January
(Through April) Meherrin River Arts Council Season.
Featuring nationally known artists monthly. Emporia.
(434) 634-6001.
(Through
May) Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts Season.
Featuring nationally known artists. Suffolk. (757)
923-0003.
April
(First
weekend) Civil War Weekend.
Riddick’s Folly House Museum. Suffolk. (757)
934-1390.
(First
Weekend) 143rd Anniversary of The Battle of Cold Harbor.
Smithfield. (757) 357-5182. www.coldharbor2007.homestead.com
(1st Saturday)
Cherry Blossom Festival.
Miles B. Carpenter Museum Complex. Waverly. (804)
834-3327 or (804) 834-2151.
(2nd Saturday) Patriot's Day. Smithfield. www.patriotday.org
(757) 357-5182.
(2nd Saturday)
Portsmouth Invitational Tournament
See the country's best college basketball players
take a shot at going pro. 757-393-5327. www.portsmouthinvitational.com.
(3rd Wednesday)
Annual Inter-Community Shad Planking.
Ruritan Club, Wakefield. 800-526-3036. www.wakefield.ruritan.org.
(3rd Saturday)
Down Home Day.
Southampton Agriculture & Forestry Museum, Courtland.
(757) 653-9554 or (757) 653-9028.
May
(2nd Saturday)
Annual Folk Art Festival.
Miles B. Carpenter Museum Complex. Waverly. (804)
834-3327 or (804) 834-2151.
(Mother’s
Day Weekend) Gosport Arts Festival.
Portsmouth. (757) 622-4262. www.gosportartsfestival.com
June
(1st Weekend)
Sankofa African-American Festival.
Suffolk. (757) 923-3880 or 866-SEE-SUFK toll free.
www.Suffolk-Fun.com
(1st
Weekend through September) Suffolk Farmers’
Market.
Downtown Suffolk. (757) 923-3880 or 866-SEE-SUFK toll
free. www.Suffolk-Fun.com
(2nd Wednesday)
Annual Virginia Pork Festival.
Emporia. (800) 4-VA-PORK. www.vaporkfestival.com
(2nd Weekend)
Chippokes Steam & Gas Engine Show.
Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry. (804) 786-7950.
(2nd Weekend) Equestrian Weekend. Smithfield. (757)
357-5182.
July
TodiMusicFest.
Portsmouth. (757) 397-8651. www.todimusicfest.com
(1st Weekend)
Olden Days.
Smithfield. (757)357-5182
(3rd Weekend)
Pork, Peanut & Pine Festival.
Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry. (757) 294-3625.
(4th
Weekend) - Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Pow Wow &
Gathering. Southampton County Fair Grounds, Courtland.
www.cheroenhaka-nottoway.org
(757) 562-7760 or (757) 654-9301.
August
(1st Weekend)
Umoja Festival.
Portsmouth. (757) 393-8481. www.umojafest.org.
(2nd Wednesday
-Saturday) - Franklin-Southampton County Fair. Courtland.
(757) 562-3765.
(3rd Weekend)
African-American Heritage Festival.
Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry (757) 294-3625.
(3rd Weekend)
Nansemond Indian Tribal Pow Wow.
Lone Star Lakes Park, Suffolk. (757) 923-2360. 866-SEE-SUFK
toll free.
(4th Weekend)
Seawall Art Show.
(757) 393-8983. www.seawallartshow.org.
September
Annual
Great Peanut Bicycle Tour & Rides.
Emporia. (800) 449-BIKE.
(2nd
Weekend) Isle of Wight County Fair. Smithfield. (757)357-5182.
www.co.isle-of-wight.va.us/park_rec/fair.html
(3rd Thursday-Sunday)
Virginia Peanut Festival.
Emporia. (434) 634-9441.
(3rd Saturday)
Heritage Day.
Southampton Agriculture & Forestry Museum, Courtland.
(757) 653-9554 or (757) 653-9028
October
(1st weekend)
Franklin Fall Festival.
Downtown Franklin. (757) 562-6900.
(2nd Thursday
– Sunday) Suffolk's Annual Peanut Fest. Suffolk
Executive Airport, Suffolk. (757) 539-6751.
866-SEE-SUFK toll free. www.suffolkfestival.org
(Second
Saturday) Town and Country Day.
Smithfield. (757)357-5182
(2nd Sunday)
Swamp Roar Motorcycle Rally.
Suffolk Executive Airport, Suffolk.
(757) 923-3880 or 866-SEE-SUFK toll free. www.Suffolk-Fun.com
(3rd Saturday)
Harvest & Halloween Festival.
Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry. (757) 294-3439.
(Friday
before Halloween) Olde Towne Ghostwalk. Portsmouth.
(757) 393-2346. http://www.otcl.org
(4th Weekend)
Plantation Christmas Crafts Festival. Chippokes Plantation
State Park, Surry. (757) 294-3625.
(Last
weekend) Annual Driver Days Fall Festival. Suffolk.
(757) 538-3820. www.drivervillage.com
November
(1st Saturday)
Peanut Harvest Time.
Miles B. Carpenter Museum Complex. Waverly. (804)
834-3327 or (804) 834-2151.
(2nd Weekend)
- Holiday Open House. Peanut Patch Gift Shop, Courtland.
(866) 732-6883.
Olde Towne
Arts and Antiques Open House.
Portsmouth. (757) 405-3500. www.otba.biz.
December
(Throughout month) Winter Wonderland in Olde Towne:
The Coleman Collection. Courthouse Galleries Museum.
Portsmouth. (757) 393-8543. www.courthousegalleries.com.
(Throughout month) Christmas in Smithfield. Smithfield.
(757) 357-5182.
(1st Saturday)
Southern Heritage Deer Hunt.
Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry. (757) 294-3625.
(1st Weekend)
Annual Historical Society Candlelight Tour
Suffolk. (757) 923-4750.
(1st Saturday)
Annual Holiday Parade through Downtown Suffolk. Suffolk.
(757) 923-3880 or 866-SEE-SUFK.
(2nd &
3rd Weekends) Christmas Open House. Chippokes Plantation
State Park, Surry. (757) 294-3625.
Olde Towne
Holiday Music Festival. Portsmouth. (757) 393-5111.
Historic
Holiday Trolley Tours.
Portsmouth. (757) 393-5111.
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