The eighth annual Campbell County Heritage Festival will be held on Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., at Community Park, adjacent to William Campbell Combined School at 474 William Campbell Drive, Naruna.
The admission price is $6 a person, with children 10 and under free.
The festival is presented by the Campbell County Heritage Festival Planning Committee in partnership with the Campbell County Parks and Recreation Department.
The festival will include demonstrations of activities that help make up the county’s heritage, including stringing tobacco, running an apple cider mill, sheep shearing, blacksmithing, salt making, and making cornmeal; live music; draft horses and jumping mules; a car show; antique tractor events; crafters and vendors; children’s activities; wagon rides; a fresh food Farmer’s Market; and food vendors with barbecue, kettle corn, hot dogs, hamburgers, bologna burgers, ice cream, baked goods, and more.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office will demonstrate the work of a drug-sniffing dog, show the evidence van, and provide other demonstrations of law enforcement activities.
After the day’s activities, a special Benefit Concert will be held in the new Campbell County Community Park Pavilion with Reflection II at 6:30 p.m. and the Dazzlers Rock-a-Billy Band at 7:30 p.m. Admission for the concert is $10 per person with children 10 and under $5. All proceeds, including from a raffle/silent auction, 50/50, and more will benefit the new pavilion. Participants are asked to bring their own lawn chairs. No coolers are allowed.
For more information, contact Mary Pascale, director of the Campbell County Parks and Recreation Department, at 434-332-9570 or mhpascale@campbellcountyva.gov.