| White Top Folk Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Folk, Old-time |
| Dates | August |
| Location(s) | Whitetop Mountain |
| Years active | 1931-1936, 1938, 1939 |
| Founders | Annabel Morris Buchanan, John Blakemore, John Powell |
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The White Top Folk Festival was a folk festival held on Whitetop Mountain in Grayson County, Virginia from 1931 to 1939. Established by Annabel Morris Buchanan, John Blakemore, and classical musician John Powell, it featured Appalachian folk music.[1] At its height, the festival hosted First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1933. The festival was not held in 1937, and was canceled in 1940 due to flooding. It did not resume again.[2]
- ^ Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell, eds, Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Knoxville, TN: U of Tennessee Press, 2006), p. 861
- ^ Roadside Virginia Historical Marker in vicinity of White Top Mountain. Image here.
