Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival is a four-day event held each May at Pop's Farm outside Martinsville, Virginia, mixing rock, blues, bluegrass, funk, jamband, and folk acts across multiple stages. Created in memory of two young friends who died in the late 2000s, the festival channels its proceeds into a college scholarship fund at their shared alma mater.
Rooster Walk began as an act of grief turned into purpose.
The festival was founded specifically as a memorial and fundraising vehicle: friends of Edwin Rooster Penn and Walker Shank, who both died young, built the event so that proceeds could fund a scholarship at Martinsville High School, giving the whole gathering a community purpose beyond entertainment
It has grown into a genuinely family-oriented camping festival, anchored by the Kid's Coop, a dedicated children's area with its own stage, a slip-and-slide, a playground, and four days of hands-on crafts and drum circles for younger attendees
The farm setting outside Martinsville gives the event a rural, low-key character, and the genre mix, spanning bluegrass to funk to jam bands, draws a broad cross-section of regional music fans
The festival's defining tradition is its memorial scholarship mission: ticket and vendor proceeds go toward a college fund at Martinsville High School named for the two friends the event honors
a practice maintained every year since the festival's founding
Dates TBA · Usually May
For Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival, plan transport around the exact Martinsville venue, route or gathering point rather than the city name alone.
Festival camping attire: broken-in shoes or boots for grass and dirt terrain, sun hats and layers for changing spring weather, and swimwear if planning to use any on-site water activities.
Keep phone power, water, and a clear meeting point sorted before the main crowd arrives.
For Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival, stay near the part of Martinsville you will actually use, with reliable return transport.
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Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival is listed for May · Spring. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
The festival is listed in Martinsville, United States. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
Spring is the listed festival span. Add time for arrival, local transport, queues, and any route changes during the event.
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