Ongoing Events- Year-Round
-- Picnic Specials at Gray Ghost
Recreation: Gray Ghost offers picnic specials year-round! A block of cheese and basket of crackers for $6 (serves 2-3 people). Enjoy a bottle or glass of wine and relax in the gazebo and garden or the gorgeous Mosby Lounge. We look forward to your next visit! Guest are always welcome to bring their own picnic, as well. Gray Ghost Vineyard, 14706 Lee Hwy, Amissville
Fee: VariesTime: Fri-Sun & Mon Fed Holidays 11a.m. - 5p.m./Jan-Feb Open Sat-Sun & Mon Fed Hol Phone Number: (540) 937.4869 - Wine Tours held Daily
-- Arcady Vineyard Wine Tasting & Brewery Tours
Wine Education: Join Arcady Vineyard LLC for a custom wine tour of the Charlottesville Wine Country for one all-inclusive price! Rates include: owner/guide, pickup, bottled water and sodas, transportation, tasting fees, cheese platter.
Fee: $115 Mon-Fri/$125 Sat-SunTime: Call for information Phone Number: (434) 872.9475 - Wine Getaway Two Night Package
-- Wine Dinner Getaway
Reception: Two evenings of choice at the Inn at Monticello , gourmet breakfasts and afternoon wine and refreshments. Bottle of wine and two glasses. Dinner at upscale local restaurant, includes any menu item tax and tip, map and guide to area wineries, 1188 Scottsville Road, Charlottesville
Fee: $556 - $589Time: Choose any two evenings at the Inn Phone Number: (877) RELAXVA - Saturdays, April 4 - November 21
-- Staunton/Augusta Farmers' Market
Market: "Home-grown and home-made from local producers". At the Market dock (on the south end) of the Augusta County Government Center on Rt. 11 in Verona
Fee: FreeTime: 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 448.1937 - Every Sunday May 4 - October 26
-- Cascades Farmers Market
Market: Come enjoy local produce and goods at this open-air farmers market every Sunday at The Senior Center, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling
Fee: FreeTime: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Phone Number: (703) 777.0426 - Sunday Afternoons June 7 - October 25
-- Sunday Sounds at Chateau Morrisette
Live Music: What Recession? Bring the family on Sunday afternoons for live music in the courtyard. Featuring local and regional musicians and entertainers. Grilled foods, soft drinks and wine available for purchase beginning at noon or bring your own picnic. Bring seating. We are located in a spectacular mountain setting in Floyd County off the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway between mileposts 171 and 172.
Fee: FreeTime: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 593.2865 - Thursdays
-- Terra Cotta Weekly Wine Tastings
Wine Education: Each Thursday, we'll have a few bottles of wine open for you to taste. We'll also offer cheeses and even advice on pairing the wines with food items. Each week we will focus on a particular area of the world, or on a particular grape variety, or even on wines from a particular distributor. Terra Cotta, 3113 Valley Avenue, Winchester
Fee: $5 Applied Toward Any PurchaseTime: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 723.8800 - Every Thursday
-- Peninsula Fine Arts Center - Arts Cafe
Exhibition, Reception: The public is invited to the Peninsula Fine Arts Center for an evening of chardonnay, coffee and conversation in the Arts Cafe, 101 Museum Drive, Newport News
Fee: PFAC Members Free/Non-members $3Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Phone Number: (757) 596.8175 - Third Friday of the Month
-- Firelight Fridays at Barren Ridge Vineyards
Celebration, Live Music: Please join us in the beautiful Audrey Blackford Room for an evening of wine, music, and dancing. Featuring different entertainment each month and catering by South River Grill. Pre-ordered meals are available via our website. We hope to see you there! 984 Barren Ridge Road, Fishersville
Fee: $10 includes glassTime: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 248.3300 - Every Friday Night
-- Wine Tasting
Wine Education: Join us for a wine class and tasting. We will taste grape by grape and country by country. You will know what you like and why you like it by the end! The Wine Cellar, 2017 Walmart Drive, Midlothian.
Fee: FreeTime: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Phone Number: (804) 378.0165 - Fridays & Saturdays
-- Weekly Tastings at D'Vine Wines
Wine Education: Sample different wines from around the world. 25 West Jubal Early Drive, Winchester
Fee: FreeTime: Fri. 5 p.m. - 7 p.m./Sat. 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 662.WINE - Every Friday Night June 5-August 28
-- Friday Night Rendezvous
Wine Education: Celebrate TGIF with extended evening hours at Veramar. Be sure to try our famous Wine-A-Rita. Get a free glass of Wine-A-Rita when you bring in your Veramar glass and a friend. Light fare available for purchase. 905 Quarry Road, Berryville
Fee: FreeTime: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 955.5510 - Every Friday July 31 - October 30
-- Meet the Winemaker
Wine Education: Meet the wine, cider or meadmaker and learn more about the craft and art of making wine, cider and mead. The Tasting Room is located in The Station on South Locust Street in Floyd across from The Floyd Country Store.
Fee: $5Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Phone Number: (276) 398.2337 - Every Third Friday Night, June 19-September 18
-- Friday Nights Live! at Chateau Morrisette
Live Music: Every Third Friday, we'll feature local musicians playing rock & roll and alternative music. Our grill will be open selling food, wine and beer. Bring your own seating! Rain or shine. Blue Ridge Parkway between mileposts 171 and 172, Floyd
Fee: $8 per personTime: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 593.2865 - Saturdays, May 9 - October 31
-- Reston Farmers Market
Market: Every Saturday local farmers and producers set up shop at the Lake Anne Village Center in Reston for the weekly farmers market.
Fee: FreeTime: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Phone Number: (703) 642.0128 - Saturdays, May 2 - October 31
-- Danville Community Market
Market: The Danville Community Market offers an opportunity to explore the local produce and goods every Saturday. Come browse in our open air market! The Crossing, 629 Craghead Street, Danville
Fee: FreeTime: 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Phone Number: (434) 797.8961 - Saturdays, May 2 - October 31
-- Radford Farmers Market
Market: Want to experience the wonders of local produce and goods? Come to the Radford Farmers Market every Saturday. Norwood Square, East Main Street, Downtown Radford
Fee: FreeTime: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 731.3656 - Saturday & Sunday
-- Premier Tasting Experience at Tarara
Wine & Food Education: Intimate, hour-long tastings of seven premium Tarara wines, complete with select food pairings. Purchase tickets online or call for information. Walk-ins welcome on a first come, first served basis. 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg
Fee: $20Time: 12:30 p.m./2 p.m./3:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. Phone Number: (703) 771.7100 x251 - Saturdays, May 2 - October 31
-- Leesburg Farmers Market
Market: Every Saturday, come taste the delights of fresh produce and original local products. Every Saturday in the Parking Lot of the Virginia Village Shopping Center, Leesburg
Fee: FreeTime: 8 a.m. - Noon Phone Number: (540) 454.8089 - Saturdays, May 2 - October 31
-- Middleburg Farmers Market
Market: Every Saturday stop by to taste some delights from local farmers and producers. Between 200-408 Stonewall Avenue (behind the Community Center), Middleburg
Fee: FreeTime: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Phone Number: (703) 777.0426 - TBA
-- Caribbean Beach Party
Celebration: Held on the grounds of Lake Anna Winery. Join Lake Anna, James River, Cooper and Grayhaven wineries for an evening of great wine, exceptional food and live Caribbean music. Wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt and dance under the stars. Taste wines from all four wineries and kick back with a glass of your favorite. Savor delectable Caribbean foods. 5621 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania
Fee: $12 Advance/$15 At the DoorTime: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 895.5085 - TBA
-- Annual Summer Cabernet Tasting
Wine Education: A vertical tasting of the last seven vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon. Including the recently bottled 2007 vintage. Special pricing on all Cabernet Sauvignon. NOT a library tasting, each available for purchase. Burnley Vineyards, 4500 Winery Lane, Barboursville
Fee: $10 includes glassTime: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 832.2828 - TBA
-- Blackberry Harvest Festival
Festival: Vast fields of blackberries. Pick your own fresh berries or simply savor them in our specialty desserts and 'True to the Fruit' blackberry wines. Family festivities include picnic foods, crafts, live music, and other activities. Fee includes logo glass and entertainment. Additional charges apply for blackberries; standard per quart price applies. Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery, 2800 Berry Hill Road, Nellysford
Fee: $10/Children freeTime: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (434) 361.1266 - TBA
-- A "Peachy" Open House at Peaks of Otter Winery
Celebration: Sample peaches, nectarines and apples that we make into wine. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy our pavilion. Purchase a bottle of wine and enjoy it while walking out through the orchards and vineyard. Families will enjoy our farm animals. 2122 Sheep Creek Road, Bedford
Fee: FreeTime: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 586.3707 - TBA
-- Dog Days Peach and Sunflower Festival
Festival: Bring the whole family and rover for a romp in the sunflower and berry fields and then cool off in our misting tunnel. Enjoy hayrides, cow train rides ($2 each), play areas, mazes, u-pick peaches at the peak of perfection, homemade peach treats, live music and much more! Great Country Farms, 18780 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont
Fee: $8 per person/Under 2 freeTime: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 554.2073 - TBA
-- Virginia Peach Festival Week
Festival: The Virginia Peach Festival began in 1988 to recognize and promote the agriculture of Patrick County. We will celebrate an entire week of Peach Festival events during the week throughout the county that include: music concerts, Peach Pageant, Street fair, orchard tours, crafters and food vendors, and much more! Various Venues, Stuart
Fee: $12 Advance/$5 Ages 12 & Under/Family Package $30Time: 3 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Phone Number: (276) 694.6012 - TBA
-- Virginia Highlands Festival
Festival: The Virginia Highlands Festival is one of the top 100 tourist events in North America offering plenty of entertainment, an enormous antiques market, juried art and photography competitions, and a juried arts and crafts show, as well as nationally-known writers, lecturers, music and much more. Historic Abingdon
Fee: FreeTime: Varies Phone Number: (888) 489.4230 - TBA
-- Live Art Auction at Cooper Vineyards
Live Auction, Benefit: Taste award-winning Cooper Vineyard wines as you preview art from 1pm-3pm, followed by a live auction from 3pm-5pm. A wide variety of artwork will be presented. Benefit for Goochland Relay for Life/American Cancer Society. 13372 Shannon Hill Road, Louisa
Fee: $5 Tasting FeeTime: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 894.5253 - TBA
-- Black Dog Wine & Jazz Festival
Festival, Live Music: Ms. Melva Houston and Le Hotclub De Biglick. We'll have all your favorite artists, crafters and vendors on site for shopping around, and plenty of great food for snacks and meals. Children and young adults accompanied by an adult are admitted at no charge! Picnics, coolers or outside food & beverages are not allowed. We are located in a spectacular mountain setting in Floyd County off the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway between mileposts 171 and 172.
Fee: $15/Advance $20/GateTime: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 593.2865 - TBA
-- Carytown Watermelon Festival
Festival: Join us for the 26th year of the Watermelon Festival focusing on family, fun, being seen and the mile of style, known as Carytown. Carytown boasts over 300 shops, restaurants, boutiques and specialty stores for an amazing shopping experience. 3126 West Cary Street, Richmond
Fee: FreeTime: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Phone Number: (804) 422.CARY - TBA
-- Down Home Family Reunion
Festival, Family Fun: Join us for the 19th Annual The Down Home Family Reunion. Celebrate African-American life with world music and dance, children's events, a craft market and food. Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward, Brook Road & West Clay Street, Richmond
Fee: FreeTime: 7 p.m. Fri/4 p.m. Sat Phone Number: (804) 644.3900 - TBA
-- Albemarle County Fair
Fair: We have lots of new and exciting contests, beauty pageants, bake-offs, and shows for you this year. Great amusement rides will be provided by Rosedale Attractions. Great musical entertainment, livestock and agricultural education, equine tent, and the best food ever! Albemarle County Fairgrounds, Rt 692, Plank Road, North Garden
Fee: $7 Adults/$6 Seniors/$3 Ages 6-12/Under 6 freeTime: Tues-Fri 4pm-11pm/Sat 10am-11pm/Sun 1pm-6pm- Phone Number: (434) 293.6396 - TBA
-- Lake Anna Winery Country/Bluegrass Jamboree
Celebration, Live Music: Enjoy backyard cuisine (Pig Roast and comfort food), foot stomping, knee slapping entertainment, souvenir wine glass, tours, and tasting. Reservations required. 5621 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania
Fee: $30Time: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 895.5085 - TBA
-- Blues and BBQ at Lake Anna Winery
Benefit, Live Music: Join us for some cool blues music with bluerock, hot barbeque from Obrigado’s, wine tasting and souvenir wineglass along with a Silent Auction (including several lake house rentals, artwork, etc.), exciting door prizes, and many other fun activities. Need we say more! All proceeds benefit ACE to support their literacy efforts in Louisa. Reservations for food required. Call for reservations. 5621 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania
Fee: $30Time: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 895.5085 - TBA
-- Bedford County Family Farm Tour
Family Fun: In celebration of agriculture past and present, this year’s tour will highlight agriculture practices. You will enjoy food samples and informative demonstrations. Lunch and locally processed foods will be available for purchase. You are invited to bring a picnic lunch and camera, but please leave your pets at home. Royal Oak Farm, 2855 Orrix Creek Road, Evington
Fee: FreeTime: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Phone Number: (540) 586.7675 - TBA
-- 7th Annual Harvest Prevue & Perspective
Wine Education: Under a tent in the vineyard, learn the decision making process about when to harvest. In depth discussion of growing quality grapes in Virginia. This is the time for technical information to be discussed and for serious questions to be answered. Vineyard discussion takes place at 2p.m.-3p.m. Enjoy wine tasting before and after the discussion. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy a day in the country. Reservations suggested. Rain or shine. Autumn Hill Vineyards, 301 River Drive, Standardsville
Fee: $7/Wine Club Members FreeTime: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (434) 985.6100 - TBA
-- Bloxom Fest 2009
Festival: Live music by Slick and Sassy, pork & beef BBQ, grape stomp and local artists. Must be 21 or over to purchase wine. Bring a chair. Due to overwhelming turnout, we have limited seating capacity. 26130 Mason Road, Bloxom
Fee: $5 Entrance FeeTime: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Gates open at 4 p.m.) Phone Number: (757) 665.5670 - TBA
-- Sugarleaf's 2nd Anniversary Soiree
Celebration: Come visit Sugarleaf Vineyards as we celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of the release of our first vintage and the opening of the tasting room. Enjoy wine, gourmet cheeses, salads and sandwiches. Walk thru the vineyard and winery with the proprietors and the winemaker. Gourmet lunch available for $12, inclusive of tax and a complimentary bottle of water. Sugarleaf Vineyards, 3613 Walnut Branch Lane, North Garden
Fee: $6 Tasting FeeTime: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Phone Number: (434) 984.4272 - TBA
-- 60th Annual Prince William County Fair
Fair: The largest county fair in Virginia with livestock exhibits, Civil War encampment, a variety of midway shows, truck and tractor pull, rodeo, demolition derbies, pet shows, live music, games and carnival rides. Prince William County Fairgrounds, 10624 Dumfries Road, Manassas
Fee: VariesTime: Varies Phone Number: (703) 368.0173 - TBA
-- Loudoun County Fair
Fair: Enjoy a fun-filled week of animal exhibits, carnival rides and shows, as well as agricultural and home economics displays, with a Demolition Derby, Professional Wrestling, music, rodeo, circus thrill show, kids activities and plenty of food and beverages. Loudoun County, 17558 Dry Mill Road, Leesburg
Fee: VariesTime: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Phone Number: (703) 777.5936
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