The first celebration of mountain culture in the region was realized with the establishment of Home Craft Days in 1972. Since that time, the festival has served as an integral part of Mountain Empire Community College’s longstanding commitment to promoting and preserving the rich musical and cultural heritage of Southwest Virginia.

For more than 40 years, MECC’s Home Craft Days has featured musicians and artisans from throughout Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky. Demonstrations of weaving, pottery making, grist milling, wood crafting, basket weaving, broom making, quilting, tatting and much more are offered, along with musical performances throughout the three-day event.

The 2024 Home Craft Days celebration will be held October on the campus of Mountain Empire Community College. The event kicks off with a free Friday night concert. Saturday and Sunday will feature performances every hour on our two stages- Legends and Legacy. Enjoy the food, fun, and friendship of Southwest Virginia and come home to the Home Craft Days festival.

Music Schedule:

Friday, October 18, 2024

Evening Program
Co-Sponsored by Wise Pro Art
Food 5:00 p.m
Music 6:30 p.m

Todd Meade, Tyler Hughes, Tommy Bledsoe and Rich Kirby
Linda Lay and Springfield Exit
Joe Newberry and April Verch

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Legends Stage
10:30: Todd Meade, Katie and Maddie Pearcy
11:00: Angelyna DeBord – Mountain Tales
11:30: Oscar Harris
12:00: Crooked Road Ramblers
12:30: Empty Bottle String Band -Square Dance
1:00: Whitetop Mountain Band with the Center Stage Cloggers
1:45: The Lovely Mountaineers
2:15: Town Branch Bluegrass
3:00: King’s Messengers
3:45: Blueridge Girls with the Center Stage Cloggers
4:30: Dan Carty Basement Bluegrass Band
5:15: Sigean
6:00: End of Program

Legacy Stage
10:45: Mountain Melody School of Music
11:15: Jim Lloyd
11:45: Richard Phillips and Friends
12:15: Roxanne McDaniel
12:45: Anne and Amy Lough
1:15: Adalynn Ramey
1:45: Hillbilly Hippies
2:15: Rose and Vine
2:45: Brandon Maggard
3:15: Childress Sisters
4:00: The Academics
4:30: End of Program

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Legends Stage
10:30: Ben Kiser
11:00: Doug Dorschug and Pam Randolph
11:45: Rich Kirby
12:15: Tommy Bledsoe
1:00: Fiddlin’ Red and the Bluegrass Harvesters
1:45: Gap Civil
2:30: Smith Family Singers
3:15: The Sheets Family
4:00: The Russell County Boys
4:45: Danny Whited
5:15: End of Program

Legacy Stage
11:00: Shepard Powell Family Band
11:30: T-Bone and Bill Smith
12:00: Roan Street Ramblers
12:30: Bailey George and the Hit Paraders
1:15: The White Brothers
2:00: MECC String Band Class
2:45: John Haywood
3:15: Trevor McKenzie
4:00: Ron Short and the Possum Playboys
4:45: End of Program

Date: October 18 - 20, 2024

Location:

Mountain Empire Community College
3441 Mountain Empire Road
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

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