Destination Bedford offers big, bold and unforgettable experiences. You’ll see stunning beauty in the Blue Ridge Mountains and hear stories of bravery that will take your breath away at the National D-Day Memorial.
Country Music Night
New London Ruritan 12411 East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, Forest, VA, United StatesCome enjoy great live music and dance to your favorite county music classics. $10 adults, $5 children. $5 meals & $1 snacks available.
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Music in the Park
Smith Mountain Lake State Park 1235 State Park Road, Huddleston, VA, United StatesRAY JUDD'S MUSIC IN THE PARK FRIENDS OF SMITH MOUNTAIN STATE PARK are sponsoring 2022 Summer Bluegrass Music Series on the 4th Saturday in May, June, July and August. Take a warm Smith Mountain Lake Saturday night, add a scenic waterfront setting and toe-tapping music at SML State Park to enjoy a casual outdoor evening...
Behind the Scenes Tours at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United StatesFifty years ago, the octagonal villa at Poplar Forest was unrecognizable. The simple elegance of the president's Palladian-inspired design was hidden by the renovations subsequent owners made to the structure to suit their tastes. Learn how the restoration architects and architectural historians and craftsmen are continuing their meticulous restoration of what Jefferson affectionately called the...
Memorial Day 2022 Commemoration
National D-Day Memorial 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United StatesTo commemorate Memorial Day, speaker Dave Carey, a retired Navy captain, Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, will inspire audience members with his story. Carey’s aircraft was destroyed while flying a combat mission over North Vietnam. He spent the following five and a half years as a POW incarcerated in Vietnamese prisons. His experiences...
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose Creek Studio Gallery 302 Court Street, Bedford, VA, United StatesGoose Creek Studio presents LGBTQIA2S+. Nine local and visionary artists have been brought together for an exhibition that seeks to be authentic to rural America’s history, pride, and activism…as well embody the quirky, eccentric, and esoteric side of small-town life. The show runs through June 30.
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Bower Center for the Arts 309 North Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, United StatesCome to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose Creek Studio Gallery 302 Court Street, Bedford, VA, United StatesGoose Creek Studio presents LGBTQIA2S+. Nine local and visionary artists have been brought together for an exhibition that seeks to be authentic to rural America’s history, pride, and activism…as well embody the quirky, eccentric, and esoteric side of small-town life. The show runs through June 30.
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Bower Center for the Arts 309 North Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, United StatesCome to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
WWII Exhibit
ElectricCoArt 207 East Depot Street, Bedford, VA, United StatesCome see this awesome exhibit by Ken Smith who is an illustrator, painter, graphic designer and college professor, among other things. Ken has been a professor of Graphic Design at Radford University since 2008, and is an avid history buff, designer, illustrator, reenactor, living historian, and a proud native of the great state of Tennessee....