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Event Series Candlelight Tours

Candlelight Tours

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Tour the president’s cherished hideaway decorated for the holidays on these hour-long tours. Experience the villa by candlelight while your guide paints a portrait of the ways the Jefferson family and their enslaved workers spent the holidays, by sharing true stories and anecdotes gathered from Jefferson’s letters and diaries. Tours end in the restored Jefferson-era...

Festival of Trees

Bedford Area Welcome Center 816 Burks Hill Road, Bedford, VA, United States

The 11th Annual Festival of Trees will be held November 26, 2019 – January 3, 2020. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Love”, and coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the “Virginia is for Lovers” tourism slogan. The scavenger hunt will take place again and on certain nights, children can visit with Santa, participate in a...

Event Series Immigration: Themed Exhibit

Immigration: Themed Exhibit

Gallery Admission is Always Free Open Tues-Sat 11am-4pm and every 2nd Friday in Bedford 5-8pm Nov. 19-Jan 25, 2020 Immigration Is a movement to a place that is foreign Movement Is an act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed Foreign Is a characteristic of a country or language other than...

Event Series Candlelight Tours

Candlelight Tours

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Tour the president’s cherished hideaway decorated for the holidays on these hour-long tours. Experience the villa by candlelight while your guide paints a portrait of the ways the Jefferson family and their enslaved workers spent the holidays, by sharing true stories and anecdotes gathered from Jefferson’s letters and diaries. Tours end in the restored Jefferson-era...

Event Series Elks Home Christmas Lights

Elks Home Christmas Lights

Shady Grove Vineyards Cabin

Take part in an annual Bedford Christmas tradition and drive through the Christmas light display at the Elks Home!  Going on now for more than 65 years, the light display helped Bedford get the nickname “Christmas Capital of Virginia”.  The venue is also open to guests to walk through and view the Christmas trees decorated...

Event Series Forest Farmers Market

Forest Farmers Market

Forest Farmers Market 15583 Forest Road, Forest, VA, United States

Virginia Grown Produce, meats, honey, flowers along with breads for locals to enjoy.   The market is open the last week in April until the last week in Oct.  Please come and enjoy the local food from our area.

Bedford’s Farmers Market

Tractor Supply 1128 East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, Bedford, VA, United States

 Come shop local and enjoy some great locally grown produce, fruits, vegetables, sweets and much more!

Christmas Classic 5K

Beale's Brewery 510 Grove Street, Bedford, VA, United States

This is the 40th year of the Peaks of Otter Christmas Classic! We are celebrating one of the founders of this great race, Winston Chapman, who sadly passed this year. His memory will most definitely live on through this event. We have a new venue at Beale's Brewery and a new race course. As usual,...

Event Series Festival of Trees

Festival of Trees

Bedford Area Welcome Center 816 Burks Hill Road, Bedford, VA, United States

The 11th Annual Festival of Trees will be held November 26, 2019 – January 3, 2020. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Love”, and coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the “Virginia is for Lovers” tourism slogan. The Festival of Trees is free to attend and is family friendly. Visitors are encouraged to vote for their...

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