2025 Steppin' Out ®
Venue: Downtown Blacksburg, Blacksburg
Organizations: Amelia Empson, Chris Long, Downtown Blacksburg Inc., Dr. Moon, Father Sun, K.T. Vandyke, Kat Mills, PanJammers, Stella Trudel, Summer Musical Enterprise, The Hot Mamas, The Wilson Springs Hotel, Virginia Hollow
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Drink Specials, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
Description:
The 44th Annual Steppin' Out® festival will be held in downtown Blacksburg on Friday, August 1, 2025 and Saturday, August 2, 2025.

Steppin' Out features over 200 exhibitors from around the United States selling unique handcrafted items including jewelry, pottery, textiles, metal work, basketry, stained & fused glass, yard art, fine art, furniture, toys, artisan foods, continuous live music & entertainment, the Draper Mile & Fun Run and so much more!

Downtown Blacksburg merchants also hold their much-awaited final clearance sidewalk sales during Steppin' Out. The festival foods you love are provided by downtown restaurants.

Listen to and enjoy over 25 excellent musical acts all afternoon and well into the evening, both Friday and Saturday. Steppin' Out is Southwest Virginia's premier street celebration!

Four stages of live performances make Steppin' Out one of this region's premiere arts and music events. The Main Stage provides continuous live music on College Avenue and Main Street. The Acoustic Stage brings folk, contemporary, and utterly unique sounds to the festival area of Main and Lee Streets. The Community Stage showcases local and regional performers from cloggers to belly dancers. The Community Stage is located in the National Bank of Blacksburg Parking lot on Roanoke Street. There is a new Busker Stage on Draper this year and will feature the very best of local buskers.

Saturday Music:
Main Stage:
• 11:00 AM: PanJammers
• 1:00 PM: Father Sun
• 3:00 PM: Nappy Head Funk Army
• 5:30 PM: Dreams Gone Active
• 7:00 PM: KT Vandyke
• 8:45 PM: The Wilson Springs Hotel

Acoustic Stage:
• 10:30 AM: Chris Long
• 12:00 PM: Kat Mills
• 1:30 PM: Stella Trudel
• 3:00 PM: Virginia Hollow
• 4:30 PM: The Hot Mammas
• 6:00 PM: Lillian Hackett

Community Stage:
• 10:00 AM: Little Leapers
• 11:30 AM: Dance.tech
• 1:00 PM: Blacksburg Ballet
• 2:45 PM: Summer Musical Enterprise
• 4:00 PM: Itraab Music Ensemble
• 5:30 PM: Virginia Techniques

Busker Stage:
• 12:00 PM: Jefferson Rose
• 1:00 PM: Irene Warner
• 2:00 PM: Magic by Caleb Johnston
• 3:00 PM: Amelia Empson
• 4:00 PM: Clover-Lynn
• 5:00 PM: Dr. Moon

To view the entertainment schedule, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/J7xrbMT3/image.png.

Admission is free.

Town of Blacksburg metered parking is all free and Blacksburg Transit provides free shuttles from Chicken Hill near Lane Stadium to get you there without the hassle.

Steppin' Out is a rain or shine event.

To view Friday's event, visit: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=832966.

For more information, visit: https://www.blacksburgsteppinout.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/DowntownBlacksburg or https://www.instagram.com/downtownblacksburg/ or call 540-951-0454.