty of Grayson Highlands State Park in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Come for the day and stay for the week.

Admission Fee

Telephone: (276) 579-7092

Website: www.waynehenderson.org

Grayson County Fiddler’s Convention -

57 School Lane, Elk Creek, VA 24326
Start the summer fiddler’s convention season with the Grayson County Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddler’s Convention held the last weekend in June. Cash prizes and rosettes in the categories of Guitar, Mandolin, Old Time Fiddle, Bass Fiddle, Bluegrass Banjo, Flat foot dance (children and adult), Old Time Bands and Bluegrass Bands. Camping on the grounds for $10.00. Food and refreshments available. Bring your lawn chair or blankets and the whole family for two nights of great music and dancing in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Telephone: (276) 655-4740

Website: www2.ls.net/~ecvfd

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July

Downtown Days Arts & Crafts Festival-Marion

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August

Virginia Highlands Festival
July 28 - August 12th   276.623.5266
Experience the Culture of Southwest Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands through arts and crafts, antiques, photography, creative writing, youth events, fine foods, drama, concerts, nature walks, historical tours, hot air balloons, etc! Named one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association and Top Twenty Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.

Bristol Motor Speedway-Sharpie 500

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September

Washington County Fair - Abingdon Sept 10-15

Old Fashioned Fall Festival - Sept 16, 2007

11:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Konnarock Community Center. Entertainment: Country, Bluegrass, Gospel Groups. Therre will also be a bake sale and homemade canned goods. Rain or Shine.

For more information, call: 276-388-3102 or 276-388-3917

Chilhowie Community Apple Festival - Chilhowie, Virginia - Sept 28-30
Info: 276-646-8213 or 276-646-3958

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October

The busiest time of the year on the Creeper Trail. Many "leaf lookers" out enjoying the beauty of Virginia's highlands. Schedule your bicycle trip early (July).

Fall Fear Bike Race - Marion, VA - October 27, 2007 - Registration will open at 8 am and close at 9:45 am. The registration tent will be at the first parking lot near the entrance gate. The rider meeting for all beginner, sport, and expert racers will start at 10 am.
Telephone: (276) 781-7400. Website: www.fallfear.com

Shady Valley Cranberry Festival - Shady Valley, TN - Oct 12-13, 2007
Website: http://www.johnsoncountychamber.org/JCChamber/events/cranberryfestival.html

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November

Mistletoe Market-Abingdon

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December

Christmas in Historic Abingdon
Month of December    276.676.2282
Month long celebration of the holiday season. Special concerts, open houses, tours,
and more.

Fantasy in Lights at Bristol Motor Speedway

A wonderful time on the Creeper or just relaxing away from the holiday shopping crowds. Take advantage of all the small businesses in the area that are open year round.

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