Lumberjack Show presented by Member One

Lumberjack Show presented by Member One

  • Oct 13th: 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • Oct 14th: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Oct 14th: 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Oct 14th: 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Oct 15th: 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  • Oct 15th: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Captivating audiences for the past 25 years, Timberwork’s Lumberjack Shows provides images of man against the impossible, competing in a sport derived out of a nation’s heritage. Come watch the axes fly, chainsaws roar, and some super-human Lumberjack feats that'll...

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Banff Mountain Film Festival

Banff Mountain Film Festival

  • Oct 13th: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain...

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Freedom First Highline Slackline Show above Elmwood Amphitheater

Freedom First Highline Slackline Show above Elmwood Amphitheater

  • Oct 13th: 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • Oct 13th: 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Oct 14th: 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Turn your eyes to the sky for a highline performance that only the GO Outside Festival can bring you! The Trickline Collective is a group of slackliners passionate about balance, performance, and the outdoors. They travel the world to deliver...

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ProTown BMX Stunt Show presented by Gentry Locke

ProTown BMX Stunt Show presented by Gentry Locke

  • Oct 13th: 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Oct 14th: 11:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Oct 14th: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • Oct 14th: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  • Oct 15th: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Oct 15th: 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Our top pros are always with us so don’t be surprised if you have seen them on ESPN’s X-Games, AST Dew Tour or some other t.v. or media coverage.  We are teamed up with and support N.G.A, Next Generation Alliance,...

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Magic Beans

Magic Beans

  • Oct 14th: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary! Magic Beans have a passion for music that is as infectious as their songs, both of which have gained them national notoriety in a short time....

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Parks Director Panel Discussion

  • Oct 14th: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Topics will delve into the development of regional outdoor assets like the Roanoke River Greenway, Explore Park, and Waid Park. Attendees will get to hear about both the visionary mindset and organizational reality of this progress from the point of...

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Silent Disco

Silent Disco

  • Oct 13th: 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

The Silent Disco is back this year! DJs spinning tunes to wireless headphones - it’s something you just have to experience to fully understand. Bring your friends and grab a pair of headphones to join the best dance party in...

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The Werks

The Werks

  • Oct 14th: 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm

The main event, The Werks, hit the GO Outside Festival Mainstage, Saturday at 9pm. On their latest LP Magic , melodic visionaries The Werks transcend their funk rock roots while never losing their identity. Poignant songwriting and engaging improvisation come...

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James Gregory: The Ethnic Explorer

James Gregory: The Ethnic Explorer

  • Oct 14th: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Gregory was 5 years old living in Drakes Branch, VA (population: 500) when his passion for nature began to grow through mountain biking, paddle boarding, and hiking. He will speak on promoting diversity within outdoor spaces and his steadfast belief...

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Highline Slackline Show above Holton Plaza/Franklin Rd

Highline Slackline Show above Holton Plaza/Franklin Rd

  • Oct 14th: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Oct 14th: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • Oct 14th: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Oct 15th: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
  • Oct 15th: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Oct 15th: 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Oct 15th: 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Turn your eyes to the sky for a highline performance that only the GO Outside Festival can bring you! The Trickline Collective is a group of slackliners passionate about balance, performance, and the outdoors. They travel the world to deliver...

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Outside Magazine Get Outside Tour: Essentials for Outdoor Living

Outside Magazine Get Outside Tour: Essentials for Outdoor Living

  • Oct 15th: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Get Outside Tour by Outside Magazine presents on the essentials to outdoor life. After hearing from speakers on the cultivation of the outdoors through communities, public lands, and an outdoor-focused business climate, attendees will be ready to get outside...

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Super Carlin Brothers Pop Corn Podcast Live Recording

Super Carlin Brothers Pop Corn Podcast Live Recording

  • Oct 14th: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Super Carlin Brothers, J and Ben Carlin, will host a live recording of their Pop Corn Podcast. The Super Carlin Brothers are advocates for Roanoke and for the outdoors as well as YouTube-famous podcast hosts with the mission of...

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Asia Bright, Black Girls Hike

Asia Bright, Black Girls Hike

  • Oct 14th: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Asia Bright was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where she began a grassroots effort to bring more black people in her community outdoors, ultimately sparking the Black Girls Hike movement. Bright will share how Black Girls Hike showcases a...

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Get2KnowNoke Pop-Up Social & Campfire Chat

Get2KnowNoke Pop-Up Social & Campfire Chat

  • Oct 13th: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The campfire chat on Friday will be hosted by the region's talent attraction and livability brand, Get2KnowNoke. Have you ever wanted to ask the founders of GO Fest questions? Like.... Will GO Fest ever move back to Rivers Edge? What...

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Led Zeppelin 2

Led Zeppelin 2

  • Oct 15th: 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary!

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Virginia Electric

Virginia Electric

  • Oct 15th: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary!

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Laney Jones

Laney Jones

  • Oct 15th: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary! Press play on Jones’ mesmerizing new album, Stories Up High, and you’ll find yourself transported there, too. Recorded at East Nashville’s famed Bomb Shelter studio with...

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Colby T. Helms & The Virginia Creepers

Colby T. Helms & The Virginia Creepers

  • Oct 15th: 10:15 am - 11:45 am

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary! At the bottom of the Southwest Virginia foothills, in Franklin County, south of Roanoke, about a half-mile from the nearest neighbor, Colby T. Helms resides in...

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Lazy Man Dub Band

Lazy Man Dub Band

  • Oct 14th: 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary! Lazy Man Dub Band is a reggae band hailing from Roanoke, Virginia. Formed in 2007, the band is comprised of 9 talented musicians who share a...

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The Ambassador

The Ambassador

  • Oct 14th: 11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary!

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The Kind

The Kind

  • Oct 14th: 10:15 am - 11:15 am

Free music on the Elmwood Stage, presented in partnership with 5 Points Music Sanctuary!

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Beer Mile Team Relay presented by Fleet Feet

Beer Mile Team Relay presented by Fleet Feet

  • Oct 13th: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

You were going to have a beer that night with your friends anyway so why not do it with a relay?  Kick off your GO Fest weekend by being part of the Beer Mile Relay presented by Fleet Feet! This...

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