Name: Tuesday Night Open Mic
Start: 2019-6-4T18-18-30-00
End: 2019-6-4T21-21-30-00
Location: 7 Dogs Brewpub

jun9:00 amjun4:00 pmFree Admission to Wytheville Museums for Military PersonnelNow through Labor Day

01jun3:30 pm"Over There, But from Here" PresentationEdith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum

01jun6:00 pm8:00 pmLive Music at the Bolling Wilson HotelWednesdays and Saturdays

02jun3:00 pm"Suffrage in Appalachia: A Complicated Subject in the Conservative South" PresentationEdith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum

04jun5:30 pm6:30 pmPoplar Bark Basket CraftAdult Summer Reading Program at the Wythe County Public Library

04jun6:30 pm9:30 pmTuesday Night Open Mic7 Dogs Brewpub

05jun10:00 amSRP Kickoff Event - Storytelling & Butterfly the ClownSummer Reading Program at the Wythe County Public Library

05jun6:00 pm8:00 pmLive Music at the Bolling Wilson HotelWednesdays and Saturdays

05jun6:00 pm9:00 pmTeam Trivia Night at 7 Dogs BrewpubEvery Wednesday

07jun6:00 pm7:00 pmTrivia NightAdult Summer Reading Program at the Wythe County Public Library

08jun6:00 pm8:00 pmLive Music at the Bolling Wilson HotelWednesdays and Saturdays

11jun2:00 pmSRP Event - Teen Tie-Dye T-Shirts & TotesSummer Reading Program at the Wythe County Public Library

11jun5:00 pm6:00 pmAuthor Visit - Gayle Leeson, Cozy Mystery WriterWythe County Public Library

11jun6:30 pm9:30 pmTuesday Night Open Mic7 Dogs Brewpub

12jun10:00 amSRP Event - Professor Whizzpop Circus in a BoxSummer Reading Program at the Wythe County Public Library

12jun6:00 pm8:00 pmLive Music at the Bolling Wilson HotelWednesdays and Saturdays

12jun6:00 pm9:00 pmTeam Trivia Night at 7 Dogs BrewpubEvery Wednesday

13jun4:00 pm7:00 pmChautauqua Art & Photography Show - Entries AcceptedHosted by the Wythe Arts Council

14jun6:00 pm7:00 pmVintage Baseball GameWill be held on Wytheville Community College grounds

14jun6:00 pm9:00 pmFeaturedImprov NightLocal Artists and Sellers

15jun(jun 15)6:30 am22(jun 22)9:00 pmFeaturedChautauqua Festival 2019Wythe Arts Council

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Event Details

The Chautauqua Festival is an eight-day family oriented music and arts festival presented each year by the Wythe Arts Council in Wytheville, Virginia. In its 35th year, it has become an event anticipated all year long by a growing throng of fans locally and across the region. In producing this large undertaking annually, the Wythe Arts Council’s mission is to provide entertainment and extend cultural opportunities to a largely rural area and beyond. What really makes this festival unique is the nightly entertainment is provided to the public, free of charge.

The week-long festivities are conducted in and around Elizabeth Brown Park, just next to the heart of downtown Wytheville. The Festival officially starts with a parade on the third Saturday of June and runs through the following Saturday. On the first Friday evening before the official start the next morning, a Festival Prelude is held featuring a hot air balloon glow, food trucks, games, and a DJ on the lawn at Wytheville Community College.

During festival week, the park is filled with art displays, photo exhibits, food vendors, and a crafts bazaar. Clowns and actors perform throughout the park and there’s music from local/regional groups that perform on the upper and lower stages. The large number of lunchtime festival visitors can enjoy an array of live music while they eat, too.

Each night brings a different musical theme with performances on the main stage by regional and national talent. The festival is proud to offer genres like beach music, 50’s, country & western, tribute bands, folk, Celtic, gospel, jazz, rock, and bluegrass from the backyard of the Crooked Road. Festival goers bring their lawn chairs and blankets for an evening of FREE entertainment, all underwritten by a host of local sponsors.