https://townofvaldese.com/pages/historic-valdese-waldensian-festival/
Since 1976, on the second Saturday in August, Valdese hosts an annual festival to celebrate the "Glorious Return" of the Waldenses from exile in Switzerland to their native valleys in the Cottian Alps of Italy in 1689. This celebration is mirrored around the world by other Waldensian communities.
Saturday's Main Stage Lineup:
--9am Pan Jive Steel Drum Band --10am Waldensian Singers (Old Colony Players: From This Day Forward Outdoor Drama) --10:30am Hannah Kaminer (Mountain Traditions with Americana Songwriting) --12pm Wright Way Dance Demo --1pm Gravity Check Juggling --2pm Carson Hill (Country) --4pm Michael Hefner & Friends Molly Barrett, Jackson Dulaney, Isaac Crouch