Join us for Richard’s Fruit Market’s first ever Tomato Festival!
Come enjoy a day at the farm with live music, great farm food, barrel train rides, pick-your-own flowers, wine and craft beer tasting, and of course, lots of tomatoes!
Peak Leaf Music and Brewers Festival
Join us on Saturday, October 19th, 2019 for a day of live music, local brews, local merchants, and local food trucks; all for a great cause.
This one-day event featuring LIVE music by Folk Soul Revival (Bristol, VA), The Dirty Grass Players (Baltimore, MD), The Plate Scrapers (Hagerstown, MD), The Fly Birds (Winchester, VA), and Justin Garber (Longmont, CO), will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Frederick County school system for student meals.
Artists, merchants, and food trucks will be on site for a full day of celebrating everything LOCAL!
The festival is located at the corner of State Route 634 (Cougill Rd) and Route 11 (Valley Pike) on the north side of Middletown, VA. Day parking opens at 10:30 AM.
The festival field will open at 11:00 AM, with live music from 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
With the purchase of your ticket, you will receive a Peak Leaf tasting glass to sample beers from 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM. After 3:00 PM, beers are available for purchase.
Early Bird Tickets are $35
Children under 12 are FREE!
Tickets can be purchased through the Peak Leaf Music & Brewers Festival website at
peakleafmusicandbrewersfestival.com
West Oaks Fall Festival
Come celebrate fall at the best festival of the year, the Fall Festival!
There will be all kinds of activities like the Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, Hayrides, Apple Cannon, Bounce House, Face Painting, and more.
Live Music out in the courtyard featuring TRAINWRECK from 1-5pm. If you saw them at our August Festival, you know you won’t want to miss out! It is sure to be a great time!
So much fun for the entire family!
Wine/Beer/Hard Cider samples and sales will be available in the Market Cafe Bar.
FUNNEL CAKES / FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE / PORK RINDS / KETTLE KORN / HAND-ROLLED ICE CREAM
Free admission into the festival, everything inside is sold individually.
Winchester Arts & Music Festival
Interested in healing through art, music and movies? Positive artistic experiences? Good quality time?
Join us for the 2019 Winchester Arts & Music Festival. The festival will include art exhibitions, musical performances, seminars, and more.
Admission is FREE.
It will take place over several venues:
Fellowship of the Sip (33 South Loudoun Street, Winchester VA 22601)
Handley Regional Library – Robinson Auditorium and Benham Gallery (100 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester VA 22601)
Godfrey Miller Fellowship Center – Woltz Pavilion (28 South Loudoun Street, Winchester VA 22601)
Grace Lutheran Evangelical Church (26 West Boscawen Street, Winchester VA 22601)
For more details, download the festival brochure here.
Watermelon Park Fest
The 16th annual Watermelon Park Fest celebrates 75 years of music at the Park featuring Grammy award winners Sam Bush, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Travelin’ McCoury’s and many more.
The sixteenth annual Watermelon Park Fest will take place September 19 through 22, 2019 at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA. The weekend will include performances by Grammy award winners Sam Bush, the Infamous Stringdusters and the Traveling McCourys, as well as The Tim O’Brien Band, Sierra Hull, The Dead South, Larry Keel, local favorites Furnace Mountain, the Woodshedders and many many more. A full listing of bands can be found on the web at www.watermelonparkfest.com/bands.
Located on the banks of the Shenandoah River, Watermelon Park has been the home of Shepherd’s Ford Productions events for sixteen years, with the inaugural Watermelon Park Fest in 2004. In addition to the performances, the festival also offers a variety of workshops, as well as activities for children. Festival goers may also enter one of three contests: the Eastman Mandolin Pickin’ Contest, the Fairbuilt Guitar Pickin’ Contest, or the $1000 Band Contest.
Tickets from $70- $160 and can be purchased at www.watermelonparkfest.com/tickets. or at the event. More information on the event, including a schedule for the weekend, can be found at www.watermelonparkfest.com or by calling 540-955-1621.
Frederick County Fair
6 days of fun! The Frederick County Fair has carnival rides, food, a demolition derby, monster trucks, go-kart racing, a truck and tractor pull, pageants, livestock show, petting zoo, live music, and so much more!
DAILY ADMISSIONS (Free Parking)
Fair Monday: NO ADMISSION FEE!
Fair Tuesday through Fair Saturday:
Adults (12 and older) – $7.00 Ages 6 to 11 – $3.00 5 & Under – Free
$20.00 weekly – Adult $10.00 weekly – Children
Weekly tickets available at Main Gate all week.
Ride All Night Every Night for One Price – $20.00 each night
***NO REFUNDS – NO RAIN CHECKS – NO EXCEPTIONS***
Sweet Corn Festival
Come on out for the Sweet Corn Festival Saturday, July 27th!
We will be open at 6am for breakfast then the festival begins at 9!
Sneak peak early admission for this year’s Corn Maze!
Live Music 11am – 5pm in the Courtyard
11am: Chris and Whitney Gray
2pm: Jeff Fuss
Once again offering Hylton Clark Bear Garden Mountain BBQ Chicken Dinners!
Hayrides – Bounce House – Apple Canon – Lots of Additional Kids Activities – Kettle Korn – Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
Wine Tastings – Beer Tastings – Street Corn – Lots of Samples inside!
Its going to be a great day filled with Corn!
1455 Literary Festival
The 1455 Summer Literary Festival is a celebration of writers, readers, creativity, and community, over three days in July.
1455’s first Summer Literary Festival will take place on July 18-20 in downtown Winchester. The primary programming will be at the Bright Box Theater located on the historic walking mall, with other events at Winchester Brew Works, the Winchester Book Gallery, and Shenandoah University.
The event includes panel discussions, poetry reading, opportunities to meet authors, and network with writers.
1455 is a nonprofit organization seeking to advance the appreciation of and passion for the literary arts through programs that support expression, education, and the sharing of writing and literature.
Fourth of July Celebration and Parade
Middletown’s annual 4th of July Celebration is a hometown, community event that promotes our small town and family atmosphere. All events will be held in the Middletown Community Park, located at the intersection of Senseney Avenue and Second Street.
Food vendors, crafters, kid’s games, rides on the Virginia Giant, softball tournament, cornhole tournament, and of course, live music!
Schedule of Events
8:00 AM: Softball Tournament
10:00AM: Cornhole Tournament
12:00 AM- 8:00 PM: Crafter Fair
10:00AM-8:00 PM: Food Trucks Open
11:00 AM-12:30: Allen Boyd performing classic country
1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Robbie Limon performing your greatest hits
5:00 PM: The area’s ONLY July 4th parade! Featuring Washington Redskins players, tractors, antiques, motorcycles etc
6:15 PM- dusk: The Reflex performing 80’s music
Dusk: FIREWORKS!
In the event of inclement weather, the fireworks will be rescheduled.
New Orleans Festival
With authentic New Orleans cuisine like alligator on a stick from Sweet NOLA’s and live New Orleans music, we’re bringing the French Quarter to Winchester!
Veramar Vineyard and Bogati Winery will be pouring wine at this event as well!
Your ticket includes Mardi Gras beads and a souvenir JCW wine glass!
Plus, glasses of Frosé are only $5 all day!
“Laissez les bon temps rouler” (pronounced “Lay-say le bon tom roo-lay”) means “let the good times roll” and that is what we are going to do!
This event will go on rain or shine. No picnics or dogs allowed at this event.
Due to the popularity of this event, lawn chairs are recommended.
Adult tickets in advance are $15
Adults who did not buy a ticket in advance will pay $20 at the gate, both members and non-members
Children under 10 years old are free and do not need a ticket.