2026 Muster in the Mountains, Lovingston, VA

Event Start Date: 7/10/2026

Event End Date: 7/12/2026

Date: July 10-12, 2026

Location: Wood Ridge Farm Brewery, 165 Old Ridge Rd, Lovingston, VA 22949

Friday: 3:00 open with BHA Happy Hour and Conservation Dinner to follow

Saturday: Noon open with demonstrations and vendors going until 5:00pm with a bonfire and live music until dark!

Sunday: Pack up and get ready for next year

Muster in the Mountains will be July 10-12, 2026 at the Wood Ridge Farm Brewery! Hosted by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Muster is a weekend built around the simple idea that public lands and waters stay public only when people show up for them. Part outdoor festival, and part conservation classroom. If you care about wild places, access for the next generation, and the traditions of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, you will fit right in.

Support Muster Through the Online Sweepstakes

Cannot make it to Lovingston, or want another way to support the work behind Muster in the Mountains? Enter the Muster in the Mountains Online Sweepstakes below.

The sweepstakes gives you a chance to win a great huntong dog training and some outdoor gear. Enter online, share it with your hunting and fishing friends, and help keep the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers voice strong.

Important: Sweepstakes entries do not include admission to Muster in the Mountains. Event tickets and sweepstakes entries are separate.

At Muster

Expect a vendor village featuring premium outdoor brands, practical demonstrations, and a presentation tent with conservation voices and local expertise. Bring your family, bring a friend, and plan to spend time in the meadows and mountains with people who measure success by stewardship, ethical pursuit, and a willingness to do the work.

On Friday afternoon, gates open at 3:00pm

• Registration
• Happy Hour for those with Conservation Dinner tickets
• Conservation Dinner of pork BBQ and sides prepared onsite by our host, Wood Ridge Farm Brewery. This dinner is to bring folks together and help support BHA and conservation with raffles and auctions.  Some items will only be available at the Conservation Dinner so do not miss out. There is a cap of 80 seats so get your tickets now!!

On Saturday gates open at noon and things will run until dark.

• Saturday admission is only $25.
• There will be raffles and auctions with a special BHA Members Only area fo raffle items! Be sure your membership (as well as family and friends) is up to date, if not JOIN HERE. 
• Vendors are open from NOON to 5:00 PM,
• Demonstrations running throughout the day and a presentation schedule that connects our outdoor traditions to the conservation policies and habitat work that sustain them. Saturday night closes with a bonfire and live music! Food will be available throughout the day. (well behaved pups on leash are welcome)
  • Saddle Hunting Demo
  • Robert Byrne, Finesse Turkey Hunting
  • Brent Stubblefield, Knife making basics
  • Damon Bungard, Tracking wounded game
  • And More!!
• BHA chapter leaders, we will be hosting a chapter leader roundtable/training. Stay tuned for more details, If you have a topic you want to learn more about or lead a discussion on reach out to Brian Bird, bird @backcountryhunters.org

Vendors, there a few spots left, reach out to Brian Bird to sign up. bird@backcountry.org