Grab your Pumpkin Spice Lattes and let’s all go leaf-peeping. Here’s what’s happening this week:
Richmond / Central Virginia
Ascend and Lead: A Women’s Empowerment Forum – October 19 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM – 200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, Virginia 23220
Trans Information and Empowerment Summit 2019 – October 19 from 9 AM to 5 PM – 102 UR Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23226
Richmond Solar and EV Charger Co-op Happy Hour – October 19 from 10 AM to 3:30 PM – 930 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23230
Central Virginia Sanctuary Network Fall Event and Auction – October 20 from 3 PM to 6 PM 3330 Grove Ave, Richmond, Virginia 23221
Scott’s Addition Pumpkin Festival – October 19 from 12 PM to 6 PM – 1119 N. Boulevard Ave.
Northern Virginia / D.C.
Crystal City Crafts Market – October 24 from 4 PM to 8 PM – 1102 S Eads St., Arlington, VA 22202
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival – October 18 from 10 AM to 6 PM – 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Dr, Chantilly, VA 20151
Virginia Wine Festival – October 19 from 11 AM to 6 PM – 44600 Freetown Blvd, Ashburn, VA 20147
Harvest Party – October 19 from 11 AM to 7 PM— 13219 Yates Ford Road, Clifton, VA 20124
Literary Festival – October 19 from 10 AM to 7 PM— 5167 Jeffersonton Road, Jeffersonton, VA 22724
Tidewater
We Deserve: Part II – October 24 from 6:30 PM to 8 PM – 980 Omni Boulevard, Newport News, Virginia 23606
Fredericksburg Fall Home & Craft Festival – October 19 from 10 AM to 6 PM — 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway Fredericksburg, VA
A Century of Women in Archaeology at Jamestown – October 18 from 10 AM to 11 AM – 1368 Colonial Parkway Jamestown, VA 23081
A Toast to History– October 19 from 6 PM to 8 PM – 1304 Caroline St Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Yorktown Victory Celebration – October 19 and October 20 from 9 AM to 5 PM –200 Water Street Yorktown, VA 23690
Shenandoah Valley
Hunt Club Farm’s Fall Harvest Festival – October 20 from 10 AM to 6 PM –2388 London Bridge Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Fall Fun at Hickory Ridge Farm – October 20 and 21 from 9 AM to 7:30 PM – 2928 S Battlefield Boulevard, Chesapeake, VA 23322
Drag Yourself To Brunch – October 27 from 10:30 AM to 4 PM – 620 19th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Bluebird Gap Farm Fall Festival – October 19 and 20 from 10 AM to 5 PM – 60 Pine Chapel Road Hampton, VA 23666
Free Beer Garden Concert Series – October 18 from 6 PM to 9 PM – 401 Second Street Williamsburg, VA 23185
Southside / Southwest
Chessie Trail Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5 K – October 19 from 7 AM — McKethan Park Lexington, VA 24450
Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets – October 18 at 4:30 PM —Letcher Ave to VMI Parade Grounds Lexington, VA 24450
Growler Grab Bay – October 23 from 1 PM to 8 PM—50 Northwind Ln, Lexington, VA 24450
Birthplace of Country Music Museum Monthly Community Jam – October 19 from 2 PM to 5 PM— 101 Country Music Way Bristol, VA 24201
Stafford Fiddle and Banjo Jam – October 14 from 6 PM to 9 PM— 333 West Main Street, Radford, Virginia 24141
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