OUR 4TH ANNUAL
SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL
An experience the whole family can enjoy.
Sinkland Farms 2024
Sunflower Festival
Are you looking for something
fun to do
this summer with friends and family?
Experience Our
Award-Winning Farm
With a Summer Family Tradition!
When is the Sinkland’s Farms
Sunflower Festival?
August 2nd - 18th
FRI | SAT | SUN
OPENS AT 3 PM
Sinkland Farms may be best known for its amazing annual pumpkin festival that draws people from all over throughout the Fall season—but our annual Sunflower Festival will keep the family coming back all summer.
Our 4th Annual Sunflower Festival will be an experience you will remember forever!
Listen to live music, explore local arts and crafts vendors, and tour the grounds through our walking trails. Even the pickiest eaters will find something to sink their teeth into with our wide variety of food trucks. Taste authentic southern barbeque, hand-dipped ice cream, and more. Grown-ups will enjoy a sampling of craft beer and wine. Picking a beautiful flower will be just the beginning of your day at the Sinkland Farms Sunflower Festival.
Whether you’re heading to the farm with kids and looking for a family-friendly experience or simply curious about the best, most colorful backdrop to take a few fun photos there’s something for all ages here.
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Viewing our 8 acres of sunflower fields, with over 200,000 blooms, and over 20 different varieties of flowers will be a new summer family tradition. While our sunflowers will be the star of the show, we will have 3 weekends jam-packed with activities, music, food, and fun you won’t want to miss. Enjoy all the festivities at Sinkland Sunflower Festival, unlike any other!
Sinkland Farms continues to bring special recognition to Southwestern Virginia by being recently voted "Most Unique Festival" by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine with a readership of over 350,000 across seven states along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sinkland Farms is one of the most Instagram-able spots in Virginia this summer with its sea of sunflowers. Endless rows of towering yellow flowers, each turning their heads upward toward the sun and basking visitors in their warm gentle glow…..talk about the perfect end of summer day trip!
Admission
Come and see it all! The price of admission includes parking, one sunflower, live music, kids activities, and more.
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Activities
So much to see, hear, taste, and experience! We have activities packed into each of our 3 weekends.
▸ Pick & Play
Schedule
Just like our 20 variates of flowers have something unique to offer, so does each weekend of the Sunflower Festival
▸ Plan Your Day
Make time to stop and smell the flowers at
Sinkland Farms’ Sunflower Festival
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“A sunflower field is like a sky
with a thousand suns.” -
Corina Abdulahm-Negura
>GENERAL ADMISSION
Sinkland Farms
4th Annual
AUGUST 2ND - 18TH
OPENING AT 3 PM
FRI | SAT | SUN
Adults $12 per ticket. Children ages 4-12 $10 and kids 3 and under are free!
Access Kidz Zone activities
walking trails
Sunflower fields included in Admission
Line Dancing
food options available from local food trucks
craft beer and wine
Ice Cream for sale
And MORE!!!
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We will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings for 3 weeks starting August 2nd, OPENING at 3 PM!
Enjoy our sunflower fields, ice cream, beer and wine, food trucks, live music on Saturdays, and more!
Admission includes:
1 Sunflower per adult ticket
Access to sunflower fields and walking trails
Local artisan vendors, access to food trucks
Line Dancing on Fridays
Live music on Sat/Sun
Kidz Zone, games, etc., learning stations, and more!.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE: Click the “BUY NOW” Button.
FUN-FILLED
FRI-YAYS!
Sun-Soaked
Saturdays &
Sundays
Fun for the whole family!
Admission Includes:
FREE Parking
Live Music & Other Performances
1 Sunflower PER ADULT TICKET
Local Food Trucks
Artisans and Crafters’ Lane •Kidz Zone
Walking trails
Access to Sunflower Fields with
amazing photo opportunities!
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Please show your phone email for proof of purchase at our admissions booth. In case of inclement weather, your ticket will be good for any day prior to August 18th.
Also be sure to check out our info on packages when purchasing your tickets!
Best display of “Southern hospitality” you will find
anywhere south of the Mason Dixon line, I promise you!!!
Family that owns/runs it make you feel
like your a part of the family!
Everyone should go check it out - it’s an amazing experience!
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Nathan May, Sunflower Festival Attendee
Voted The Best!
Voted the Best!
Sinkland Farms gathering spaces-barns with signature chandeliers, gardens, and a terrace with a gorgeous pergola, are a warm blend of rustic chic providing an atmosphere of graceful charm to any special event. You and your guests will feel enveloped in comfortable elegance and simple beauty. Achieve the experience and vision of your dreams at Sinkland Farms.
Moreover, our festivals are fun for everyone! We have activities to delight all ages: hayrides, Kidz-Zone, barrel rides, corn maze, pig races, walking trails, horse and pony rides, farm-ily animals, live music, local specialty food vendors and artisans, craft beer and wine. Sinkland Farms is the place to make memories rooted in family traditions - plant seeds of love!
Come out and see why Sinkland Farms Weddings, Events, Festivals, and Entertaining Party Space is “Voted the Best!”
“The Granddaddy of All Festivals!”
Front Magazine
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Top 10 Best Pumpkin Patches in Virginia For a Great Fall Adventure - Newsbreak
Grand Daddy of All Festivals - Front Magazine
The Best of Christiansburg 2023
Most Outstanding Attraction in Southwest Virginia - 2023 Southwest Virginia Tourism Board
Voted Best Pumpkin Patch in Virginia - Virginia Tourism
Best Farm to Visit - Blue Ridge Magazine
Best Special Event Venue - 2023 Virginia Living Southwest Virginia
Voted Most Unique Festival - Sunflower Festival 2022 Blue Ridge Outdoors
Editors' Favorite Pumpkin Patches In The South - Southern Living magazine 2022
Best of Virginia - 2018 Virginia Living Magazine
A "Top 10 Epic Venue" in Virginia - Sinkland Farms is the Virginia destination for fall fun
“Best Special Event Venue" by Virginia Living
“Platinum & Gold" by Bridebook
"Top 10 Epic Wedding Venue" by Only in Our State
"Top Wedding Venue" by Virginia Living
We would like to thank our
Gold Sponsor,
The Roanoker, of LiesureMedia360!
ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE
Our 2024 Sunflower Festival
will offer something for the whole family!
This event will become a family tradition for sure!
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Agri-tourism Waiver WARNING: Under Virginia law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agri-tourism activity conducted at this location if such injury or death results from the inherent risks associated with agri-tourism activities. These risks may include, but are not limited to, those associated with land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for participant actions that could contribute to their own injury or death. By participating in these activities, you are acknowledging and assuming these inherent risks.
>Make Your Reservation with your favorite photographer! Photographers purchase your pass now!
Have Your Special Day Photographed
with a Professional
Photographer!
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We are offering all photographers the chance to utilize our beautiful sunflower fields as the perfect setting for your next shoot! Perfect for family, newborn, senior, anniversary, engagement sessions, and more!
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Whitney Linkous Photography
Real Life Moments Photography
K.Hancock Photography
C&J Photography
Poppy’s View Photography
More to Come!
We will be adding more photographers to the list as they register so check back soon!
Calling all
Purchase a Photographer's Pass!
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Purchase a Photographer's Pass! 〰️
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Photographers can schedule multiple clients in the same day and will have access to the fields and grounds for $100 per day for the entire day. Each photographer will need to purchase a photography pass online or at the gate. The photography pass gives the photographer admission to the festival and the perfect canvas to create one-of-a-kind images. All other persons will need to purchase a general admission ticket online or at the gate. Don’t miss this chance to capture stunning photos that will last a lifetime!
*Professional Photographers, who want to shoot come anytime to set up*
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Purchase a Photographer’s Pass: Secure your access to capture the magic of our festival.
Send Us an Email: Provide your contact information so we can keep you updated.
Start Advertising and Booking Sessions: Begin promoting your services and scheduling sessions to make the most of this opportunity.
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We look forward to showcasing your work and adding to the festive atmosphere of Sinkland Farms.
We always have a blast. Thanks for all you do for the community! No matter what time of year, every time we drive by the farm, my children ask, ‘Is it pumpkin time?’
Rebecca, Sinkland Farms Attendee
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Live Music
Live Music
Live Music at Sinkland Farms
Live Local Musicians!
Toe Tap’n Tunes for ALL AGES!
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Interested in playing at the Festival? Fill out the form below
Become a Food Truck, Artisan or Craftsmen Vendor
at Sinkland Farms Farm-ily Festivals!
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With local food trucks setting up each festival day, there will be plenty of options to fit every member of your families taste buds. Prices vary by vendor. CHECK BACK WITH US TO SEE WHICH FOOD VENDOR IS AVAILABLE EACH DAY
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Sinkland Farm's festivals draws thousands of people every year to the farm. No matter your age or interest, there is something here for everyone. We accept applications every year for our arts and crafts vendor area,
Interested in be a vendor at the Sunflower Festival? Click the button below to choose and pay for your dates online.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions
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A: Yes, we will be selling additional Sunflowers throughout the festival. 1 flower $2, 6 flowers $10, 10 flowers $15. We also have unique pails and buckets available for purchase. Check out more on additional flowers, pails, and packages here.
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DescripA: Lots! All weekend-long The Cottage Shoppe serves up ice cream, kettle corn and other treats. We will also have food trucks on Saturdays and Sundays!
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A: Every weekend, enjoy homemade selections from Leslie’s Kettle Korn and hand-dipped ice cream.Description text goes here
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A: Our farm is wheelchair- and handicap-accessible. We have handicapped parking and handicapped “farm restrooms." The pathways on the festival grounds are grass lawns. The sunflower fields are dirt, but are manageable as visitors take strollers and wagons. Our team members are always on hand to assist in any way possible.
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A: Check out our policies HERE.
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A: Yes, we do allow strollers and wagons.
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A: Yes, dogs will be allowed at the festival. All dogs must be well behaved, leashed and the owners are responsible for cleaning up after them. Service dogs are also allowed. Only very friendly and well-socialized dogs are allowed. We reserve the right to bounce dogs that are misbehaving.
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A: Sinkland Farms is a privately owned property operated by family and team members that are committed to providing an enjoyable experience for our visitors. We expect our visitors to behave appropriately and responsibly. Those who do not; may be asked to leave without refund. Our farm has always promoted inclusivity, equality, kindness, and peace for our team and our visitors. We have a diverse staff and wholeheartedly support equal rights and opportunities for all. We employ security during festival hours to ensure the safety of our team and our visitors. No weapons are allowed on the premises. Our formal farm policy can be obtained by sending a request to SinklandFarms@gmail.com.
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A: Yes, we are placing many handwashing and sanitation stations on the farm during the festival. We encourage guests to wash their hands and use sanitizer often. Each hand washing station is equipped with soap, water and disposable paper towels. Guests can bring their own hand sanitizer as well.
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A: We like to call our porta-potty facilities "farm restrooms." As we are a farm that is ever-changing, we shy against putting in facilities that would require permanent changes to the farm. We do our best to provide "farm restrooms" that are clean and user friendly. We thank you for your understanding.
