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It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia–North Carolina border and 250 miles (400 km) southwest of Washington, D.C., along Interstate 81.
"Floyd sits in a timeless, beautiful section of Virginia, far enough from bigger cities like Roanoke and Danville to feel like it's truly in the middle of nowhere." [4] "The only thing constant on the festival grounds was the flow of culturally powerful music and mud covered feet." [5] FloydFest '08
The company was founded in 1976 as the Southwest Virginia Opera Society. [1] Its inaugural production, Menotti's The Consul, was mounted in May 1977. [1] Performances of The Marriage of Figaro and Die Fledermaus constituted the 1978-1979 season. [2] [3] The group became a professional company in 1989, and changed its name to Opera Roanoke in 1991.
Mill Mountain is a 1,703-foot-tall (519 m) peak that stands detached from surrounding ranges and lies fully within Roanoke's city limits. [3] The mountain has been used for recreation nearly since the city's beginnings; a resort hotel and observation tower each opened at its top in 1892, an early amusement park was built at its base in 1903, and beginning in 1910 visitors could pay a quarter ...
MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival, originally the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival) is a non-profit organization and video game, art, music, and culture festival. [3] They hold multiple events throughout the year, with their flagship event being an annual festival held in the Washington metropolitan area the National Harbor .
Festival name Location Food July Pork, Peanut, and Pine Festival Surry County: Pork, peanuts May Pungo Strawberry Festival Virginia Beach: Strawberries May Taste of Arlington: Arlington: General restaurant cuisine September Charlottesville Vegan Roots Fest [1] Charlottesville: Vegan cuisine
Berglund Center (originally called the Roanoke Civic Center) is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in the Williamson Road neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1971 and is currently the home of the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs of the SPHL .
The Harvest Bowl served as Roanoke's counterpart to the more successful and longer-lasting Tobacco Bowl in Richmond, Virginia, and Oyster Bowl in Norfolk, Virginia, which were also regular season neutral-site games. The game served as the centerpiece of an annual festival weekend featuring a parade, the crowning of a bowl queen, and other ...