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The 2018 Poplar Forest Folk Festival features (from upper left to lower right) The Wildmans, Crooked Road Ramblers, Sons of Liberty and Morgan Wade & The Stepbrothers.

Food & Craft Vendors

  • Grapevine Restaurant
  • Dog On It Hot Dogs
  • Sophie Adams art
  • Kitch’n Stich’n
  • Veronica DeLuze’s quilted fabric bags, wallets and fine art
  • Michael Trail’s glass terrariums and jewelry
  • Jewel Tumas’ woven goods and weaving demonstrations
  • HB’s Painted Pallets & Windows
  • Novalis Collections’ wreaths and gifts
  • Forest Splinters and Threads’ woodworking and woven materials

"...do not neglect your music, it will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life for you." Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, April 4, 1790

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Poplar Forest is open daily mid-January through February 10am-4pm, March through November 10am-5pm, and December 1st through 30th from 10am-4pm for docent-guided or self-guided tours. Docent-guided tours are currently offered four times daily as docents are available. Poplar Forest is closed on Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

Mapping Address 1776 Poplar Forest Parkway
Lynchburg, VA 24502 Mailing Address P.O. Box 419
Forest, VA 24551-0419
434.525.1806
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December
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Designated a National Historic Landmark, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is an award-winning historic restoration in progress, nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visiting Poplar Forest offers a unique opportunity to hear the stories of Jefferson's family, the free and enslaved craftsmen who built the historic masterpiece and the enslaved people who lived and labored on the plantation. Come explore the world of Thomas Jefferson at his most private retreat.

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