Features

Here you’ll find in-depth features, cover stories, annual contests, profiles and more from the feature well at Coastal Virginia Magazine. Using the unapparelled power of narrative storying telling, both written and visual, our writers, designers and photographers draw you in with inspiring and informative stories about life in Coastal Virginia.

2026 Best Of Readers Choice Award Winners

Our Annual List of Businesses, Organizations, Destinations, and People Selected as the Best in the Region, According to Your Votes...

Virginia Beach Displays Culinary Growth with Beard Dinner

Beard at the Beach: A Coastal Virginia Celebration of James Beard...

With 9th Album, Chesapeake’s Nate Sparks Reminds Fans He is Still Here

Nate Sparks was born in Chesapeake and has released nine country/alternative country albums to international and critical acclaim....

Dear Dolly (and Everyone Else), Meet Ashley Anne

ASHLEY ANNE, A COUNTRY SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM VIRGINIA BEACH, RELEASES GENERATIONAL HEARTBREAK, HER THIRD EP. By Butch Maier Ashley Anne Profession:...

Need a Band to Follow? Meet The Castellows

By Butch Maier A trio of rising stars will bring their neo-traditional country sound to the Patriotic Festival on May...

WHAT TO SEE / FESTIVALS

Food, Folks, and Fun Festivities By Barrett Baker Our region is home to a wide range of cultural events, from pirates...

Playing with Possibilities

Norfolk singer-songwriter Brandon Vera, whose Artist name is BRNDN DYLN, figured out his own way to perform the piano and...

Funny Bone Offers More Elbow Room, More Names, and Games

At the new Funny Bone Comedy Club in Virginia Beach, customers do not have to worry about having enough elbow...

Feats of Feet Featured

BalletX: March 5 at Chrysler Hall, Norfolk This extraordinary Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company is innovative and rooted in technical excellence....