Festivals in Virginia

From the ridges of the Blue Ridge to the shores of the Chesapeake, Virginia carries one of the richest outdoor-music traditions in the American South. Deep in the southwestern Appalachians, FloydFest pitches its stages high in the mountains near Floyd each summer, while Rooster Walk 16, voted the region's best festival, turns a farm outside Martinsville into a haven of jam and folk. Further north, in the Shenandoah Valley, the Red Wing Roots Music Festival unfolds beneath the soaring limestone chimneys of Natural Chimneys Park — a backdrop few states can match.

Yet Virginia is far more than its mountains. Out on the Hampton Roads coast, the Hampton Jazz Festival has filled the Hampton Coliseum since 1968, weaving jazz, soul and R&B into one of the country's longest-running celebrations of the genre, while in the capital, Richmond, the urban gathering Iron Blossom draws rock and indie headliners to the lawns of Midtown Green. FestT calculates your FestiScore — how closely a lineup matches your favorite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, guiding you from the misty Appalachian peaks to the jazz nights of the bay.