Have you procrastinated making 4th of July plans? Are you frantically texting your friends to figure out what to do? Do you want an excuse to flake on your existing plans? No matter what your reason is, if you’re looking for something to do tomorrow, or over the long weekend, we’ve got you covered.
(Also, while we remain intrigued by BryceFest, stargazing in Bentonville also sounds nice, so why not do both?).
36th Annual Independence Day Festival – July 3 at 5 PM – 700 Tanyard Road, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Freedom Food Festival– July 3 at 5 PM – Main Street, Lexington, VA 24450
Damascus VA Independence Day Celebration – July 3 at 6 PM – 202 S. Beaver Dam Avenue Town Park Damascus, VA 24236
Rocketts Red Glare 2019 – July 3-4 – 4708 E. Old Main Street, Richmond, VA 23231
Stars and Stripes Explosion – July 4 – 17th, 24th and 31st Streets, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Independence Day Celebration at Great Meadow – July 4 – 5089 Old Tavern Road, The Plains, VA 20198
Independence Day Celebration at Poplar Forest – July 4 – 1542 Bateman Bridge Road Forest, VA 24551
Yorktown Independence Day Celebration – July 4 from 8 AM to 10 PM – 331 Water Street, Yorktown, VA 23690
An American Celebration at Mt. Vernon – July 4 from 8 AM to 5 PM – 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Liberty Celebration – July 4 from 9 AM to 5 PM – 200 Water Street Yorktown, VA 23690
Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello – July 4 from 9 AM to 12 PM – 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902
Lees and Independence Family Fun Festival – July 4 from 9:30 AM to 5 PM – 483 Great House Road Stratford, VA 22558
Independence Day Celebration at the Historic Crab Orchard Museum – July 4 from 10:30 AM to 4 PM – 3663 Crab Orchard Road Tazewell, VA 24651
Celebrate America! At Historic Downtown Manassas – July 4 from 3 PM to 10 PM – 9431 West Street, Manassas, VA 20110
Balloons Over Rockbridge Festival – July 5-6 at 2 PM – Virginia Horse Center Oak Hill Property 487 Maury River Road Lexington, VA 24450
BryceFest – July 6 at 12 PM – 1982 Fairway Drive Basye, VA 22810
25th Annual Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe “Green Corn Dance” Powwow – July 6 at 10 AM – 27345 Aquia Path Courtland, VA 23837
Shenandoah Astronomical Society (Stargazing) – July 6 at 8 PM – 350 Daughter of the Stars Drive, Bentonville, VA 22610
Roanoke LGBTQ History Walking Tour – July 7 at 2 PM – 32 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA 24011
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