Loudoun Street Mile

The Loudoun Street Mile is an anticipated event for regional runners, held annually on Memorial Day in Old Town Historic Winchester. Celebrating its 37th year, this race attracts participants eager to traverse the iconic Loudoun Street, combining the thrill of competition with the charm of the historic setting. This year’s race will serve as the RRCA Virginia State Championship Race as well the Collegiate Running Association Championship race.

Youth Trout Derby

The Youth Trout Derby is back! Visit Clearbrook Park on May 10th from 5-8pm for this exciting and engaging fishing event designed for young anglers (ages 4-14). This derby allows youth to connect with nature, learn or enhance fishing skills, and foster a love for the outdoors. With prizes, giveaways, and a focus on conservation, our youth trout derby offers a memorable experience for the next generation of anglers.

Selah Theatre Project presents: Fools

As part of our Summer TheatreWorks, and in partnership with Old Town Winchester, Selah Theatre Project is proud to present FOOLS by Neil Simon.

Directed by Marina Levi, an evening filled with comedy about Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over twenty-four hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid. But he has fallen in love with a girl so stupid, she has only recently learned how to sit down.

The hilarious cast is a blend of teen, young adult, and adult community actors from varies parts of the Shenandoah Valley. Selah Theatre’s production cast includes: Pam Foster, Josh Horn, DJ Levi, Scott David Ludwig, Kenny May, Maddie Peshoff, Will Speakman, Paige Ulevich, Oliver Varela, and Desirae Zentz.

FOOLS will be presented on July 28 & 29 at 7pm.

Remember to bring your chairs or blankets. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, with a minimum ask of $5. RSVP online or purchase at The Taylor Pavilion on the day of the event.
selahtheatreproject.org/fools

OrigamiintheGarden Exhibition Opening

Origami, meaning “folding paper” in Japanese, reflects the essence of creativity: making something out of (basically) nothing. Start with a simple square piece of paper. Apply the art of origami, folding the paper in a creative way to produce an elegant object—a soaring bird, gliding plane, galloping pony, floating boat, or an emerging butterfly. Artist Kevin Box takes origami to another level, transforming paper into museum quality metal sculpture through processes he has pioneered in teamwork with foundries, fabrication shops, and his studio staff.

OrigamiintheGarden, an exhibition created by Santa Fe artists Jennifer and Kevin Box, features Box’s own compositions as well as collaborations with world-renowned origami artists Robert J. Lang, Te Jui Fu, Beth Johnson and Michael G. LaFosse. These remarkable artworks feel at home in the wondrous setting of botanical gardens, since paper originates in plant life and origami is made of paper.

www.themsv.org/events/origamiinthegarden

Cornhole Tournament with Live Music and Kids Activities

The AIMS and Water St. Financial Cornhole Tournament to benefit FROG/Froggy’s Closet will be held at Richard’s Fruit Market, 6410 Middle Road. Admission is free but donations accepted.

This event will assist the non-profit in Winchester that helps children in need.

The main event is a double elimination cornhole tournament with prizes for first, second, and third places. Twenty teams (spots still available at $50 per team) will compete. Teams must be present to register at 11 a.m., and competition begins at noon.

Prizes include the following: first place, custom-made professional cornhole boards; second place, $100 gift certificate to Piccadilly Public House and Restaurant, and third place, $75 gift certificate to Village Square.

Live music by Rob Talton will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by Bryan Stutzman from 2:30 to 5 p.m.

Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be sold, plus various types of sliders, fried green tomatoes, chips, desserts, and more. Beer and wine will be for sale by the glass for onsite consumption. Other events include face painting for the kids from noon to 2:30 p.m., kiddy cornhole and prizes, animals, playground, and 50/50 raffle.

Richard’s Fruit Market will be open for sales of fruits, veggies, meat, ciders, jams, sauces, salsas, shakes, sweets, gifts and flowers, wine tastings.

In addition, there will be a FROG information booth for people wishing to learn more about the non-profit and volunteer. Tickets will be sold for the Abnormal Formal “Under the Sea” on September 11 to benefit the non-profit.

Opening of The Trails at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

One of the most exciting new developments here in Winchester in 2020 is the opening of the Trails at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. More than three miles of trails for walking, running, and biking through fields, woods, and wetlands will be open year-round, free of charge. It will also feature art exhibitions and sculptures as Virginia’s largest public art park.

The trails will be accessible from a main trailhead at the new MSV entrance, a pedestrian entrance near the Old John Kerr School (future Winchester Public School’s Innovation Center), a pedestrian entrance at the end of Jefferson Street, and a pedestrian entrance on the northeastern corner of the MSV property on Amherst Street (close to the Wellspring building).

Open dawn to dusk.

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Robbie Limon at West Oaks Farm Market

We’re back in the West Oaks Courtyard for Live Music featuring The Robbie Limon Band!

$10 cover, Kids under 12 are free!

Voted “Best Musician” by the Northern Virginia Daily multiple times, Robbie always brings the party with great music and a huge variety of hits. All ages are sure to have a good time.

The West Oaks Bar and Grill will both be open as usual for all your food and beverage needs.

Grill and Bar are open from 5pm-10pm so come on out at 5pm for dinner and drinks.

Live Music is 7pm-10pm.

There will be plenty of seating in the courtyard, picnic shelter, porches, and you can even bring your own chair for out in the grass.

Come on out and have a fun Friday evening with us! All ages are welcome.

History Program and Tour

This weekend is the anniversary of the Battle of 2nd Winchester.

A National Park Service ranger from Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park will conduct a presentation, “1864 in a Box” at Kernstown Battlefield at 1pm.

Following the program, author Jerry Holsworth will conduct a tour from 2-4pm starting at the Kernstown Battlefield.

Both are outdoor events.

Outdoor Movie at the Amphitheater

2019 FREE MOVIE NIGHTS in Jim Barnett Park
June 7 – Mary Poppins Returns
July 12 – Hotel Transylvania
August 2 – Incredibles 2

Bring seating, snacks, picnic and enjoy free movies under the stars. Movies are shown in the Jim Barnett Park Amphitheater, which can be accessed from the lower parking area by the playgrounds in Christianson Familyland.

Movies begin at dusk.