RADFORD – After a year missed due to the pandemic, Radford’s Spirit of America festival is returning in full force this year to Bisset Park, with rides, food vendors, music, fireworks, and more.
The Radford Parks and Recreation Department has a “full day of live music, free kids’ activities, inflatables and attractions, food and craft vendors and of course the best fireworks around to close the event.”
Music will be headlined by Country Music Association (CMA) Hall of Fame member and Statler
Brother Jimmy Fortune. Opening for Jimmy Fortune will be country music singer Wade Hayes.
The schedule of events is 1 to 6 p.m., rides and games; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Faithful Praise (gospel); 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., Glen Shelton; (country); 4 to 5 p.m., The Castaways (beach music);
5 to 5:45 p.m., opening ceremonies with Mayor David Horton with Glen Shelton singing the National Anthem, followed by patriotic readings from Dr. Dick Harshberger; 6 to 7 p.m., Wade Hayes (country); 7:15 to 8:45 p.m., Jimmy Fortune (country); 9:30 p.m., fireworks sponsored by Third Security.
