FEATURES

Called dances
and flatfooting

Large tent with wooden dance floor
in campground

Old Time bands

Open stage action

On-site camping
and showers

Workshops
and jamming

Park rules: City police are on patrol in the park!! No public display of alcohol. Be cool. Sleep only in the main camping area. All dogs must be leashed.

Festival rules: Please supervise your children and teens, especially in the late night hours. The park requires that all dogs be on a leash, and YOUR dog is no exception.  Please observe this rule and help our
all-volunteer staff and other campers enjoy their festival too! Please!  

Click here for schedule of festival activities.

For more information about activities email
Toni Williams.

Admission fee: $14/person/day
$27/person/2 days

Camping fee: $10/site/day

Volunteers needed in exchange for admission and camping. Please email request to rcoulter@tpeco.com .

For more photos, a map and area lodging and kennel info click here.

Healthy, yummy meals available if you'd rather not cook: Friday supper, three meals Saturday and breakfast Sunday.

Download printable poster here.

 

Thanks to Dan Peck
and Jodi White
for many of the photos in this site.

Join in the fun @ Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, VA
Friday & Saturday, September 7th & 8th, 2012.

Coming this year:

BACKSTEP
Chester McMillan, Nick McMillan, Kelley Breiding
JUBAL'S KIN
MICHAEL ISMERIO, Dance Caller

The Rockbridge Mountain Music & Dance Festival is not your usual festival. There's no contest and no fancy line-up of big-name acts.  No crowds.  No pressure to arrive early to get a spot because there’s plenty of room!

Beloved musician Mike Seeger had a vision for Glen Maury Park: hold a mountain music festival that featured dancing and no playing contests. So he got the festival off the ground, and it's being continued by committed, music-loving area residents. The weekend after Labor Day, the event pretty much closes out the festival season. It takes place in beautiful Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Virginia, situated beside the Blue Ridge Parkway and five miles east of Lexington. Though the festival starts officially on Friday, some folks like to extend their trip and arrive earlier.  The park is always open for camping, and you may arrive any time.* 

If you love dancing and old-time music in a mellow setting, Rockbridge is the festival for you. Those who like structure will find plenty to do, while others rarely leave the campground area, choosing to play and visit around the "neighborhood" where a laid-back, low-key air prevails.

Glen Maury Park offers plenty of elbow room and magnificent views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with rough camping on level grass and available hook-ups. There are inside toilets and showers, with additional port-a-johns. The restrooms and pavillion are handicapped accesible. The Maury River flows alongside for fishing, swimming and admiring. Additional secluded campsites are available up the hill.

Many consider Rockbridge to be the festival with "the highest quality of Life."
Come and see.

*Prior to Friday, we ask that you follow camp rules and check in at the Park office and pay appropriate camping fees up until Friday.  This is very important to help keep the Park open and running.  Someone will come around on Friday and collect the Festival fees.