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Mary Draper Ingles Festival 2023

Arts and Entertainment

July 27, 2023

From: Mary Draper Ingles Festival

Schedule

July 28, 2023

10 AM - 4 PM and 5:30 - 7:00 PM: Glencoe Mansion, Museum and Gallery

10 AM – 4 PM: Glencoe open for tours

Exhibit and a video about Mary Ingles, and the Gift Shop features Mary-themed items.

Mary Draper Ingles Cultural Heritage Park (Dawn-Dusk)

The Park, home to the Ingles statue and the New River Train Observatory, overlooks the New River and an active Norfolk Southern rail line.

5:30 PM: Opening Reception for Exhibit "A Journey for All"

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

12 - 4 PM and 6 - 8 PM: Radford University Art Museum on Tyler
12 - 4 PM: Art Museum open
6 - 8 PM: "Radford Art Show" Closing Reception
Juried art exhibition of recent works by regional artists

3 - 10 PM: Long Way Brewing

6 - 9 PM: Live Music: "Delta Dirt Daubers"

4 - 9 PM: Food Truck: Bootleg BBQ

MDI Pint Glass Night– Mary's Journey Pint Release

The Mary, Mary beer will be re-released this Friday evening.

10 AM - 6 PM: Radford On The River

"We make getting on the river fast, easy, and fun! Tubes, kayaks, canoes, shuttling services and more!" https://www.radfordontheriver.com/

10 AM - 6 PM: Bisset Park

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM: Wilderness Road Regional Museum

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM: Open for Tours

Courtesy Susan Trulove.

July 29, 2023

Ingles Remembrance Day

10 AM - 4 PM: Historic Ingles Farm

The farm, which is on national and state historic registers, is still in family hands.

Living History with Fincastle Company, 18th Century Living History Interpreters
Reconstructed Cabin
Ferry Road
Ingles Cemetery
Heritage Livestock
Genealogy
Ingles Ferry Highway (Lewis and Clark Trail) Marker Dedication 12 PM

10 AM-4 PM: Glencoe Mansion

Event Tent with Special Speakers

10 AM: Shawnee Culture with Eve Watters

10:30 AM: German Culture with Philip Sweet

11:15 AM: Slavery Panel with Sarah Carter, Howard Eaves and Michael Hickman

12:30 PMIrish Culture with Eve Watters

1 PM: "She Walks These Hills" Book Talk with Sharyn McCrumb

2:15 PM: "A Time to Protest" Book Talk with Penny Blue

3 PM: Culture Clash with Melinda Wagner

10:30 - 11:30 AM: Square Dancing with Caller LP Kelly and Musicians Gina and Jason Dilg

12 PM, 1 PM and 3 PM: Floyd Historical Dancers

10:30 - 11:30 AM and 1:30 - 2:30 PM: Old Timey Photographs with Radford Photo Club

Kids' Tent with Special Activities

Crafts

10 AM - 4 PM: Petting Zoo

Kids' Inflatables and Sporting Activities with Radford University Athletics

10 AM-4 PM: "A Journey for All" Gallery Exhibit Continues inside Glencoe Mansion

10 AM  -  4 PM: Food Trucks

Hethwood Market, Countryman Jamaican Grill, Lizard Licks Snowcones, Lil' Bit Corny (Flavored Popcorn and Kettlecorn)

Exhibit and a video about Mary Ingles, and the Gift Shop features Mary-themed items.

Statue and train observatory Open All Day (Dawn-Dusk)

12 PM-10 PM: Long Way Brewing

Food Truck: Bootleg BBQ (12 - 9 PM) and Aloha Eddie Shaved Ice

12 - 6 PM: Kidz Zone

12 - 3 PM: Live Music - "The Divided Highway"

3 - 6 PM: Live Music - Keith Coggin

5:30 PM: Floyd Historical Dancers

6:15 - 7:15 PM: Mary Draper Ingles Interpretative Performance

Features West Virginia actress, storyteller and historian Karen Vuranch.

7:30 - 10 PM: Live Music - "Clover Hollow"

10 AM - 6 PM: Radford On The River

10 AM - 6 PM: Bisset Park

11 AMRadford Theatre  - Special Showing of Documentary

Your place to experience a vintage main street theatre.

11 AM: Special Showing of Blue Ridge PBS' "Story of the New River"

12 - 4 PM: Radford University Art Museum on Tyler

12 - 4 PM: Art Museum open

"Radford Art Show" continues

Wilderness Road Regional Museum 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM: Open for Tours

Courtesy Susan Trulove.

July 30, 2023

1 PM - 4 PM: Glencoe Mansion

Art Show 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. Gift Shop features Mary-themed items

Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern (Dublin), VA 12 PM - 4 PM

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

Live Music: Traveling Songs by Ricky Cox and Willard Gayheart 2 PM

Ingles Tavern Tours 5:30 - 6:30 PM (Reservations Required -- $10.00 per person)

The Ingles Ferry Tavern was erected in 1772 as part of the business operations at the famous river crossing. It became a popular social center for travelers of the period, including patrons like Andrew Jackson and George Rogers Clark.

1 - 7 PM: Long Way Brewing

Food Truck: Bootleg BBQ

Live Music

10 AM - 6 PM: Radford On The River

10 AM - 6 PM: Bisset Park

Date: July 28 - 30, 2023

Location:
Glencoe Museum, 600 Unruh Drive
Radford, VA 24141

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