UPCOMING EVENTS

The annual Grayson County Agricultural Fair will be held on Friday August 12 and on Saturday August 13, 2022, at Bottomley’s Farm and Evergreens, located at 10278 Elk Creek Pkwy, Elk Creek VA.

If interested in being a sponsor, a vendor or a volunteer, email tdunlevy@graysoncountyva.gov or call 276-773-8002.

Please visit their website at:  https://www.graysoncountyva.com/grayson-county-agricultural-fair/

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

For more information visit the Carroll Ag Fair website at www.carrollcountyvafair.org

Or:  https://www.facebook.com/carrollcountyvafair

New River Wildlife & Conservation Club, 7107 Riverside Drive, Fries, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., 276-768-0597 or nrwcc24330@gmail.com

New River Clean Up and Kayak Float

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

A celebration of Albert Hash.
Traditional music, local musicians, dance, arts & crafts. 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Grayson Highlands State Park, Henderson Stage.
alberthashmemorialfestival.com

Albert Hash Memorial Festival

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

West Grayson Street, Galax,
9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., Chestnut School of the Arts, 276-236-3500, chestnutcreekarts.org

Fall into Art Festival

The sight of colorful quilts flying through the pastures of the Farm Museum is an experience not soon forgotten.  Area quilters bring their finest efforts for display along with the stories that are part of the quilts.
Visitors enjoy the stories and the results of hours of labor that the quilts represent. Prizes are given and many of the quilts are offered for sale. Vendors with fiber related products are available for shoppers as are a variety of fiber demonstrations and activities.
Music and food and other entertainment are available at this event as well. This is a free event to come to, so come on out and see the beautiful quilts and read the stories behind them.
This event runs from 10:00am to 3:00pm

Matthews Living History Farm Museum, 476 White Pine Rd, Galax, VA,.  276-773-3080,  matthewsfarm@gmail.com  or 276-773-8002.

Heritage Day and Quilt Show (“Stories of the Stitch”)

Molasses & apple butter making, wild pony auction, crafts, food, traditional music.
10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., Grayson Highlands State Park, ghfallfestival.50megs.com, 276-233-8237

Grayson Highlands Fall Festival

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

The Town of Hillsville is having it’s 7th Annual Historic Chili Shootout on October 8th, 2022. The event begins at 1pm, and wristbands are available for $5.00 per person for tasting. If you are interested in entering please email: hillsvillechilishootout@gmail.com  or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hillsvillechilishootout/

Music, food and fun for the whole family. Join us October 8th, 2022 in the Historic Courthouse Square in Hillsville, Virginia.

Cornhole tournament begins at 10:30 am. This event is in conjunction with the Carroll County Pumpkin Festival.

Molasses and apple butter making, Old Time & Bluegrass music, arts/crafts, BBQ chicken, Mt. Rogers Fire Hall, 11:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.,
mtrogerrsvfd-rs.com, 276-388-3811

Whitetop Mountain Molasses Festival

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

 
Come on out and bring the kids to an old fashion Autumn Folk festival. During the day we will have hay wagon rides, pumpkin carving, music, pumpkin butter and much more. This is a day and night event. We will celebrate different cultures and their unique ways of celebrating Fall. This year we are celebrating the Scot/Irish and German Culture. Grayson County Historical Society will be doing two lectures on the influence of these cultures in Grayson County. One at noon and one at 2:00PM.Come watch volunteers do the Witches Broom dance during the day at 2:30PM!!! If you didn’t have time to carve a pumpkin well this is your chance to add a Jack O’ Lantern to our Light the Porch Event. There will be demonstrators in and around the Museum. There will be Heritage Craft vendors in the vendor lot, so bring money and support these artisans.  Wagon rides and music! Just a fun filled day. There will be food and drink available throughout the day, brought to us by the JROTC of Carroll County Schools. We also will be having a P:umpkin Pie contest, so if you have a recipe that is a winner, bring it on by. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners in the pavilion. This starts at 11:00AM and ends at 3:00PM
At Night…….
Starting at 5:00PM going through 8:00PM
We would love for your children to come in their Halloween costumes to join in the fun. Please come out and bring a carved pumpkin to the event!!
We plan on lighting up the porches, the cabin and the blacksmith shop with over 100 pumpkins! We will light the pumpkins that night for people to see and vote on. Some prizes will be awarded, so please leave you information under your pumpkin( name, address, phone# and age).
There will be games and candy, in the Pavilion . Movies will be in the old cabin. A second performance of the Witches Broom Dance will preformed at 7:00PM.
A lecture about the History of Halloween traditions in America will be done by our director on the Blacksmith’s porch in the evening.
We will have German folk stories told by a fire and another storyteller will be telling tells at another fire.! Of course we will have candy and even popcorn free for the public!!!
We will be awarding prizes for the Pumpkins at 7:45PM.  We do hope to see there.
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., then 5:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.  , Matthews Living History Farm Museum, 476 White Pine Rd, Galax, VA,.  276-773-3080,  matthewsfarm@gmail.com

Independence Town Park, 4:30-7:00 p.m.,  maryann@independenceva.com, 276-768-8656

Safe Halloween

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

• Vendors may decide when to start packing up. Historically, traffic usually slows down around 3:00pm, we clean up, and lock up by 4:00pm.
• Due to high demand for tables, reservations are taken in the order they are received and limited based on inventory.
• Please be specific with your list of inventory, and list everything you plan to bring to the event.
• The fee is $25 per 8ft table or space. (Fees are nonrefundable if reservations are canceled after October 31. 2022 and will be considered a “donation” to the FGES BBC.)
• Tables/spaces will not be held without payment.
  Please specify particular requests such as being against a wall, needing an electrical outlet, or health issues on the form.
  Extension cords will not be provided! If needed, please bring your own.
  This event is held at an elementary school. All items displayed should be appropriate for such an environment.
  We ask each vendor to donate an item(s) from their inventory prior to the event opening for door prizes to be given throughout the day.
• We will display all prizes for shoppers to view upon entering, so include your business card with the prize!
• We plan to sell raffle tickets for $1 each.
• We GREATLY appreciate your donations and thank you for your support!

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

Come join us and kick off the holiday season!

Complimentary Time Factory swag and gift wrapping with purchase.

#Shopsmall

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com

3:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m., 1908 Historic Courthouse, Independence, VA.  Concert, Christmas carols, Artisan Market, tree lighting, craft vendors, food and refreshments.
276-773-3711 or 276-773-8002

Hometown Holiday Market

Tuesday Morning Community Walk

Rainfall will cancel the walk in most cases.

Enjoy a brisk fitness walk on the New River Trail. Gather in the restroom area just beyond the caboose for a fast-paced fitness walk led by a VA State Park volunteer interpretive guide.

The walk goes to the Cliffview ranger station and back for a total of four miles along Chestnut Creek. The mostly shaded, crushed-stone trail is 12-feet wide with almost no elevation change. You are welcome to walk less by turning back at any point. Participants finishing the walk will receive a free day pass for the Galax Recreation Center (think pool, gym, etc.!).

Please note that there is a $7 fee for parking in State Park lots unless you have an annual pass.

The group size will be limited to 12 and pre-registration will be required. To register, please visit www.sweetmountainways.wixsite.com/visit

For more information about the New River State Park Trail, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/new-river-trail

For more information about the Galax Recreation Center, visit www.galaxparks-rec.com