A new folklife festival celebrating the music and foodways of the Blue Ridge Mountains will take place along the Blue Ridge Parkway from June 12-14. The Blue Ridge Music Center and The Bluffs Restaurant are bringing together musicians, chefs, farmers, beekeepers, storytellers, and folklorists for the first ever Fiddle & Fork Festival.
The festival is presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival as part of the “Of the People: The Smithsonian Festival of Festivals,” a nationwide series of programs and exchanges marking the 250th anniversary of the United States and showcasing the country’s cultural landscape.
The festival events will take place at the Blue Ridge Music Center near Galax, Virginia, and The Bluffs Restaurant in Laurel Springs, N.C., on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Music Center, which preserves, interprets, and presents the evolving musical traditions of the Blue Ridge Mountains is celebrating its 25th season of presenting live music on the Parkway. The Bluffs Restaurant was the first dining establishment to open on the Parkway and welcomed visitors from 1949 until it closed in 2010. The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation raised funds to rehabilitate and reopen the historic restaurant in 2021.
The festival will open on June 12 with a ticketed kick-off dinner party at The Bluffs Restaurant featuring locally sourced ingredients and recipes prepared by guest chefs Jamie Swafford and Keia Mastrianni of Old North Farm. The following days will be filled by music and foodways presentations, outdoor concerts, and interviews.
Festival schedule, presenter information, and event tickets can be found online at fiddleandforkfest.com.
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