Dates and events are subject to change. Please visit the event website for the most up-to-date information.
SPECIAL EVENTS
March 12: Chef Fest
Some of the region’s top culinary talent whips up delicious bites paired with wine and spirits at this inaugural event. Town Point Club, Norfolk. eastersealsport.com
March 12-15: 2025 MEAC Basketball Tournament
Men’s and women’s collegiate basketball teams compete to take the conference title. Scope Arena, Norfolk. meacsports.com
March 14-16: Yuengling Shamrock Marathon Weekend
This St. Patrick’s Day weekend tradition includes a marathon, half marathon, 8K and other race challenges. Virginia Beach Oceanfront. shamrockmarathon.com
March 15: Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
The Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is one of Norfolk’s most enduring traditions. Ocean View. norfolkparade.com
March 15: The Chesapeake Bourbon, Bacon, BBQ & Chocolate Showcase
Enjoy a variety of bourbons, bacon, barbecue and chocolate, as well as a DJ, games and more family-friendly fun. Chesapeake Convention Center. chesapeakeconference.com
March 15: Spring Day of Destruction
Have full-throttle fun during this action-packed day of vehicle stunts. Langley Speedway, Hampton. langley-speedway.com
March 15: Happy 123rd Birthday, Town of Windsor
Celebrate the town of Windsor’s 123rd birthday by viewing historical artifacts at the museum. Windsor Town Center. genuinesmithfieldva.com
March 15: Annual O’Nancock St. Patrick’s Parade
The Town of Onancock celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with the Pipe and Drum Corps, floats, bands, walking units and the annual kilt contest. Market Street, Onancock. onancock.org
March 16: Downtown Smithfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Floats, marching units and more will make their way through downtown Smithfield to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Downtown Smithfield. genuinesmithfieldva.com
March 21-23: Treasures of the Earth Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show
This show features estate, classic, handcrafted and fashion jewelry made from a variety of metals. Virginia Beach Convention Center. treasuresoftheearth.com
March 22: Fido Fest
Grab your four-legged friend and enjoy a day of dog-friendly activities at the park. Jamestown Beach Event Park, Williamsburg. heritagehumane.org
March 29-30: Perry Glass Studio Grand Opening Celebration
Celebrate the expanded Perry Glass Studio at the Chrysler Museum of Art, The Glass & Glitz Grand Gathering on Friday and El DÃa de los Niños Festival on Sunday. chrysler.org/glass
April 5: Hampton Virginia Wine Expo
Sample some of the best wines produced in Virginia and beyond. Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton. thehrcc.com
April 5: Bike the Bridge
Challenge yourself to bike the Barrett’s Ferry Bridge. Jamestown Beach Event Park, Williamsburg. runsignup.com/bikethebridge
April 5-6: Daffodil Festival
The Daffodil Festival on Main Street features over 150 vendors, children’s activities, the daffodil show, a parade and more. Gloucester. daffodilfestivalva.org
April 5, 12: Chesapeake Eggspedition
Kids can follow along the Chesapeake Bunny Trail. where one golden egg is hidden at each participating park. Chesapeake. cityofchesapeake.net
April 6, May 4: Norfolk Flea Market
The first Sunday of the month, a community of vintage enthusiasts, crafters and artists showcase their unique items. Waterside District, Norfolk. norfolkfleamarket.com
April 11-12: Vintage Visions & Vibes Festival
Step back in time and celebrate the rich history and vibrant culture of James City County. Jamestown Beach Event Park, Williamsburg. eventbrite.com
April 11-13: 39th Annual Virginia Beach Spring Craft Market
The Virginia Beach Spring Craft Market features 150 fine artists and craftspeople from across the country. Virgina Beach Convention Center. emgshows.com
April 18-19: Chincoteague’s 43rd Annual Easter Decoy & Art Festival
This festival celebrates the history and craft of decoy carving with local and national decoy carvers, along with artists of all kinds. Chincoteague Combined School, Chincoteague Island. chincoteaguechamber.com
April 24-26: Norfolk NATO Festival
Norfolk NATO Festival honors the NATO alliance with educational programs, cultural events and more. Downtown Norfolk. vafest.org
April 24-27: Virginia International Tattoo
The Virginia International Tattoo offers an astounding display of inspirational military music, show-stopping drill team maneuvers and more. Scope Arena, Norfolk. vafest.org
Starting April 25: Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival
Thursdays through Sundays, explore more than 150 international flavors at 18 themed food and beverage locations. Busch Gardens Williamsburg. buschgardens.com/williamsburg
April 26: Hampton Mosaic Festival
The Hampton Mosaic Festival celebrates world cultures with traditional music, stories, drumming and dance. Mill Point Park, Hampton. hampton.gov/mosaic
April 20: LOVE Run
This run is a fundraiser for Cape Charles Main Street initiatives that benefit the town. Races include a family-friendly 5K color run/walk and 10K timed run. Cape Charles. capecharlesvirginiaescape.com
April 26-27: Pirates Invade Yorktown Weekend
Landlubbers of all ages are invited to visit the Yorktown waterfront to learn lessons and legends from pirates’ lives in the 17th and 18th centuries. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown. visityorktown.org
April 26-27: Chesapeake Spring Art Festival
More than 130 artists are on display, selling their creations, as well as food trucks, craft beer and a selection of wines. Chesapeake City Park. chesarts.com
April 26-May 3: Historic Garden Week
The Garden Club of Virginia’s annual event offers tours of beautiful and historic private homes and gardens around the Commonwealth including in Coastal Virginia. vagardenweek.org
May 3: Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
Grab a cold beverage from one of the 30-plus craft breweries as you enjoy delicious barbecue and music from some of the area’s best blues musicians. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown. villageevents.org
May 3-4: Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival
Sample over 200 wines from Virginia’s premier wineries. Town Point Park, Norfolk. festevents.org
May 4: Art at the River Juried Art Show
This juried art show features works from more than 35 artists. New this year: Yorktown Plein Air, where artists paint scenic views outdoors. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown. visityorktown.org
May 4: Bikefest Chesapeake
Celebrate bike month by pedaling more than eight miles of paved trails, with family-friendly bike activities. Dismal Swamp Canal, Chesapeake. cityofchesapeake.net
ART
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg. colonialwilliamsburg.org
Ongoing: Celebrities in Print; Worlds Collide: Archaeology and Global Trade in Williamsburg
Barry Art Museum
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, barryartmuseum.odu.edu
Opening March 7: Out of the Box: A Barbie Doll Retrospective
Ongoing: Carved Couture:
18th-Century British Wooden Fashion Dolls
Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center
Hampton, hamptonarts.net
Through March 22: Hampton Arts League 2025 Member Exhibition; Books and Art: Celebrating 100 Years at the Charles H. Taylor
Opening April 12: Nature’s Dual Lens: Photographs and Botanical Works by Lynne and Victor Frailing; PLAYTIME: Toys and Art
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, chrysler.org
Through March 2: Beyond the Block
Opening March 6: Greta Pratt: Jamestown is Sinking
Through April 20: Framing the Expanded Field: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty
Ongoing: Oaxaca Central: Contemporary Mexican Printmaking
D’Art Center
Norfolk, d-artcenter.org
March 22-April 12: Glass Immersed: A Glass Exhibit at d’Art Center for the 2025 NFK Glass Circuit Event
April 19-May 24: Flourish: An Annual Juried National Exhibition of Floral and Botanical Artworks
Gallery at York Hall
Yorktown, visityorktown.org
Through March 31: Mixed
Media Exhibit
Opening April 1: Quilt Exhibit
Hermitage Museum & Gardens
Norfolk, thehermitagemuseum.org
March 9: Art Share: Josh Gilly
Opening March 21: Pride & Prejudice & Dragons
Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center
Newport News, thetorggler.org
March 1-30: James River Camera Club: 80th Anniversary Exhibition
Opening March 15: The Vessel Revisited: Fundamental Forms in Contemporary Ceramics
Muscarelle Museum of Art
William & Mary, Williamsburg, muscarelle.wm.edu
Through June 8:
Willam & Mary Collects III
March 6-May 28: Michelangelo:
The Gensis of the Sistine
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
Portsmouth, portsmouthartcenter.com
March 2, 5-6: Waves of
Strength Exhibition
March 8, 22: Black History
Now Lecture
March 22-23, 26-27: A Purple Patchwork Sewn in Sisterhood
Virginia Museum of
Contemporary Art
2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach.
757-425-0000.
virginiamoca.org
Ongoing: Duke Riley: O’er the Wide and Plastic Sea; Open (C)all 2025: Dear Earth; Nature’s Witness
MUSEUMS
Children’s Museum of Virginia
Portsmouth, childrensmuseumvirginia.com
March 15: Andalo’s Library
March 26: Homeschool Day
Through April 27: Thomas and Friends Explore the Rails
Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, colonialwilliamsburg.org
Throughout March: Women’s
History Month
March 27: DIY: Craft Quilting
April 9: Dancing at the
Governor’s Palace
April 20: Easter Brunch at
King’s Arms Tavern
Hampton History Museum
Hampton, hampton.gov
Ongoing: The 1619 Traveling Exhibit; NASA’s Human Computers; NASA: Hampton Takes Flight; Historic
Black Beaches
Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Jamestown & Yorktown,
jyfmuseums.org
March 15-16: Military through
the Ages
March 19: Director’s Series
March 29: Spilling the Tea with Allison Horrocks
The Mariners’ Museum and Park
Newport News, marinersmuseum.org
March 9, April 13: Friendly Hours
Nauticus
Norfolk, nauticus.org
March 26, 29, April 26: Toddler Time
Virginia Living Museum
Newport News, thevlm.org
March 8, April 12: Star Gazing
and Laser Night
March 12: Homeschool Day
March 20, April 17: Naturally Speaking
March 22-23: Reptile and
Amphibian Weekend
Virginia Zoo
Norfolk, virginiazoo.org
March 22: Tails & Trails
March 30: Sensory Friendly Morning
April 5: Adult Night
MUSIC & STAGE
The American Theatre
Hampton, hamptonarts.net
March 13, 20, April 10, 24:
Classic Movie Showcase
March 28-30: A Soldier’s Play
April 25: The Journey Experience
Attucks Theatre
Norfolk, sevenvenues.com
March 15: Shaun LaBelle & Stokley
March 22: Walter Blanding
April 4: Danae Hays
April 5: I Laugh At Myself: An Evening With Justin Furstenfeld Of Blue October
April 19: Lindsey Webster
Chartway Arena
Norfolk, chartwayarena.com
March 14: Lil Wayne
March 15: Harlem Globetrotters
March 28: Martin Lawrence
Chrysler Hall
Norfolk, sevenvenues.com
MARCH
4-9: Mamma Mia!; 14: Legends of Laughter; 14-30: Ordinary Days;
21-22: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; 25: Golden Girls;
28: Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony;
29: Jim Jefferies; Jason’s Lyric Live
APRIL
2: Momix: Alice; 6: Sound of Music Sing-A-Long; 11: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; 12: Nurse John; 29: Bob & Lee Woodruff
Elevation 27
Virginia Beach, elevation27.com
MARCH
2: Town Mountain with John R. Miller; 5: Finesse2Tymes; 6: Urbn Cwby presents the 1st Annual Ho3down; 7: Lovesong; 8: Brass Against; 11: Pepper with Vana Liya; 14: This Wild Life; 21: Denm with Surfer Girl and Chad Tepper; 22: Yonder Mountain String Band; 24-25: Journey to Dancefestopia; 28: United We Dance; 29: The Amish Outlaws
APRIL
3: Willi Carlisle; 4: Manic Focus; 10: First to Eleven; 11: The Fixx; 12: Butcher Brown; 18: The New York Bee Gees; 19: Back to Back to Black; 23: An Evening with Leonid & Friends; 25: The Birthday Massacre with Essenger and Magic Wands
Ferguson Center for the Arts
Newport News, fergusoncenter.org
MARCH
14: Coffee Concert: Don Quixote; 14: West Side Story Symphonic Dances; 18: Complexions Contemporary Ballet; 19-20: The Book of Mormon; 23: The Vanishing Elephant; 29: Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony
APRIL
1: The Kelly Rossum Modern Big Band; 4: Momix: Alice; 4: Jane Monheit; 6: Piano Battle; 6: The Addams Family; 11: Coffee Concert: Symphonie Fantastique; 11: N’Kenge; 13: Bobby BlackHat Music Series;
27: Dot Dot Dot
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, hamptoncoliseum.org
March 14-16: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents The Greatest Show on Earth
March 22: The Millennium Tour
March 23: We Them Ones Comedy Tour
April 11-13: Monster Jam
Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, sevenvenues.com
April 4: Brian Regan
April 25-27: Loving v. Virginia
Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, ltvb.com
March 21-April 13: 45 Seconds
from Broadway
The NorVa
Norfolk, thenorva.com
MARCH
12: The Amity Affliction; 19: Kim Dracula + Hanabie; 22: Trap and R&B; 27: Gavin Adcock; 28: Rumours ATL
APRIL
1: Imminence; 4: Alexandra Kay; 5: R&B Only Live; 7: JoJo; 11: Flatland Cavalry; 13: Nothing More; 16: Nettspend; 18: The Fray; 19: Ole 60; 22: Silverstein; 26: Flo
Rivers Casino Portsmouth
Portsmouth, riverscasino.com/portsmouth
March 29: Jay Pharoah
Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
Virginia Beach, sandlercenter.org
MARCH
15: Cinderella; 16: West Side Story Symphonic Dances; 23: Symphonicity Sister Cities: High Seas Adventure; 27: The Peking Acrobats; 28: Kathleen Madigan; 30: Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony
APRIL
5: Snow White – A Ballet Adventure; 6: PBJ: Sleepover at the Museum; 9: Jon Lovitz; 12: Symphonie Fantastique; 13: Symphonicity Sister Cities: An Irish Tribute; 25-27: Virginia Musical Theatre’s Footloose
Scope Arena
Norfolk, sevenvenues.com
March 21-23: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey
April 4: Katt Williams
Smithfield Little Theatre
Smithfield, smithfieldlittletheatre.org
March 15: 12 Incompetent Jurors
Opening April 25: Ragtime
Suffolk Center for the Cultural Arts
Suffolk. suffolkcenter.org
March 15: Frozen Jr.
April 12: A Night of Jazz and Martinis
April 25: Ella the Early Years
Wells Theatre
Norfolk, sevenvenues.com
March 12-30: Little Shop of Horrors
Zeiders American Dream Theater
Virginia Beach, thez.org
MARCH
10, 17: Plan B Improv Class;
11: The Z Unplugged Open Mic;
13-15: UPAC presents: Black Girl Magic; 22: Kids Comedy Show;
22: Plan B Comedy Show
APRIL
8: The Z Open Mix; 12: Goode Earth; 12: VBGIGs presents Red Crooked Sky; 17: The Z Open Mics; 22:Plan B Jam; 24: Live at The Z; 26: Plan B Comedy Show
