Winchester Old Town Winter Village

2024 Event Dates: December 6 – Sunday, December 8.

2023 Event details are below. Stay tuned for 2024 information.

WINTER VILLAGE HOURS:
Friday, December 8, 4-8pm
(including a 5-9pm Santa Crawl to benefit Froggy’s Closet)
Santa Crawl info and how to get tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/199021756569484

Saturday, December 9, 11-8pm
(Kinder Village with Santa 12-5, carriage rides 3-6pm, strolling carolers, 11am-2pm and City of Winchester Pipes & Drums, 2-5pm)

Sunday, December 10, 11-4pm
(Kinder Village with Santa 12-4, Jackson Caesar Concert at First Presbyterian, 3pm)

Be transported to a cozy European holiday market this Christmas season in beautiful, historic Old Town Winchester, Virginia! A village of traditional European food and crafts vendors will be at the heart of the Old Town pedestrian mall, and our many shops will be fully decked out for the holidays and offering specials for shoppers young and old.

On Friday, December 8th enjoy a grown-up good time with the Second Annual Santa Crawl in the evening to benefit Froggy’s Closet.

Then on Saturday, December 9th and Sunday, December 10th bring out the whole family to enjoy a tented Santa’s Village area with Santa, elves, crafts, and even an appearance by the Grinch!

Then take a complimentary horse-drawn wagon ride from Shenandoah Carriage Company on Saturday between 3-6pm to enjoy the beautiful Old Town lights and displays.

Horse-drawn wagon rides will be complimentary and first-come first served and handled by the carriage company staff.

There will be live caroling and music, demonstrative vendors, and you can grab a warm serving of gluhwein, a traditional hot mulled spiced red wine, from a participating restaurant and carry it with you as you shop. Several restaurants will also be offering kinderpunch, a warm spiced cider just for kids!

If you know of someone who needs a special message of hope, good wish or prayer, stop by our Wishing Tree area near the Godfrey Miller home and write out a wish for them and place it on the tree.

This will be an open-air market and will be free for everyone to attend!

LODGING PACKAGES

Fairfield Inn Winchester – Winter Village Rate $104 to $114 per night for Saturday and Sunday

Book online via this link at Marriott.com – Input the dates, Click Corp/Promo Code and Enter “W21” – additional discount for multi-night stay.

View the Winchester Winter Village map here: https://tinyurl.com/3ey82e7r

Vendors include:
Apple Valley Woodturners
Stitchery Studio
Happy Henna Guy
J&W Farm
WV Broom Barn
The Cheesecake Cottage
VERSAUX
Polka dot pot
Erica’s Kreation
Posh Fairy Floss
Hello Haberdashery
Tantalizing Timber
Apron Love
My Buddy’s Nuts
Woodchuckers Woodworks
Erika Marie Ceramics
The Ivy Chest
Poverty Ridge Farm
The Quirky Closet
Cedar Creek Blacksmithing
Case’s Chaotic Crochet
Renovating Your Life
River of Mountains Studio
Knead Bread
Pastries on the Porch

A West Oaks Bridal Experience

Join us for “A West Oaks Bridal Experience” on March 27th, 2022. Recently engaged? Come meet the best wedding professionals in the Shenandoah Valley while touring one of the regions top wedding venues.

Sample food, meet vendors, win prizes, and so much more.

The first 100 registered brides will receive a mimosa/drink ticket, Swag bag and extra prize tickets!

Hosted by Magnolia Wedding Collective
Tiers In Heaven LLC
The Valley Bride

West Oaks Fall Festival

The most fun weekend of the year at West Oaks, our annual Fall Harvest Festival! No gate admission!

Join us for a fun day on the farm with tons of fun fall activities for the whole family! Break out your flannels and come to the farm for a fun day in the pumpkin patch, corn maze and more!

Saturday:
Pick-your-Own Apples
Corn Maze (beginners and advanced)
Pumpkin Patch
Hay Wagon rides
Pony Rides
Tractor Bounce House
Mechanical Bull
Alpaca Petting Zoo
Hand-Rolled Icecream
Kettle Corn and Funnel Cakes
BBQ Chicken Dinners
Beer and Wine Tastings
Saturday Live Music:
TBD 11am-2pm
Trainwreck 2pm-5pm

Sunday:
Pick-your-Own Apples
Corn Maze (beginners and advanced)
Pumpkin Patch
Hay Wagon rides
Tractor Bounce House
Hand-Rolled Icecream
Sunday Live Music:
All Grassed Up 1pm-4pm

Bring the whole family Fall fun on the farm! Most kids activities are $5 each or 8 tickets for $25 to share with all the kids!

Japanese Bookbinding Class

Instructor Lana Lambert is a resident book artist and printmaker at the Virginia Center for the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia. She graduated from the Corcoran College of Fine Art in Washington, D.C., where she received a B.A. in Art with a concentration in printmaking. Her areas of expertise also include bookbinding, letterpress, stone lithography, and Japanese woodblock printing.

In this course, students will make a number of Japanese-style blank books that emphasize traditional Nipponese methods of construction while learning the historical uses for these bindings. The class also features a demonstration on the preparation of book cloth, a material far different from its western counterpart. As a bonus, students will receive a lesson in traditional Japanese woodblock printing.

Join us for a workshop that is both comprehensive and enjoyable. This workshop is certain to expand your own handcraft horizon.

August 26 – 27 (Thurs – Fri), $295 + $45 materials
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

schoolforbookbindingarts.com/workshops

Dancing at the Vineyard

Check out Briede Family Vineyards’ Dancing in the Vineyard series at the end of the month. It’s a perfect fun date night out!

Includes one hour of ballroom dance instruction from Social Graces, glass of wine and charcuterie, and social/dance time.

Adult Field Day at James Charles Winery

Join us for our Adults-only Field Day! We’re playing games all day and drinking plenty of wine – who said there weren’t perks with age?
Get your blood pumping with some of our special planned activities like:

Hatchet throwing with Shenandoah Valley Axe Throwing
Corn hole
Tug-a-War
Wine Pong
Bocce Ball
Jumbo Darts
…and many more fun field day activities!
Threesound will be providing the jams all day, so get ready to move and groove! Shrimp Shack and Little Bamboo Food Truck will be onsite so that you’ll never run out of fuel.
Get your teams together and bask in sweet nostalgia with us from 12-5pm on Saturday, September 11th. We’ll see you on the field!

Tickets are $10.
Purchase tickets: https://jamescharleswine.xudle.com/res-465510/Adult-Field-Day.html

Pick Your Own at Rinker’s Orchards

We can’t believe it, but this weekend will be the final weekend of Rinker’s 2020 Pick Your Own season. We will be open Saturday, Sunday, and Monday from 10-5.

Back by popular demand! Come enjoy Cobbler Mountain Cider as they visit Rinker Orchards again this weekend. Taste the hard ciders produced directly from Rinker Orchard apples including the newest releases of Harvest Pumpkin, Strawberry Lemon, Summer Sangria and Blueberry Lemonade.

All available to taste and purchase Saturday and Sunday 11:00 – 5:00.

The varieties of apples that will be available to pick from the trees this weekend are Ida Red, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Nittany, and Rome apples.

And don’t forget your fresh Rinker’s Apple Cider! It is available at Rinker’s in gallons, half gallons, and pints.

Raptor Hill Falconry

Learn about the ancient sport of falconry, the birds’ habitat, care, and training.

This is one of those once in a lifetime events!
We’re so pleased to host Raptor Hill on September 5th at 3 PM for a unique and very special experience!
Raptor Hill Falconry will have a licensed falconer on-site with one of their magnificent Raptors.

Learn about the ancient sport of falconry, the birds’ habitat, care, and training. Then, you will have the opportunity to interact with and photograph one of these raptors up close. Come and share this magical experience with us!
This event includes a glass of wine.

Purchase Tickets Here :
https://www.briedevineyards.com/product/Raptor-HIll-Event

**Event takes place in the field, please be aware and select appropriate footwear. We will have chair spaced 6′ apart to keep within COVID guidelines.

**Please bring your ticket with you as this will be your admission.