Two days and two nights of great bands and free camping! Great food from multiple food venders and draft beer with some craft beer varieties! Primitive camping, no hook-ups for campers..but buses, campers and tents are welcome. Family friendly atmosphere, beautiful grass feilds..two stages on a mountaintop, near Lewisburg in Greenbrier county WV, also near Pocahontas county and a 45 min drive to F
ayette county whitewater country. Band list TBA and tickets will be available online and at local outlets TBA...so stay tuned! Absolutely No Drugs,
No Weapons,
No Fighting,
No Nitrous,
and please leave your dog at home! Poor Farm Fest was created for young families and old rockers to enjoy without the stress of traveling far from home...we want you to stay all night, stay off the roads, enjoy, play, relax and share some good times! History of the Poor Farm: The pre-civil war Code of Virginia declared that the overseer of a county may purchase, sell, or cultivate lands for use of the poor. (They may provide) a Poor House, Work House, and other buildings, hire physicians, nurses, and servants. In Greenbrier County the poor were housed at the County Infirmary, the Poor Farm, located one mile from Williamsburg on the road to Frankford. The number of houses is not known, but the numbers of tenants were listed in the Federal Census. From 1820 to 1944 there were county sponsored residents on this property. The numbers ranged from a dozen to three times that and they lived in communal housing at one end of the property. Women and children shared accommodations, some women were widowed and some children were orphans. The men did whatever farm work they were able, under the supervision of a Poor Farm Superintendent. There is a cemetery of unmarked graves, two of the ‘row houses’ are still standing and the property has remained fully intact through private ownership since the 1940’s. This was the government process of welfare, disability, child services and food stamps for over a century.
