Highland County Chamber of Commerce Calendar
Between Tides: Nature, Creativity & Renewal
This four-day retreat on Chincoteague Island hosted by Emerald Mountain Sanctuary invites you to cross the water into the embrace of nature and creative expression. Join Annette Naber and LA Bourgeois for a long weekend gathering to rest, breathe, and...
2026 Hands & Harvest Festival 10/9 - 10/11
Highland County, Virginia's Hands & Harvest Festival returns October 9 - 11, 2026! The Highland County Chamber of Commerce invites you as we welcome back our annual celebration of the beauty and bounty of fall in our rural mountain community!
Highland County October Star Party
6:45 PM - 11:59 PM
Plan to attend the October 2026 Highland County Star Party on Friday, October 9th. The “rain date” is Saturday, October 10th. The public is invited, at no charge, to celebrate Highland County’s unique dark sky resource. The event will be held at the ...
Fall 5K Color Run during The Hands & Harvest Festival
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Color yourself through out this five-kilometer, untimed event, October 10, 2026 at 10:00am. Color Runners are covered from head to toe in fall colored powder. Participants wear white at the starting line and finish the race plastered in fall color ...
VAST Hands & Harvest Festival Launch
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
VAST will be holding a Rocket Launch at the Jack Mountain Village site off of Route 220, 3 miles south of Monterey, Virginia in celebration of Highland County's Hands & Harvest Festival. Everyone is invited to bring their rockets and fly them. The ...
Elk River Ramblers at Hands & Harvest Festival
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, October 10, 2026 The Highland Center, TBD
