2011 Virginia - October 2011
Local Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Exhibitions
events still waiting for new dates
September 30-Oct 1, 2011 29th Annual West Point Crab Carnival - West Point, Virginia
September 30-Oct 2, 2011 Virginia Beach Neptune Festival, Boardwalk Weekend
Virginia Beach, Virginia
October 1, 2011 Oktoberfest 2011 - Vienna, Virginia
Enjoy live music, food, beer garden, FREE children's activities, children's entertainment stage, and a huge festival marketplace.
October 1, 2011 Yorktown Wine Festival - Historic Yorktown, Virginia
This event, held at Yorktown Riverwalk Landing, will showcase some of Virginia's finest wineries.
October 1, 2011 VTRCC Oktoberfest - Vienna, Virginia
Enjoy live music, food, beer garden, free children's activities, children's entertainment stage, and a huge festival marketplace. Takes place on the Town Green and historic Church Street. Vienna Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce.
October 1-2, 2011 Richmond Original Italian Street Festival - Richmond, Virginia
7th Annual Italian Festival has something for everyone including the Best Italian Food vendors, Entertainment, Children's Area complete with Clown, face-painting, balloon creatures, petting zoo, a large cultural exhibit, wines from Italy, lemoncello. This is a non-profit fund raising event. This year's recipients are The Fisher House that provides housing for families of Veterans receiving treatment at our VA Hospital, Virginia Commonwealth University's Italian Studies Program, and the Tuckahoe Rescue Squad...all worthy of our support.
October 3-9, 2011 Virginia Beach Wine Week - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Participating restaurants will offer Virginia wine specials and flights including wines both by the glass and bottle paired with menus items specially created for the event. Dinners and seminars will be held throughout Wine Week, to include evenings with winemakers from various vineyards across Virginia.
October 6-9, 2011 34th Annual Suffolk Peanut Festival - Suffolk, Virginia
This family-friendly event honors the city”s agriculture heritage and devotion to peanuts, our favorite legumes. With something for everyone, the festival is host to as many as 200,000 visitors over four days. Attendance: 200,000.
October 8, 2011 Taste of Brunswick Festival - Alberta, Virginia
According to legend, Brunswick Stew was invented in Virginia in the 1830's as a concoction of squirrel, onions and stale bread. In today’s version chicken has replaced squirrel and the stew is rounded out with corn, tomatoes, butterbeans, and other vegetables. Each year in Alberta (Brunswick County, Va.) some 20 stewmasters vie for top honors – to the delight of thousands.
October 8, 2011 Discover Virginia Chili Cook Off - Ruckersville, Virginia
The annual chili cook-off benefits the local food pantry.
October 8-9, 2011 Festival of India - Richmond, Virginia
An eagerly anticipated annual event, since it began in 1981. A unique opportunity to celebrate and explore India's diverse culture and traditions, including authentic regional food, arts, crafts, and entertainment.
October 8-9, 2011 Annual Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival! - Amherst, Virginia
Held at Rebec Vineyards, this festival embraces food, wine, live entertainment, arts, crafts, and GARLIC!
October 8-9, 2011 CIAO 9th Annual Italian Festival - Williamsburg, Virginia
Sponsored by the Colonial Italian American Organization. Come join us and enjoy a wide assortment of Italian food specialties, Virginia wineries, arts & crafts, and entertainment.
October 9, 2011 Taste of Culpeper - Culpeper, Virginia
Featuring the very best in local cuisine from the region's unique restaurants and caterers. 15 Virginia wineries will be represented offering tastings and displays. Other activities of the day include children's activities, live entertainment, and artist displays.
October 9, 2011 Whitetop Mountain Sorghum Molasses Festival - Whitetop, Virginia
Always the 2nd Sunday in October at the Mount Rogers Fire Dept. Hall on US 58
October 14-16, 2011 31st Annual Poquoson Seafood Festival - Poquoson, Virginia
Enjoy the bounty of Chesapeake Bay with food galore, arts & crafts and family fun.
Oct 14-16, 2011 15th Annual Hot Air Balloon, Wine & Music Festival - Shenandoah, VA
Sunrise to sunset activities including hot air balloons, live entertainment, car shows, kiddies' corner, wine tastings and more!
October 15, 2011 Bowling Green Harvest Festival - Bowling Green, Virginia
175 vendors line Main Street while bands and community groups perform on the stage across from the courthouse. Kids can join in the fun with pumpkin painting, face painting, magicians, rides, and games. There's also a car show, motorcycle show, antique tractors, plenty of local food and fun! Attendance: 10,000.
October 15-16, 2011 24th Annual Town Point Virginia Wine Festival - Norfolk, Virginia
Join us along the Downtown Norfolk waterfront for one of the state's largest outdoor wine festivals featuring more than 30 Virginia wineries providing a sampling of wines available for purchase by the glass, bottle or case. Also enjoy gourmet, made-in-Virginia food items, specialty crafts, and live musical entertainment.
October 20, 2011 Central Virginia Pork Festival - Richmond, Virginia
Sponsored by the Acca Shriners.
October 22, 2011 Powhatan's Festival of the Grape - Powhatan, Virginia
We are delighted to offer 23 wineries, over 100 juried arts and craft vendors, as well as a variety of live entertainment and a great selection of delicious, regional favorite foods.
October 22-23, 2011 NOVA Brewfest - Centreville, Virginia
The 5th annual NOVA Fall Brewfest is a "World Beer Celebration" with live outdoors music, crafters, food and of course, lots of great craft brews to sample! It's the biggest and best beer and music festival in Northern Virginia!
October 22-23, 2011 Craft Beer Festival - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Live music sets the stage for the perfect outdoor setting for tasting some of the best beer brewed! Over 50 craft beers from over 25 breweries are available for sampling.
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