Friday, July 29
Festival Kick-Off Celebration
Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery 10 AM-7:30 PM
• Glencoe open for tours 10 AM – 5 PM
• Dedication of the Mary Draper Ingles Cultural Heritage Park 5 PM
The Park, home to the Ingles statue and the New River Train Observatory, overlooks the New River
and an active Norfolk Southern rail line.
• Opening Reception for Exhibit “Follow Her Journey” 5:30 PM
A multi-artist show themed on the life and times of Ingles.
Long Way Brewing 3 PM-10 PM
• Live Music: The Woogemen—serving up a hot helping of blues, jazz, folk, rock and
some fine pickin! 6PM-9 PM
• Meet and Greet with West Virginia actress, storyteller and historian Karen Vuranch,
portraying Mary Draper Ingles
• Food Truck: Bluegrass BBQ 4 PM-9PM
• MDI Pint Glass Night– Mary’s Journey Pint Release
o The Mary, Mary beer will be re-released this Friday evening.
Historic Smithfield Plantation 10 AM-5 PM
• Smithfield open for tours 10 AM-5 PM
Just a 25-minute drive from Radford, Historic Smithfield is a plantation house built from 1772 to
1774 by Col. William Preston. For more info, visit www.historicsmithfield.org.
Saturday, July 30
Ingles Remembrance Day
Historic Ingles Farm 10 AM-4 PM
Interpreters will be here all day to share info on the ferry site, the family cemetery, and
colonial farm life. The farm, which is on nation and state historic registers, is still in family
hands.
Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-4 PM
• Fincastle Company, 18th Century Living History Interpreters–All Day
• Wool Spinning Demonstration 10 AM
• Period Clothing Demonstration by Dina Smith-Glaviana, Director of the Oris Glisson
Historic and Textile Collection at Virginia Tech. 11 AM-4 PM
• English and Scottish Country Dancing Demonstrations by “The Inspired Scholar” 10 AM
(Over)
• Live Music—Common Thread–11 AM and 2 PM
Jeff Levy and Randy Hylton have a unique eclectic blend of Classic Rock, Bluegrass, Classic
Country, Americana and Folk, Gospel and a wide range of original compositions.
• Live Music—Ricky Cox 12:30 PM
• Petting Zoo 10 AM-4 PM
• Kids’ Sporting Activities with Radford University Athletics
• “Follow Her Journey” Gallery Exhibit Continues inside Glencoe Mansion 10 AM-4 PM
• Exhibits and a video tell the Mary Draper Ingles story, and the Gift Shop featuring
a good assortment of items themed on the frontierswoman.
• Statue and train observatory Open All Day (Dawn-Dusk)
Long Way Brewing 12 PM-10 PM
• Food Truck: Salty’s Lobster 12 PM-9 PM
• Kids Zone
• Live Music—“Committed To Monday” 1 PM-3:30 PM
• Live Music—Zan Armentrout 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
• Mary Draper Ingles Interpretative Performance 6:30 PM
Features West Virginia actress, storyteller and historian Karen Vuranch.
• Live Music—Fritz Schindler Group 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Historic Smithfield Plantation 10 AM-5 PM
• Smithfield open for tours 10 AM-5 PM
Sunday, July 31
Glencoe Mansion 1 PM-4 PM
• 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.
Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern, VA 1 PM-4 PM
Just a 15-minute drive from Radford, this museum offers “glimpses into the lives of those that
lived along the main migration route west.” For more info, visit: www.wildernessroadmuseum.com
• Fincastle Company, 18th Century Living History Interpreters
• Interpreter on Indigenous History
• Enslaved People’s History Exhibit
• Performance by musician Ricky Cox
• Onsite Scavenger Hunt
Long Way Brewing 1 PM-7 PM
• Food Truck: Bluegrass BBQ
• Live Music
Additional Partners
Thank you to Radford Info & Welcome Center and Radford Chamber of Commerce for providing support
for the Festival. And for more information about the history of Mary,
please visit MaryDraperIngles.com.