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Apocalypse Trivia Night
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Every week there will be a wide range of categories to enjoy while also drinking your favorite beer or seltzer water!
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Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Live team trivia on Thursdays in the taproom! Free to play – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place take home Beale's gift certificates!
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Exhibit at the Bower Center
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center and explore the Bedford County Middle School Art Show! Extended hours until 6:30!
7 events,
Forest Farmer’s Market
Forest Farmer’s Market
The Forest Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday morning behind the Forest Public Library. The Market features farmers and artisans selling a variety of items including plants, meats, produce, soaps, lotions, coffee, baked goods and more!
Forest Farmers Market
Forest Farmers Market
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.
Apple Blossom Month
Apple Blossom Month
Its' apple blossom month at Gross' Orchard! Every Saturday this month, the orchard will have special events going on as well as picking your own fruit! Free admission and free parking. Click here to see what special events are happening each week!
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BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
2 events,
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Every week there will be a wide range of categories to enjoy while also drinking your favorite beer or seltzer water!
3 events,
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
Elderfest 2022
Elderfest 2022
Elderfest is held each year in conjunction with Older Americans Month the first Thursday and Friday in May to celebrate the seniors of Bedford County. Vendors are on hand with valuable information and entertainment is offered both days. Dinner will be provided on Thursday and lunch tickets for Friday can be purchased in advance. During...
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Live team trivia on Thursdays in the taproom! Free to play – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place take home Beale's gift certificates!
3 events,
Elderfest 2022
Elderfest 2022
Elderfest is held each year in conjunction with Older Americans Month the first Thursday and Friday in May to celebrate the seniors of Bedford County. Vendors are on hand with valuable information and entertainment is offered both days. Dinner will be provided on Thursday and lunch tickets for Friday can be purchased in advance. During...
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
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SML Business Expo
SML Business Expo
The annual SML Business Expo brings together more than 100 area businesses each spring to showcase products and services from a wide variety of industries related to home, business and life. Free and open to the public, the Expo is your opportunity to engage with business professionals eager to answer any and all questions.
8 events,
Forest Farmers Market
Forest Farmers Market
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.
Forest Farmer’s Market
Forest Farmer’s Market
The Forest Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday morning behind the Forest Public Library. The Market features farmers and artisans selling a variety of items including plants, meats, produce, soaps, lotions, coffee, baked goods and more!
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Shop new clothing and shoes, designer handbags, new and used toys, gently used clothing and shoes, vintage furniture, household items, and garden goods and decor at the Bedford Christmas Station. 100% of funds raised through these sales of the wonderful merchandise that is donated is used to purchase new clothing, toys, teen, senior citizen &...
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BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
2 events,
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Every week there will be a wide range of categories to enjoy while also drinking your favorite beer or seltzer water!
2 events,
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Live team trivia on Thursdays in the taproom! Free to play – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place take home Beale's gift certificates!
4 events,
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
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BCPS High School Art Show Awards Ceremony
BCPS High School Art Show Awards Ceremony
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
BCPS High School Art Show
BCPS High School Art Show
Come see the amazing works from our talented local youth artists from the three Bedford County High Schools. Gallery admission is free!
8 events,
Forest Farmer’s Market
Forest Farmer’s Market
The Forest Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday morning behind the Forest Public Library. The Market features farmers and artisans selling a variety of items including plants, meats, produce, soaps, lotions, coffee, baked goods and more!
Forest Farmers Market
Forest Farmers Market
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 Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Shop new clothing and shoes, designer handbags, new and used toys, gently used clothing and shoes, vintage furniture, household items, and garden goods and decor at the Bedford Christmas Station. 100% of funds raised through these sales of the wonderful merchandise that is donated is used to purchase new clothing, toys, teen, senior citizen &...
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Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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.
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Featured artwork by painter Russ Voelker. Russ’s work includes emotive natural landscapes, beautiful animal portraits, and more.
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
4 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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.
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Featured artwork by painter Russ Voelker. Russ’s work includes emotive natural landscapes, beautiful animal portraits, and more.
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
5 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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.
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Featured artwork by painter Russ Voelker. Russ’s work includes emotive natural landscapes, beautiful animal portraits, and more.
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
4 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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.
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Russ Voelker Exhibit at ElectricCoArt
Featured artwork by painter Russ Voelker. Russ’s work includes emotive natural landscapes, beautiful animal portraits, and more.
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
10 events,
Forest Farmers Market
Forest Farmers Market
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.
Forest Farmer’s Market
Forest Farmer’s Market
The Forest Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday morning behind the Forest Public Library. The Market features farmers and artisans selling a variety of items including plants, meats, produce, soaps, lotions, coffee, baked goods and more!
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Shop new clothing and shoes, designer handbags, new and used toys, gently used clothing and shoes, vintage furniture, household items, and garden goods and decor at the Bedford Christmas Station. 100% of funds raised through these sales of the wonderful merchandise that is donated is used to purchase new clothing, toys, teen, senior citizen &...
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Reception with Artists at Goose Creek Studio
Reception with Artists at Goose Creek Studio
Goose Creek Studio presents a reception with participating artists for the exhibition LGBTQIA2S+. In the spirit of Pride Month, we bring together nine local and visionary artists 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...
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2 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
3 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Apocalypse Trivia Night
Every week there will be a wide range of categories to enjoy while also drinking your favorite beer or seltzer water!
3 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Trivia Night @ Beale’s
Live team trivia on Thursdays in the taproom! Free to play – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place take home Beale's gift certificates!
5 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
Live Music @ Mitchell’s
Live Music @ Mitchell’s
Enjoy live music, great food and the beautiful Smith Mountain Lake all in one place! Click here to see who is playing each week.
12 events,
Forest Farmer’s Market
Forest Farmer’s Market
The Forest Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday morning behind the Forest Public Library. The Market features farmers and artisans selling a variety of items including plants, meats, produce, soaps, lotions, coffee, baked goods and more!
Forest Farmers Market
Forest Farmers Market
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 Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Shop new clothing and shoes, designer handbags, new and used toys, gently used clothing and shoes, vintage furniture, household items, and garden goods and decor at the Bedford Christmas Station. 100% of funds raised through these sales of the wonderful merchandise that is donated is used to purchase new clothing, toys, teen, senior citizen &...
1 event,
Behind the Scenes Tours at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
Behind the Scenes Tours at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
Fifty 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...
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Memorial Day 2022 Commemoration
Memorial Day 2022 Commemoration
To 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...
2 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
4 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
WWII Exhibit
WWII Exhibit
Come 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....
4 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
WWII Exhibit
WWII Exhibit
Come 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....
6 events,
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Exhibit at Goose Creek Studio
Goose 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.
WWII Exhibit
WWII Exhibit
Come 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....
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Exhibit at the Bower Center
Come to the Bower Center for the Arts for the 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Gallery admission is free!
15 events,
Forest Farmers Market
Forest Farmers Market
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.
Forest Farmer’s Market
Forest Farmer’s Market
The Forest Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday morning behind the Forest Public Library. The Market features farmers and artisans selling a variety of items including plants, meats, produce, soaps, lotions, coffee, baked goods and more!
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Bedford Christmas Station Fundraising Sale
Shop new clothing and shoes, designer handbags, new and used toys, gently used clothing and shoes, vintage furniture, household items, and garden goods and decor at the Bedford Christmas Station. 100% of funds raised through these sales of the wonderful merchandise that is donated is used to purchase new clothing, toys, teen, senior citizen &...
3 events,
WWII Exhibit
WWII Exhibit
Come 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....
Milepost Music Series
Milepost Music Series
Milepost Music brings the the Blue Ridge Music Center to locations along the Parkway. Peaks of Otter concerts are held the first Sunday of the month, June through September. Concerts are held outdoors in the area between the restaurant and the lodge, near the banks of Abbott Lake with an incredible view of Sharptop...
Little Town Players “The Secret Garden”
Little Town Players “The Secret Garden”
Come see the fantastic musical, "The Secret Garden." This is a show you don't want to miss!