Festivals & Fairs

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Taco ’Ritas: The Ultimate Cinco de Mayo Celebration Returns to Berglund Center on May 4, 2025!

Celebrate with us on Cinco de Mayo, with live Latin music, salsa dancing, margaritas, and of course….TACOS from your favorite local Roanoke restaurants and food trucks!
The Freedom First Down by Downtown Festival offers a vibrant and expansive display of live entertainment.

Seasonal Celebrations

We look ahead at popular festivals to put on your 2025 calendar.
Fun on the Farm Fall Festival flyer for November 1, 2024, with farm animal illustrations.

VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment Hosts “Fun on the Farm” Fall Festival

VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment is proud to host our first community-wide fall festival on November 1, 4pm-6:30pm, at our Roanoke VIA Day School campus!
Four smiling young women hold orange pumpkins in a sprawling pumpkin field with a silo in the background.

Sinkland Farms Hosts 33rd Annual Pumpkin Festival

Sinkland Farms will host its 33rd Annual Pumpkin Festival over six weekends (Fri-Sun) Sept 27 - Nov 3, jam-packed with activities, live music, food trucks, arts and crafts vendors, and fun for the whole family.
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Sinkland Farms to Host 2nd Annual Wine Festival

Sinkland Farms will host its 2nd Annual Wine Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22 from 11am-5pm, with wine tastings from Virginia wineries and the local distillery J.H. Bards.
A covered arcade lined with vendor tables of hats, crafts and goods, with shoppers browsing under lantern lights.

Explore Grayson County, Virginia, During the 2024 Ag & Art Adventure!

This unique two-day event celebrates the rich cultural heritage of agriculture and artisanship that defines the pastoral region of the Appalachian Highlands.
A man in a white shirt and cap holds a toddler while a boy smiles beside him in a sunflower field.

Sinkland Farms Hosts 4th Annual Sunflower Festival

Sinkland Farms Sunflower Festival has several different sunflower varieties, five acres of sunflower fields and thousands of blooms.
A vendor in a red cap and apron uses tongs to serve grilled chicken to a woman at an outdoor festival booth.

Exploring Culture Through Cuisine

Since 1991, the Local Colors Festival has been celebrating cultural diversity through performances, displays – and food!
The Historic Fincastle Festival will be Saturday, Sept. 24. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Historic Fincastle Festival Celebrates Town’s 250th Anniversary

The Historic Fincastle Festival coincides with the town's 250th anniversary this year.
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GO Fest to Host Blues Music, New Features

The Anthem GO Outside Festival returns to downtown Roanoke October 14-16, offering blues music, outdoor films, activities and more.

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The Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival attracts about 20,000 visitors annually — a boon to the local economy.
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Bloom Town

Flower farms are finding new ways to keep our community beautiful.