Welcome to Edinburg, Virginia!
38th Year!
Sept. 21-23, 2018
Sat. Sept 22, 2018
Charterhouse School gym
3:00 – Zach FunkhouserWeather concerns cause Sunday festival cancellations
As the number of Sunday event cancellations have steady risen due to today's rainy weather, Edinbug Ole Time Festival organizers have decided to call off the festival for the remainder of today, Sunday. A few of the indoor events, such as the John Paul Strain art exhibition and the Book Author signings, will still go on as planned. Also any decision to stay open on Sunday will be left up to individual crafters and food vendors.This, after a wonderful day Saturday festivities that featured the big Parade Down Main Street in the early afternnon. Crafters, food vendors and exhibitors were all busy with crowds of visitors in and around the center of town.
Beard Contest and Duck Race winners will still be announced.
Thanks to all who made the 2018 Edinburg Ole Festival a big success!
Behind the OTF scenes: Festival organizers Eric and Dawn Estep
The Edinburg Ole Time Festival began as a local grassroots idea around 1980. According to local historian Jean Allen Davis, a local citizen named Jim Ellis came up with the idea of an old time festival. A committee was then formed to develop the idea, and Ellis became its first chairman.Thirty-eight years later, the current OTF Committee Chair is Eric Estep. He and his wife Dawn have led the Festival Committee this past year. It’s still mostly about local citizens who all volunteer and work together to make the Festival happen. This is Eric’s 10th year of involvement, following in the footsteps of his mother, herself a former Festival Committee member. Both Eric and Dawn are Shenandoah County natives.
“We try to add something new each year,” Eric says. And the Edinburg Ole Time Festival has indeed grown. For example, a record number of craft vendors were on hand this year, a part of the Festival that Dawn organizes.
Eric says that the Committee works together month after month to reach a point having everything ready to go by the Thursday before OTF weekend. Just as Festival weekend begins, it tends to be the most stressful time. He adds that he could never do it without Dawn’s support.
What’s the biggest concern for a festival that celebrates the past? The future, says Eric. “We would love to have more people that volunteer, that live here in Edinburg or outside of Edinburg. We need more ideas. We need younger people.”
On the third Friday of each September, this sleepy little town, nestled along US-11 (Exit 279 on I-81), comes alive with the Festival of music, arts, crafts, parade, entertainment and great food. The best part of the Festival, though, is our people. Our theme is that of another time. A time when things moved a little slower, a time when people took the time to visit with each other, but most of all, a time when everybody enjoyed the life they had and the friends they shared.
Visitor Map • Click on the zoom icon on left to zoom in and out. Choose different map layers on the right for festival info. Use your mouse to scroll around and explore the town.)
...and MUCH MORE!
• Larry & Susan Beazley
• Christ UCC Church Conicville
• John & Kate Hawkins
Official website of the Edinburg Ole Time Festival
Sponsored by the Town of Edinburg and the Edinburg Heritage Foundation
Hosted by Khimera
