Blue Ridge Folklife Festival 2024 Schedule. Fall foliage on the campus of ferrum college makes for the perfect backdrop for the annual blue ridge folklife festival which turned 50 years old on saturday. The blue ridge folklife festival will be held rain or shine from 10 a.m.
The blue ridge folklife festival is the largest regional event of its kind in virginia, and there’s nothing like it in the commonwealth. This year, the blue ridge institute and the blue ridge folklife festival are 50 years old.