More events are being added regularly - be sure to check back!

Schedule of Events

Thursday, July 24th

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Claytor Lake Hidden History Tour focused on Mary Draper Ingles, 5:30-7:30 PM $50/perrson; Leaves from State Park Marina in Pulaski County.

Friday, July 25th

Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery 10 AM—4 PM

  • Museum open 10am-4pm

  • New History Exhibit: "Mary Draper Ingles: Steps to Revolution"

  • Art Exhibit: "Celebrating Appalachia"

  • Mary Draper Ingles Park open dawn to dusk

Radford University Art Museum on Tyler 12 PM - 7 PM

  • Art Museum open 12 PM —7 PM

  • “2025 Radford Art Show” Opening Reception 5—7 PM

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Float and tours from Ingles Tavern to Ingles Castle, 6-8 PM, $20, limited spots

Saturday, July 26th

Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-4 PM

  • Special Event Tent 10 AM - 3 PM

    • 10 AM--Music with Ricky Cox and Willard Gayheart

    • 11 AM--Thomas Ingles Interpretation by Doug Wood

    • 12 PM--Musical Performance 1 by Kinnfolk

    • 1 PM--Madeline Hoge: Ancestral Footprints: Turning Family Research into Lasting Narratives

    • 2 PM--Musical Performance 2 by Kinnfolk

  • Booths & Exhibitions 10AM - 3 PM

    • Blacksmith John Tilton

    • 18th century uses of medicinal and edible plants; Dianne Anestis

    • Historical Clothing with Dina Smith-Glaviana

    • Booth from the Conservation of Recreation

    • Booth from the Radford Public Library

    • Booths from Museums & Nonprofits

  • Food Trucks

    • 9 AM - 3 PM American Dreams by Mountain 2 Island

    • 10 AM - 3 PM Lizard Licks Snow Cones

  • Gallery Exhibit Continues inside Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-4 PM

    • New History Exhibit: “Mary Draper Ingles: Steps to Revolution”

    • Art Exhibit: “Celebrating Appalachia”

  • Mary Draper Ingles Statue and train observatory Open All Day (Dawn-Dusk)

Ingles Castle 10 AM - 4 PM

  • Open for Self-Guided Tours

Radford University Art Museum on Tyler 12—4 PM

  • Art Museum open 12—4 PM

  •   “2025 Radford Art Show” continues

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Ingles Tavern tours and Living History, shuttle from WRRM hourly 11AM-3PM, $10 per adult, kids under 6 free

Sunday, July 27th

Glencoe Mansion 10 AM PM — 4 PM

  • Gallery Exhibit Continues inside Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-4 PM

    • New History Exhibit: “Mary Draper Ingles: Steps to Revolution”

    • Art Exhibit: “Celebrating Appalachia”

  • Mary Draper Ingles Statue and train observatory Open All Day (Dawn-Dusk)

Ingles Castle 10 AM - 4 PM

  • Open for Self-Guided Tours

Wilderness Road Regional Museum

  • Ingles Tavern tours and Living History, shuttle from WRRM hourly 11AM-3PM, $10 per adult, kids under 6 free, live music 2:30pm

 

Partner Websites 

Glencoe Mansion: www.GlencoeMansion.org

Long Way Brewing: www.LongWayBrewing.com 

Radford Chamber of Commerce: www.RadfordChamber.com

 Radford Info & Welcome Center: www.VisitRadford.com

Radford University Art Museum on Tyler: https://www.radford.edu/visual-performing-arts/art-museum/galleries.html

 Wilderness Road Regional Museum: www.WildernessRoadRegionalMuseum.com

 For more information about the history of Mary: www.MaryDraperIngles.com

 

Many Activities Are Free to the Public. 

This festival is funded in part through grants from the Virginia Tourism Corporation, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Special thanks to Ingrid Lemme-Chalut for her great travel piece on the 2022 Mary Draper Ingles Festival. Be sure to check it out.

https://www.escapefromparadise.net/post/mary-draper-ingles-following-the-river-to-radford-virginia