The last part of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia that was still closed after Hurricane Helene reopened Friday morning.
On Friday morning, November 1, the National Park Service restored access to an additional 16 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 201, near Fancy Gap, to milepost 217.3, at NC Route 18. The Blue Ridge Parkway is now continuously open from milepost 0, at the southern terminus of Shenandoah National Park (the same as Mile 0 of the Blue Ridge Parkway), to milepost 217.3, just south of the NC/VA state line.
Much, but not all, of the parkway in North Carolina, has also reopened.
The Blue Ridge Music Center, located at milepost 213 in Virginia, will open on Saturday, November 2, including museum exhibits, the park store and Midday Mountain Music. The Center will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sunday, November 10, 2024.
The Midday Mountain Music schedule:
- Saturday, November 2: Reed Island Rounders
- Sunday, November 3: Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers
- Monday, November 4: Buck Mountaineers
- Tuesday, November 5: Cedar Ridge
- Wednesday, November 6: Blue Ridge Ramblers
- Thursday, November 7: Willard Gayheart and Scott Freeman
- Friday, November 8: Bluegrass Jam with Jim Purcell and Lynn Wolf
- Saturday, November 9: Bill and Maggie Anderson
- Sunday, November 10: Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers
The Music Center will close for the season on Sunday, November 10.