Arts & Culture

Come on out to Heartwood every Thursday night for live music from The Crooked Road and a special Heartwood barbeque menu. First, third and fifth Thursdays are open jam nights. Bring your instrument and join a circle. Don’t play? That’s okay! We welcome everyone to join us for dinner or just grab a drink and walk around and listen. Second and fourth Thursdays are showcase nights for Southwest Virginia youth musicians or The Crooked Road venues from around the region.

February 16th 7pm at Heartwood in Abingdon, VA

Dr. Ralph Stanley's 86th Birthday party

Tickets are $100

If you would like to attend please call 276-926-8550

Celebrate Valentine's Day at Heartwood!

Treat your sweetheart to a special dinner with a glass of Southwest Virginia wine, a stemmed rose, and music from Southwest Virginia's finest balladeers.

Valentine's Day - Thursday, February 14, 2013

Seatings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Reservations | 276-492-2400

$80 a couple, $40 per individual

If you reserve your table before February 1, you will receive a set of Heartwood wine glasses to commemorate the special evening!

St. Patrick's Party with Fire in the Kitchen
March 17 | 6-9 p.m. | $10 Cover Charge

Celebrate St. Patty’s with us! We’ll have Wolf Hills Beer on tap, SWVA wines and Irish Fare with live music from Fire in the Kitchen.
This trio from Washington County, VA specializes in lively Appalachian and Celtic music played on a variety of instruments - hammered dulcimer, Irish flute, whistles and bodhran, guitar, bass and banjo. They have played all over the region at venues like Bristol Rhythm and Roots, The Lincoln Theatre and Dollywood.

You won’t want to miss this party!

Ring in the New Year at Heartwood!

Join us for live music all night long with Rich & the Po' Folk & Wise Old River plus heavy hors d'oeuvres, drink ticket (beer/wine), cash bar and midnight toast. 8:00pm -12:30 am

Tickets are $100 per couple or $60 for individuals!

Buy your tickets at Heartwood or online!

Friends of Wilderness Road State Park invite you to participate in this year’s Heritage Festival activities on October 12, 13, and 14. You can experience the fall season along the Wilderness Road in the early years of our Nation’s history, discovering how settlers prepared for the coming winter. The historic Martin’s Station offers educational demonstrations for your enjoyment on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: soap making, authentic music, a Longhunter’s camp, Cherokee warrior’s camp, an 18th century market, and much more.

Be sure to checkout the Abingdon Crooked Road Music Festival! It starts on October 5th at Latture Field in Abingdon with a Youth Music Concert featuring Iron Mountain Ridgerunners, Adam McPeak & Mountain Thunder and The Wright Kids. On October 6th, at Latture Field there will be music featuring Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, Whitetop Mountain Band, Seamus Connolly and much more. It will also include many workshops such as a Dance workshop and Singing Styles.

The highest mountains in Virginia will have their fall "coats of many colors" on, so bring your camera when you come to the Whitetop Mountain Sorghum Molasses Festival. Enjoy the spectacular views and watch close up the molasses and applebutter making. And you can buy some to take home along with great memories. This traditional mountain festival also features a craft show, live music with some of the region's best mountain music makers, dancing, and a chicken BBQ dinner. It is held at Mt. Rogers Fire Hall on Rt. 58 in the Whitetop Community. Always the 2nd Sunday in October.

Parade, arts and crafts, and - best of all- the Grand Privy Race. Come Friday night to the Potty Princess Pageant at the Historic 1908 Courthouse. For more information: lundgren@is.net or www.independenceva.com.