Event Calendar

"The Secrets Inside" This 60-90 minute guided walking tour takes you into the heart of the historic district where you'll marvel at the beautiful Victorian mansions and churches on or near Millionaires' Row. You'll hear secrets or little known facts about the buildings or their former residents. Tours offered at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Reservations required 434.770.1974. Free admission for children under 12 with a paying adult.

Enjoy rides, food, thoroughbred horseracing, livestock competition, entertainment at the state fair.

The Maryland Renaissance Festival has become the region's premier outdoor event and the second largest Renaissance Festival in the country. Sixteenth-century English festival, 10 stages, 5,000-seat jousting arena, 140 food and craft shops; weekends only.

Come and enjoy Bergey's Annual Corn Maze! The 5-acre maze is a fun and educational activity for your whole family. Hone your directional skills and test your trivia knowledge as you make your way through our new and improved 2010 design.

We also have hay rides and games, and you won't be able to pass by our family-run bakery without stopping for a treat! Choose from homemade cinnamon rolls, breads and pies, sandwiches, and made on-site ice cream. A variety of produce and fresh-cut flowers grown right on our farm are also available.

A five-day music festival featuring more than 70 performers and bands from around the world that play the music of The Beatles, including their solo careers.

The sounds of rock, jazz, country, blues, R&B and more flood the oceanfront for three sun-filled days over Labor Day Weekend at the American Music Festival. The largest outdoor musical event on the East coast, the American Music Festival brings together local, regional and national acts to play on a gigantic 60-foot wide and 60-foot tall stage on the beach at 5th Street as well as stages in all parks along the beautiful oceanfront. Just about every musical genre is included, so there is truly "something for everyone!"

Come spend your Labor Day with us! Featuring a craft show, musical entertainment, locally grown fruits and vegetables. Also enjoy the Corn Acoustics Corn Maze for a small admission fee. Bring your lawn chairs.

A multi-day, multi-venue festival staged in and around Cumberland Knob, NC, where Parkway construction began on September 11, 1935. The festival will include a formal ceremony featuring local, state, and federal officials, regional music and crafts, antique car and travel trailer vehicle exhibits, interpretive and environmental programs, storytelling, children’s activities, local foods, and much more.

FREE

Come see history through the trees and celebrate local heritage at Prince William Forest Park Heritage Festival for a journey through time. The park will showcase its amazing history spanning the American Revolution to World War II. Shuttles will take visitors to and from the Pine Grove picnic area. Prince William Forest Park, 18100 Park Headquarters Road, Triangle 22172.

Experience the music, art, history and food of downtown Suffolk with this family-friendly event. Free and open to the public, the Taste of Suffolk downtown street festival will combine live entertainment, crafters, and fest food with historical interpreters, exhibits and sidewalk sales.

This unique event is hip for the young and fun for families. Hear great live music and sample international food. Enjoy fall fun, sidewalk cafes, colorful vendors, and cultural demonstrations and dances. The Kid's Fair has games, interactive science exhibits and face painting. Explore international cultures in the context of the ethnic and eclectic neighborhood. Adams Morgan Day has something for everyone!

Three of Preservation Virginia's Fredericksburg properties honor the crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Come and enjoy house tours, demonstrations, special exhibits, colonial music and dancing, and a handmade crafts raffle.

Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop will feature "Music and Musical Instruments of the Past". Musicians will play and display instruments that have entertained and comforted for centuries.

Rising Sun Tavern, former home of George Washington's younger brother, will exhibit prayer shawls from several different faiths.

The Mary Washington House will host the Virginia Star Quilters Guild quilting demonstration. Quilts will be on display in the upstairs bedrooms. Outside there will be children's Colonial games & dancing.

A little bit of Italy comes to the Virginia Beach oceanfront for two days of pasta, Italian wine and beer, world-class entertainment, and family-friendly activities like grape stomping! With seating for 400 under a giant, decorated tent, people from all walks of life join for a two-day celebration of everything Italian!

The Edinburg Ole Time Festival is a real home-town event featuring food,arts,crafts, music and entertainment all over town... Visit The Edinburg Mill & see new film "The Burning", hear Civil War lectures, visit the vintage autos and tractors on display all weekend, join an old-time sing-along & banjo/fiddle jam & street dance. Weekend features are crafts, Artists, Authors signing books, food, music, 4K Fun Run/Walk, Old-Timers Baseball & Basketball game, Children's Festival, bed race, duck race, Sat. eve. lawn concert, hay wagon rides and more.

TO ARMS, BOYS! TO ARMS!
U.S General George Armstrong Custer is advancing on peaceful Stanardsville with a mounted cavalry. Will you defend The Cause? Or will you join with the Union army to see that Virginia once again joins the United States of America?

Come for a fun and historical weekend at The Battle of Stanardsville Reenactment. There will be exciting battle scenes, historical demonstrations, carriage rides, shopping, a period-accurate ball and plenty of activities for children.

Join the annual celebration of the 1611 founding of the Citie of Henricus. Experience the past as 400 years of history come to life with living history re-enactments, military drills and musket firings, craftsmen and blacksmiths, 17th-century medicinal demonstrations, Virginia Indian activities, historical children's games and crafts, storytelling and more. Our largest and most popular annual event!

Mount Vernon re-creates a lively early-American marketplace with demonstrations, crafts and entertainment at its Colonial Market & Fair. Over forty juried artisans from across the nation will demonstrate their trades and sell their wares while two stages of family entertainment delight audiences with 18th-century amusements such as Signora Bella the Equilibrist, Otto the Sword Swallower and more! Free Potomac River sightseeing cruises are available while supplies last.

As visitors shop, artisans demonstrate their crafts and explain the historic trades used to make items similar to those George Washington purchased in the 18th century. Historical chocolate-making demonstrations will also take place.

This year's state fair will have all the great rides and attractions, including animals like newborn calves at the Birthing Center, exhibits, competitions, and much more! There will also be nightly concerts from acts such as country stars Jason Michael Carroll and Luke Bryan, rock group Plain White T's, and Motown legend Percy Sledge! Concerts are free with fair admission.

Fallfest draws over 40,000 people to historic downtown Westminster. Families enjoy midway and rides, great food, unique shopping, and heart-stopping entertainment. The event begins with a parade, followed by four days of non-stop fun.

Celebration of the literary arts; local bookstores, publishers, storytellers, author signings, crafts, refreshments and entertainment.

Join the more than 17,000 revelers who have participated in the most fun beer spectacle this side of Munich. Enjoy the best international beers and wines while singing along to lots of oompah bands and indulge in great German food.

Five acre Corn Maze, Apple Sling Shot, and Hayrides to the pumpkin patch. Apple cider, crafts and food. Apple Butter making Saturdays only.

Open everyday for apple sales and tours. Sunday hours Noon - 5 p.m.

Pumpkin patch, hayrides, giant slides, 14-acre corn maze, moonlight maze, jumping pillow, country bakery and farm animals.

Local wineries, microbrews, cheeses from around the world, breads; art & crafts, children's area and live jazz.