Mary Draper Ingles Festival: July 24-26, 2026

Friday–July 24

Glencoe Mansion

  • Museum Open; 10-4

  • Screening of Mary Draper Ingles Panel Discussion; 4 pm City Council Chambers

Mary Park

  • Park Open; Dawn to Dusk

Long Way Brewing

  • Brewery Open; 3-9 pm

RU Art Museum Tyler Gallery

  • Museum Open; 12-4 pm

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Museum Open; 10:30 am-4:30 pm

Saturday–July 25

Glencoe Mansion

  • Museum Open; 10-3

  • Event Tent

    • 10 am–Festival Dedication Service in Memory of Col. Bud Jeffries

    • 11 am–King’s Mountain Book Reading with author Sharyn McCrumb - Book Signing

    • 12 pm–”Pioneer and Patriot: The Life of Andrew Lewis” presented by Garrett Channell, Director of the Salem Museum

    • 1 pm– “Captivity Narratives and Religious Logics of Settlement along the Appalachian Eastern Divide, 1740-1770” presented by Geoffrey Pollick, PhD, of Radford University

    • 2 pm–”Fulfilling the Revolution’s Promise: The Civil War Service of the 102nd USCT”; presented by Sharon Roger-Hepburn, PhD, of Radford University

  • Kids’ Activities

    • 10 am–1pm: Little Critters Petting Zoo

    • Cowbelly Bounce House

    • Mary Draper Ingles Storytime for Kids: 10 am

  • Music (Glencoe Field)

    • 10 am; Sharon Edwards (Pop/Rock Covers)

    • 11 am; Sharon Edwards (Country Covers)

    • 12 pm; Ball & Chain

    • 1 pm; Ball & Chain

    • 2 pm; Geoff the Fiddler

  • Food Trucks (Glencoe Field)

    • Hethwood Market

    • Wiggly Pig BBQ

    • Lizard Licks Sno Cones

  • Beer from Long Way Brewing (Glencoe Field)

    • 10 am to 3 pm

  • Other Activities

    • Fincastle Company Reenactors

    • DCR Booth–Nature Information

    • Salem Museum Booth

    • Historic Montgomery County Sites

    • Dina Smith-Glaviana Historical Clothing Exhibit

    • Floyd Historical Dancers: 11 am

  • “Homecoming” Art Show Opening Reception; 1:30-3:00

  • Radford Farmers Market

    • Market Open; 9 am to 3 pm

    • Vendors-Farmers Market and Craft Vendors

Mary Park

  • Park Open; Dawn to Dusk

Long Way Brewing

  • Brewery Open; 12-9 pm

RU Art Museum Tyler Gallery

  • Museum Open 12-4 pm

  • Radford Art Show Reception; 5-7 pm

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Museum Open 10:30 am-4:30

Ingles Tavern

  • Jeffries Jam–Ingles Tavern; 3-8 PM

    • Ricky Cox & Willard Gayheart

    • Indian Run Duo

    • Carrie Hinkley of Virginia Hollow

    • Tim Thornton

    • Sam Leary & Friends

Sunday–July 26

Glencoe Mansion

  • Museum Open; 1-4 pm

  • Screening of Panel Discussion; 1 pm City Council Chambers

Mary Park

  • Park Open; Dawn to Dusk

Long Way Brewing

  • Brewery Open; 1-7 pm

RU Art Museum Tyler Gallery

  • Museum Open; 12-4 pm

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Possible Ingles Tavern Tours, TBD

Scarrette Radford Theatre

  • Screening of Blue Ridge PBS “Resolved to Live or Die;” TBD