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Special Events Calendar 2010

July 31 Fish Fry at the Water View Firehouse 6-8p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under and available from auxiliary and fire department members or Big John's Convenience Store at Church view.
  31 Bay Trails Picnic & Paddle Kayak Tour
     
August 01 Bay Trails Up a Creek Kayak Tour
  06 Steptoe's First Friday Walkabout in downtown Kilmarnock 5-7 p.m. Celebrate the laid back Rivah life. www.ticva.com
  07 Bay Trails Marshes and Mansions Kayak Tour
  07 Bay Trails Star Gazing Kayak Tour
  07 Virginia Motor Speedway Weekly Racing
  14 Urbanna Farmer's Market - come and enjoy homegrown and homebaked goodies and more.
  14 Second Saturday at Historic Christ Church 11am-2pm. Family fun with colonial games and crafts. Lemonade and cookies. Church tours and museum exhibitions.
  14 Summer Beach Bash 1-4 p.m. Enjoy the end of summer with a Beach Bash and Luau! Live beach music, Hawaiian leis, tastings, souvenir wine glass and light food included. $20 per person. Reservations recommended www.inglesidevineyards.com
  14 Bay Trails Lighthouse Island Kayak Tour
  14 Virginia Motor Speedway Weekly Racing
  15 Bay Trails Blueberries & Boats Kayak Tour
  21 Music Under the Stars in Urbanna's Taber Park 7-9 pm
  21 Bay Trails Star Gazing Tour
  21 Virginia Motor Speedway TBA
  22 Bay Trails Fossil Find Kayak Tour
  28 Bay Trails Blueberries & Boats Kayak Tour
  28 Virginia Motor Speedway Weekly Racing
  29 Bay Trails Goin' to the Chapel Kayak Tour
     
Sept. 03 Steptoe's First Friday Walkabout in downtown Kilmarnock 5-7 p.m. Celebrate the laid back Rivah life. www.ticva.com
  04 Family Fun Day in Urbanna 3-7p.m. Fun day is for children of all ages. There will be food, beverages, music and entertainment.
  04 Irvington Stop at White Fences Vineyard, Irvington. Celebrate the annual grape harvest in a small town event. Bring a blanket and enjoy music and lots of new activities for the whole family, from skydivers to a maize maze. Food will be available for purchase. wwww.whitefencesvineyard.com
  04 Bay Trails Marshes and Mansions Kayak Tour
  04 Virginia Motor Speedway Weekly Racing
  05 Bay Trails Star Gazing Kayak Tour
  06 Most of the Plantation: Slavery and Labor at Popes Creek 2 p.m. Park Ranger will talk about the 24 men, women and children who worked to establish and make prosperous the land where George Washington was born.
  11 Urbanna Farmer's Market 9am-1p.m. Homegrown produce, baked goods, arts/crafts and much more.
  11 Jazz in the Courtyard at Ingleside Vineyard, 5-9 p.m. Music, tours, tastings and souvenir wine glass are inclued for $15 per person for music & tasting and $35 per person to include dinner. www.inglesidevineyards.com
  11 Bay Trails Picnic & Paddle Kayak Tour
  18 Virginia Motor Speedway USA 100
  24-26 Northern Neck RiverRide. Join the 5th Annual RiverRide! Scenery, rest stops, meals and other activities. For info and to register wwww.riverride.org
  24-25 2nd Annual "Steamboatin'show 7:30-9:00 p.m. Step back in time, a turn of the century show with music. Mr. Gallaher and Mr. Sheen skits, melodrama and old fashioned sing-along www.steamboateramuseum.org
  25-26 Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Wine Festival - Stratford Hall Plantation 11am-5p.m. Live music, food, 9 wineries, tastings plus sales by glass or bottle. Advanced tickets $15 or $20 at the gate. Includes a commemorative wine tasting glass and a free tasting at each wine booth. $10 for designated driver or under 21, $5 for children under 12.
  25 Bay Trails Seashore Secrets Kayak Tour
  26 Bay Trails Lighthouse Island kayak Tour
     
October 01 Archaeology Exhibit, Warsaw, Richmond County Museum. Wed-Sat. 11am-3pm until Dec. 15. www.co.richmond.va.us
  02 "From Harry the Fiddler to Covent Garden:" Music of the Stratford Lees. The Lee years at Stratford Hall spanned a period unmatched in the history of music. The day will close with dinner and a lively musical evening in the Great Hall www.stratfordhall.org
  02 Virginia Motor Speedway 6th Annual Run A Muck Mud Bog
  09 Urbanna Farmer's Market 9am-1pm come and enjoy some great products.
  09 Bay Trails Picnic & Paddle Kayak Tour
  16 Harvest Celebration Festival. Ingleside Vineyards 1-4 pm. Something for everyone, come celebrate the 30th harvest. See winemaking demonstrations, take a tour of Ingleside's vineyards and winery, enjoy artwork, crafts, exhibits and more. wwww.inglesidevineyards.com
  16 Bay Trails Marshes and Mansions Kayak Tour
  22-24 Northern Neck Cultural Landscape Symposium. 3rd symposium in the series will study the region's formal landscapes of the colonial and early national periods, examining closely the gardens and "big house" landscapes that were a necessary complement to colonial plantation seats. www.stratfordhall.org.
  23 Bay Trails Full Moon Kayak Tour
  24 Bay Trails Fall Colors Kayak Tour
  30 Stratford Hall's Historical Haunts. Special ghost tours of the Great House will be offered during the evening event, as well as Halloween crafts and refreshments. wwww.stratfordhall.org
     
November 05-06 Urbanna Oyster Festival. Friday 9am to Midnight, Saturday 9 am to 6p.m. Virginia's official oyster festival. Over 75,000 visitors come to walk around and enjoy music, food, parades, arts and crafts and much more.
  12 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle...and Render your Refuse. 2 p.m. George Washington Birthplace, in recognition of America Recycles Day. Admission to workshop is free.
  13 Fall Barrel Tasting 1-4pm Inglesied Vineyards www.inglesidevineyards.com
  25 Thanksgiving Dinner at Stratford Hall www.stratfordhall.org
     
December 03 Urbanna Christmas Parade 7p.m. Marching bands, Santa Claus and 70 or so homemade floats to bring out the kids in all of us.
  04 Urbanna Holiday Homes Tour 12-4:30 p.m. Admissioin
  06 The Holly & The Ivy, traditional songs, carols and hymns sung a capella. Historic Christ Church 3 p.m.
  07 Boxwood Tree Workshop, create a fresh table top tree that will last the holiday season using fresh apples, cones, berries and dried everlastings. Morning and afternoon workshops at Stratford Hall with lunch option. Class size limited to 15, so sign up early! www.stratfordhall.org
  11 Christmas at Stratford Hall, experience the Lees' Great House as they might have known it during the holiday season. www.stratfordhall.org
  11-13 Ingleside's Holiday Open House 12-5 p.m. Sample award-winning wines and enjoy holiday refreshments while shopping for that perfect gift. www.inglesidevineyards.com
  11-12 Irvington Holiday House Tour 2-5 p.m. Marvelously decorated homes on this walking tour on "The Lane" in Irvington. www.steamboateramuseum.org
  12 Winter Open House at Westmoreland State Park 2-6 pm. Join the community for fun and food at the beautifully renovated Helen and Tayloe Murphy Hall. www.virginiastateparks.gov
  18-19 Ingleside's Holiday Open House 12-5 p.m. Sample award-winning wines and enjoy holiday refreshments while shopping for that perfect gift. www.inglesidevineyards.com
     

 

 

 

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