Cedar Creek Battlefield Museum Grand Opening

Please join us at the Grand Opening of our new museum! Come and see artifacts from the Shenandoah Valley as well as the Battle of Cedar Creek.

General Sheridan and General Early will be there to help us celebrate this important accomplishment. We will also have other famous individuals from the Civil War in attendance for you to mingle with over light refreshments.

While there – please make sure to have Ashley Sonntag (our Operations Manager and Museum Curator) show you the upgraded Sutler space, gift shop and the Heater House vision wall.
Please RSVP so we have a a good headcount of attendees.

(540) 869-2064

Gardens at Night: The Return

Celebrate the music of the fab four with nationally touring Beatles tribute band The Return. Food, beer, hard cider, and wine will be available for purchase. Bring a chair, gates open at 5:30 p.m. Food and drink stations open at 6 p.m.; galleries/gardens open at 6 p.m.; the music begins at 7 p.m. Presale tickets only.

All attendees, including children, must have a ticket. MSV members, active military & individual retired veterans: $5 per person; ages 12 & under $1; all others: $15 per person (includes gallery & Nature Connects admission). MSV member tickets are only $5, so join the MSV today!

Purchase tickets online or call 540-662-1473, ext. 240. Rain or shine; no refunds.

Important information about the August 11 concert:

Gates, galleries, gardens and food/drink stations open at 5:30 p.m. (the MSV site will close at 4 p.m. on Friday, including entrances to The Trails at the MSV). The music goes from 7–9 p.m.
There are two entrances to the site for Gardens at Night (see the event map). Vehicles should enter via the Amherst St. entrance closest to James Wood Middle School; the eastern Amherst St. entrance will be limited to pedestrians. The Trails will be closed and will not serve as pedestrian entrances/exits for the concert.
For fastest entry, please bring printed versions of your tickets or have your tickets ready to be scanned on a mobile device. Please do not plan to drop tickets off at the entrance for pickup by others; distribute them ahead of time or arrive together.
Parking is first come, first served. Due to a Trails construction project underway at the MSV, parking will be limited. Once parking areas fill, attendees will need to park off site and use the pedestrian entrance.
Bring a chair or blanket.
The concert is rain/shine; dress for the weather (no canopy tents/beach umbrellas).
No outside food/drink.
Food/wine/beer/hard cider stations open at 5:30 p.m. Food will be available for purchase from Fizzle’s BBQ, Taqueria La Mexicana, The Roaming Bistro, Chick-fil-A, Talk of the Mountain Seafood, Nonni’s Eats & Sweets, and Red Fox Creamery.

Drinks available for purchase include red & white wine ($8 glass; $25 bottle), beer from Winchester Brew Works, and hard cider from Winchester Ciderworks.
The galleries, gardens—including the Nature Connects outdoor exhibition featuring sculptures built with LEGO bricks—and the Museum Store will be open from 5:30–8:30 p.m.

All entrances to The Trails at the MSV will remain closed until 7 a.m. Saturday morning (the only pedestrian entrance to the venue is on Amherst St.)
Ticket questions? Contact visit@theMSV.org or 540-662-1473, ext. 235, before 3 p.m. on Friday.

Antique and Modified Car Show

Celebrate summer and fabulous cars at the annual MSV Antique & Modified Car Show coordinated by the Shenandoah Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America. Bring the family to see an array of cars and vote for your favorite to win the People’s Choice award. Pizza from 3Fires Oven and barbeque from Fizzle’s BBQ food truck will be available for purchase.

Free admission to the car show. Admission fee required for the gardens—including the outdoor exhibition Nature Connects—and the galleries. Sponsored in part by Safford of Winchester.