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Join us for Unhappy Hour at the Poe Museum! With a "Cask of Amontillado" theme setting the mood for revenge and suspense you can enjoy music in the Enchanted Garden. We will also have an Amontillado tasting and a fun "free Fortunato" game for the young and not as young alike!

Location: Richmond (Central Virginia)

Enjoy delicious all-you-can-eat steamed clams, oyster fritters, fried fish, single-fried oysters, sweet potato fries, boardwalk fries, and much more under the swaying pines at Tom's Cove Campground on Chincoteague Island. Entertainment included.

Location: Chincoteague (Eastern Shore)

The Richmond Folk Festival will feature more than 30 performing groups on seven live music stages with continuous music and dance performances, along with a Virginia Folk life demonstration area, children’s activities, a folk arts marketplace, regional and ethic foods and more. The FREE three-day festival is expected to be one of the largest events in Virginia, drawing visitors from across the country

Location: Richmond (Central Virginia)

Beach Music Weekend blends the best of the oldies with dancing under the stars in a jam-packed blast to the past! Settle into the sand as Beach Music Bands from the East Coast descend on Virginia Beach in a nostalgic salute to the good old days of cool cars and hot tunes.

Location: Virginia Beach (Tidewater and Hampton Roads)

Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival is a celebration of bluegrass music held at the homeplace of bluegrass legend and Grand Ole Opry honoree Dr. Ralph Stanley. See Ralph and his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys; perform old-time country and bluegrass favorites and enjoy the performances of other world-renowned Bluegrass and country music entertainers.

Location: Coeburn (Heart of Appalachia)

Join us this year for Northern Virginia's fastest growing wine festival – Great Grapes!
See Virginia Wine Country - right in your own backyard. Take your sample glass and enjoy samples from all your favorite wineries. The Show features about 60 different artists and crafters. Enjoy cooking and wine pairing and experience over 200 Wines and 20 Virginia Wineries.

Location: Reston (Northern Virginia)

Come and enjoy wine tastings from 18 of the best of Virginia wineries. Over 100 artisans and crafters from all over the east coast display fine handmade jewelry, candles, pottery, art, wood and iron works. If you are hungry, there will be a variety of regional foods, including the best BBQ in the Shenandoah Valley, or you may wish to step inside to one of our many restaurants

Location: Front Royal (Shenandoah Valley)

Join the Celebration of America’s first permanent English Colony at Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement. Relive the 1607 founding of Jamestown through Maritime demonstrations, military drills, archaeology and programs on English and Powhatan Indian contact and exploration.

Location: Williamsburg (Tidewater and Hampton Roads)

Celebrating 42 years of music, the Hampton Jazz Festival attracts the nation's top blues, soul, pop and jazz performers. Music lovers from across the country make an annual pilgrimage for this talent-filled weekend that has become as much a social ritual as a weekend of entertainment.

Location: Hampton (Tidewater and Hampton Roads)

Every year on the Fourth of July, people from many different countries come to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, to become United States citizens. No other home in the United States more accurately reflects the personality of its owner than Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece and beloved mountaintop home. Guided tours of the house are offered daily throughout the year; outdoor gardens and plantation tours are offered daily April-October.

Location: Charlottesville (Central Virginia)