Come see Ingles Castle!  Walk the Castle grounds and take in views of the New River.  La Riviere, also known as Ingles Castle, stands as a monument to the entrepreneurial legacy of the Ingles family in the New River Valley.  Come learn about the life of Captain Billy Ingles, Mary Draper Ingles’s great-grandson.  Tours are $15 per ticket and will last 30 minutes. Children 12 and under enter free with a paid adult admission.  All proceeds from Castle tours are going to fund the repair of the Castle’s roof.  Tickets and tour times are available online at www.inglescastle.com

Live music performance at the Do-Better Cottage next door to the Museum

• Food Truck—Driftwood Catering

Art Show continues; Historical Clothing Exhibit 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.

Living History with Fincastle Company, 18th Century Living History Interpreters

Live Music: Willard Gayheart and Scott Freeman, performing “Traveling Songs” 2 PM

• Contact Wilderness Road Regional Museum (540) 674-4835

• Visitors may only visit site through the shuttle service.

• Visitors will be shuttled from the Wilderness Road Regional Museum, 5240 Wilderness Rd, Dublin, VA 24084

  • Shuttle Pick Up Times 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30

• Flintlock Shoot Competition w/ 18th Century Reenactors

The Highlander Hotel, adjacent to Radford University, offers an unmatched level of service in a beautiful and fun setting. The facility features the Bee & Butter, a rooftop restaurant and bar with outstanding views of the mountains and university campus. In addition, the hotel’s lobby houses a world-class art collection, including works by Pablo Picasso, Adolf Dehn, Dorothy Gillespie and Andy Warhol.

Come see a merry band of actors share Mary Draper Ingles Journey through words, sound, and movement, featuring Richard and Kathleen Harshberger and Robyn Berg of Radford University's Theatre Department.

Blue Phoenix Band is an electric-acoustic band located in the New River Valley of Southwest Virginia.

https://bluephoenix.band/

This entertaining duo will present traditional music of early America on a variety of instruments including mandolin, fiddle, guitar and gourd banjo. The audience will be treated with authentic old-time banjo tunes, flat-pickin’ bluegrass and southern mountain music. Nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts, the Carys have entertained at the White House and the Kennedy Center.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent

The performance is being sponsored in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This entertaining duo will present traditional music of early America on a variety of instruments including mandolin, fiddle, guitar and gourd banjo. The audience will be treated with authentic old-time banjo tunes, flat-pickin’ bluegrass and southern mountain music. Nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts, the Carys have entertained at the White House and the Kennedy Center.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent

The performance is being sponsored in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The “New York Times” bestselling author has done it again with her richly detailed story of an indigenous woman in 19th-century North America. Titled “Crow Mary,” the novel is inspired by the real life of a Crow Native woman, who marries a white fur trader, and soon is caught between two cultures. “Publishers Weekly” notes that “this moving story of one woman’s grit, survival, and resilience will keep readers turning the pages.” A native of Canada, Ms. Grissom now makes her home in southside Virginia.  Following the talk, Kathleen Grissom will be signing copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent

This entertaining duo will present traditional music of early America on a variety of instruments including mandolin, fiddle, guitar and gourd banjo. The audience will be treated with authentic old-time banjo tunes, flat-pickin’ bluegrass and southern mountain music. Nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts, the Carys have entertained at the White House and the Kennedy Center.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent

The performance is being sponsored in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This award-winning Southern writer and “New York Times” bestseller will talk about her book, “King’s Mountain,” that is set in the same era as the Mary Draper Ingles story. The ballad novel tells the story of how a militia of men from southwest Virginia and western North and South Carolina came to fight one of the important battles of the Revolutionary War on the southern frontier. McCrumb, the recipient of numerous literary awards, has been named a “Woman of the Arts” by the national Daughters of the American Revolution. Following the talk, Sharyn McCrumb will be signing copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent

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

• Food Truck—Driftwood Catering

• Kids Zone

• Floyd Historical Dancers 5pm

• Live Music 6-9pm Blue Phoenix Band

Using historically accurate sources, and in her own engaging style, Kathleen will transport the audience to the colony of Virginia in 1775. She will tell Mary’s story from the massacre in Drapers Meadow, including her harrowing 800 mile journey through the wilderness, to her joyful reunion with her husband, William, four months later. Kathleen will welcome questions after the presentation.Kathleen Harvey Harshberger is a graduate of the Radford University Theatre Department and co-author with Wesley A Young of the play Walk To Freedom: The Mary Draper Ingles Story.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent

Museum open for tours 10:30am - 4:30pm

Join the Little Critters Traveling Petting Zoo for a fun time with cute animals.

• Contact Wilderness Road Regional Museum (540) 674-4835

• Visitors may only visit site through the shuttle service.

• Visitors will be shuttled from the Mary Draper Ingles Statue, 601 Unruh Drive

  • Shuttle Pick Up Times— 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30

• Flintlock Shoot Competition w/ 18th Century Reenactors

Float the New in Bisset Park. 10-6

Come see Ingles Castle!  Walk the Castle grounds and take in views of the New River.  La Riviere, also known as Ingles Castle, stands as a monument to the entrepreneurial legacy of the Ingles family in the New River Valley.  Come learn about the life of Captain Billy Ingles, Mary Draper Ingles’s great-grandson.  Tours are $15 per ticket and will last 30 minutes. Children 12 and under enter free with a paid adult admission.  All proceeds from Castle tours are going to fund the repair of the Castle’s roof.  Tickets and tour times are available online at www.inglescastle.com

Radford University’s Art Museum presents local artists in the 2024 Radford Art Show at Tyler Gallery. Experience the vibrancy of the art community that makes up this region.

Doug Wood honors his Cherokee ancestors by telling the story of the efforts of Ostenaco during the French and Indian War. This military leader recruited warriors, led war parties and conducted diplomatic missions. In the winter of 1756, he led an army of Cherokees against the Shawnees, the tribal nation responsible for the attack on the village of Mary Draper Ingles at Draper’s Meadow. This Chautauqua style presentation is made possible with support from the West Virginia Humanities Council “History Alive! Program.” Eighteenth century Cherokee lifeways also will be highlighted.

At the Glencoe Mansion Event Tent.

• Special Event Tent: Ostenaco Native American Performance, Mary Draper Ingles Presentation, Book Talks, Musical Performances

• Floyd Historical Dancers (Mary Draper Ingles Park) 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00

• Blacksmith Demonstration

• Historical Clothing Interpreter

• Food Trucks

• Kirk’s BBQ

• Lizard Licks Snow Cones

• Kids Tent with Special Activities

• Crafts

• Radford Public Library

• Booth from the Conservation of Recreation

• Petting Zoo 10:00 AM-1 PM

• Gallery Exhibit Continues inside Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-5 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)

The Highlander Hotel, adjacent to Radford University, offers an unmatched level of service in a beautiful and fun setting. The facility features the Bee & Butter, a rooftop restaurant and bar with outstanding views of the mountains and university campus. In addition, the hotel’s lobby houses a world-class art collection, including works by Pablo Picasso, Adolf Dehn, Dorothy Gillespie and Andy Warhol.

Join us for a Mary Draper Ingles-inspired yoga session "The Long Way Up" with DowneyDog Yoga on the Rooftop of The Highlander Hotel. It will be $25 for the class and a mocktail or mimosa. Register for a spot at www.downydogyoga.com.