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The Crooked Road celebrates the musical heritage of Western Virginia and Southwest Virginia and Appalachian music with Old-time music, Folk music, Bluegrass music. It also celebrates traditional dance such as clogging, buck dancing, Square dance and other traditional dances, singing and music.
Oct 31, 2023 · Explore the 330-mile Crooked Road, a music heritage trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Southwest Virginia. Discover the history, venues, festivals, and genres of Appalachian music, from bluegrass and old-time to country and folk.
- Jonathon Engels
Jun 14, 2023 · Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, known as The Crooked Road, is a regional destination famous for celebrating heritage music throughout the year. It covers 19 counties, 4 cities, and 54 towns and communities.
Plan your road trip along the Crooked Road and experience 19 counties, four cities, and 54 towns buzzing with mountain ballads, toe-tapping fiddle and banjo tunes, old-time dance, and bluegrass melodies echoing across the region's sharp ridges and deep valleys.
Roanoke, VA's heritage music trail, The Crooked Road offers sentimental country songs, fiddle and banjo tunes, crisp bluegrass and soulful gospel singing.
The Crooked Road is Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, a driving route through the Appalachian Mountains from the Blue Ridge to the Coalfields region, following U.S. Route 58. The trail connects major heritage music venues in the region such as the Blue Ridge Music Center, Birthplace of Country Music Alliance, and the Carter Family Fold.