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Events for August 15, 2026

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Yorktown Market Days

Yorktown Market Days
Riverwalk Landing 331 Water Street, Yorktown

The popular Yorktown Market Days returns to Riverwalk Landing on Saturdays with specially-themed markets on select dates. Find out who is coming by seeing this weekend's vendors here You will...

Storytime for Tiny Tots

Storytime for Tiny Tots
Geddy House 117 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg

Storytime for Tiny Tots Saturday mornings 9 - 9:20 am Experience the magic of Storytime in an 18th-century setting for young children. Read together, imagine, and explore life and work...

757swim Team Tryouts

757swim Team Tryouts
757swim Aquatic Center 5720 Warhill Trail, Williamsburg

Team Tryouts Empower your swimmer with skills, connection, self-development and FUN. 757swim athletes range in age from 4-18+. Sign up for a no stress, no obligation tryout today. Come by...

The Great Clothing Giveaway

Gospel Way Baptist Church 6515 Richmond Road, Williamsburg

Gospel Way Baptist Church (formerly Smith Memorial) will host a free clothing giveaway on Saturday, August 15 from 9 AM to 12 PM. Community members in need can browse and...

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POSTPONED – History, HeArt, and Harmonies -Interactive Workshop

Jamestown Settlement 2110 Jamestown Road, Route 31, Williamsburg

POSTPONED - History, HeArt, and Harmonies -Interactive Workshop Jamestown SettlementSaturday, August 15 from 9 am to 1 pmAll ages welcome. Tickets are just $10 per person, but hurry, because spots...

Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation

American Revolution Museum at Yorktown 200 Water Street, Route 1020, Yorktown

Discover the stories that helped shape a nation when Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation opens July 1, 2026, at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Created to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, this powerful exhibition explores Virginia’s pivotal role in the American Revolution through remarkable artifacts and inspiring stories of both iconic and everyday people.
Included with museum admission, this new exhibition invites visitors to connect with the people, places, and ideas that forged a new nation—and continue to shape America today. 🇺🇸
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📅July 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027
🕞9 AM - 5 PM
📍American Revolution Museum at Yorktown

The Great American Birthday Quilt Exhibition

Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williasmburg

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday through a one-of-a-kind community work of art at the Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor Center. Following its grand reveal in Merchants Square, the Great American Birthday Quilt will be on display throughout 2026 at the Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor Center. 🇺🇸🧵Created by Visit Williamsburg in partnership with the Muscarelle Museum of Art, this meaningful quilt brings together squares submitted by people across the country—each one helping tell a shared American story in celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday. Come experience this remarkable tribute up close and discover the stories stitched into every square.
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📅April 11 - Oct. 9
🕞9:30 AM - 5 PM
📍Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor Center

Centennial!

Centennial!
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg 301 S Nassau Street, Williamsburg

Celebrate 100 years of Colonial Williamsburg with a guided tour.
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📅June 1 - Sep. 6
🕞10 AM - 10:40 AM
📍Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

Living Shoreline Trek

York River State Park Events
York River State Park 9801 York River Park Road, Williamsburg

Living Shoreline Trek The York River has been eroding the landscape for centuries, but nature can fight back! Explore the park’s innovative living shoreline that helps protect the land while...

Centerstage Open House with Miss America Cassie Donegan

Centerstage Academy of Performing Arts 5738 George Washington Memorial Hwy, Yorktown

Centerstage Academy is celebrating its expansion into a new space: Studio 17. It will be the home of many musical theatre classes, dance classes, and special events starting in September. ...

Youth Art Show 2026

Youth Art Show 2026
Muscarelle Museum of Art 603 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg

Youth Art Show 2026 Saturday, August 15, 202610:00 AM - 5:00 PMSunday, August 16, 202610 am - 5 pm **Opening Reception will be on Saturday from 2 - 4 pm...

Tune Into the Past

Tune Into the Past
Play House Stage 214 Palace Green St, Williamsburg

🎶 Bring the whole family for a fun sing-along of 18th-century favorites! Discover how these historic tunes became some of today’s beloved songs. Colonial Williamsburg admission required.
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📅Friday - Tue (April - May), Daily (June), July 1 & 5-31, Aug 1 - 20
🕞12 PM - 12:20 PM (April - May), 11 AM - 11:20 AM (June - Aug)
📍Play House Stage

Visit with Patrick Henry

Visit with Patrick Henry
Hennage Auditorium in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg 301 S Nassau Street, Williamsburg

Visit with Patrick Henry Hennage Auditorium Step into the past with Patrick Henry, the Revolution’s son of thunder. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced....

Governor’s Musick in the Wythe Parlor

Governor’s Musick in the Wythe Parlor
George Wythe House 112 Palace Green St, Williamsburg

Step into the elegant parlor of the Wythe House and experience the music that once filled Williamsburg’s finest homes. 🎶 Performed by members of the Governor’s Musick, these popular 18th-century tunes offer a glimpse into the education, entertainment, and social life of Virginia’s gentry—including what George Wythe and his young protégé, Thomas Jefferson, may have heard within these very walls.
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📅Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (June - Sep.)
🕞11 AM - 1 PM
📍George Wythe House

Bier Fest Brews & BBQ

Bier Fest Brews & BBQ
Busch Gardens Williamsburg 1 Busch Gardens Blvd, Williamsburg

Bier Fest Brews & BBQ has become an end-of-summer tradition at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, satisfying a wide range of tastes with some of the country’s best beers. Get ready to...

Stables Behind-The-Scenes Tour

Stables Behind-The-Scenes Tour
Corner of Botetourt and Nicholson Streets Corner of Botetourt and Nicholson Streets, Williamsburg

Stables Behind-The-Scenes Tour Treat the animal lover in your life to this one-hour walking tour of Colonial Williamsburg’s modern stables and Rare Breeds Program. During this behind-the-scenes tour, you’ll see...

Hands-On: Spy Craft

Hands-On: Spy Craft
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg 301 S Nassau Street, Williamsburg

Ready to go undercover? Bring the whole family to the Goode Education Studio at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and step into the world of Revolutionary-era secret agents. Crack codes, uncover hidden clues, and take on hands-on challenges that turn history into an action-packed adventure for all ages.

Company of Comedians (FREE)

Company of Comedians (FREE)
Playhouse Stage 214 Palace Green St, Williamsburg

Company of Comedians 📍Playhouse StageFree and Open to the Public - Street Theatre Did you know that the first theatre in British North America was built here in the colonial...

State of Society

State of Society
Hennage Auditorium in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg 301 S Nassau Street, Williamsburg

State of Society See ScheduleHennage Auditorium It is Virginia, 1776. Join Patrick Henry as he fights to save the revolution from its most dire threat, and blaze a path to...

First Africans Commemoration

Jamestown Settlement 2110 Jamestown Road, Route 31, Williamsburg

Jamestown Settlement honors the legacy of the first recorded Africans brought to Virginia in 1619 with reflections of history and modern perspectives through an African American lens. The Black Church...

Live Music at Berret’s

Live Music at Berret’s
Berret's Seafood Restaurant and Taphouse Grill 199 S Boundary St, Williamsburg

Live Music at Berret’s Seafood Restaurant and Taphouse Grill 3 - 6 pm Enjoy live, outdoor music, daily from 3 pm - 6 pm.  Please note all outdoor dining is...

Mind the Step

Mind the Step
Hennage Auditorium in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg 301 S Nassau Street, Williamsburg

Mind the Music and the Step Hennage Auditorium What do Yankee Doodle and a cow have in common? More than you might think! Patriotic and Loyalist song lyrics, published in...

Julia Child’s Birthday Specials

The Blue Talon Bistro 420 PRINCE GEORGE ST, Williamsburg

Julia Child's Birthday Specials 🍸 Blue Talon Bistro Few people changed the way Americans think about food, drink, and entertaining quite like Julia Child. This Saturday, The Blue Talon Bistro...

Haunted Williamsburg Ghost Tour

Haunted Williamsburg Schedule
Colonial Courthouse 102 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg: Haunted Williamsburg Ghost Tours Nightly at 7 pm & 8:30 pm in front of the Courthouse - through November 22 See full schedule here.Haunted Williamsburg  It is the...

Drone Show

Drone Show
Busch Gardens Williamsburg 1 Busch Gardens Blvd, Williamsburg

Drone show is included in park admission: An electrifying spectacular with over 400 synchronized drones set to an adventurous soundtrack Show Dates: Fri - Sun | July 31 - Sept. 6Show...

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