Gross’ Orchard Peach Month
2022-07-08 08:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-09 08:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-11 08:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-12 08:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-13 08:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-14 08:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-15 08:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Gross Orchards, 6817 Wheats Valley Road, Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
It’s Peach Month! Celebrate all month long at Gross’ Orchard which is open to the public 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily except Sunday. On Saturdays in July there will be special activities such as wagon rides, live music, and more. U-Select or U-Pick! There is also a country store on site with jellies, jams, produce, fried pies, and more.

Bower Center Paper Exhibition
2022-07-08 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-07-09 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-07-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-07-13 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-07-14 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-07-15 11:00 - 15:00 | Bower Center for the Arts, 309 North Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, United States
The National Juried Paper Art Exhibition is a new national juried exhibit that is discipline specific in that the artwork has been created with paper, another media on paper, or mixed in with paper. Visit the Bower Center by August 20 to view this exhibit. Gallery admission is always free. You can also view the exhibit online HERE. https://www.bowercenter.org/2022/07/05/national-juried-paper-art-exhibition/

WWII Exhibit
2022-07-08 11:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-09 11:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-10 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-11 11:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-12 11:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-13 11:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-14 11:00 - 18:00 | ElectricCoArt, 207 East Depot Street, Bedford, VA, United States
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.
Formerly he was Design Director/Vice President at Whittle Communications, where he designed and developed magazines, books, posters and various other media properties. Ken was co-founder and Creative Director of Media South, a design and marketing firm specializing in editorial media and corporate branding.
Gallery admission is free.

Forest Farmers Market
2022-07-09 08:00 - 12:00 | Forest Farmers Market, 15583 Forest Road, Forest, VA, 24523, 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.

Forest Farmer's Market
2022-07-09 08:00 - 12:00 | Forest Library Grounds, 15583 Old Forest Road, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
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
2022-07-09 09:00 - 13:00 | Bedford Community Christmas Station, 510 Blue Ridge Avenue, Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
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 & disabled adult gifts, household & personal care items and food that the Christmas Station purchases for their Christmas Selection eXpress clients to select from in December!

Country Music Night
2022-07-09 19:00 - 23:00 | New London Ruritan, 12411 East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Come enjoy great live music and dance to your favorite county music classics. $10 adults, $5 children. $5 meals & $1 snacks available.

Patriotic Pops Concert
2022-07-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, 24551, United States
The Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra will perform a “Patriotic Pops Concert” at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest! The orchestra will perform a collection of patriotic tunes and classic American music by Sousa, John Williams, and other favorites. It will be performed outside, on the South Lawn of Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson’s private retreat in Bedford County. Also participating in the event will be Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by renowned interpreter Bill Barker, courtesy of The Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
All seating will be “lawn seating”, and patrons should bring their own chairs or blankets to place in the general seating area, on the South Lawn. Patrons are permitted to bring food and non-alcoholic beverages onto the grounds for this event. Concessions will also be offered for purchase.
Tickets will go on sale April 25 and can be purchased through the Poplar Forest Box Office (ticket link is below). Tickets are $20 for adults age 18+ and $10 for youth ages under 18 and college students; and the Family Ticket (for 2 adults and more than 2 children) is $60.
Rain date: Sunday, July 10, 2022.

Click here for tickets.

Quilt Show
2022-07-13 09:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-14 10:00 - 18:00, 2022-07-15 09:00 - 18:00 | Bedford Central Library, 321 North Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, United States
The 25th Annual Quilt Show will be open to the public July 13- 23 at the Central Bedford Public Library, 321 N Bridge Street in downtown Bedford. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9 – 6, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 – 8, and Saturday 10 – 6. The Library is closed on Sunday. The event is free and features 80-100 quilted items in modern, traditional, and art styles.

Wine Wednesdays
2022-07-13 17:00 - 19:00 | ElectricCoArt, 207 East Depot Street, Bedford, VA, United States
Wine, live music and art, what more could you ask for!? Enjoy this mid week pick me up every Wednesday at ElectricCoArt! You can stay for dinner, wander the gallery and shop in the market. Click here to see which wine you will be sipping on and who is playing!

Apocalypse Trivia Night
2022-07-13 19:30 - 20:30 | Apocalypse Ale Works, 1257 Burnbridge Road, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Every week there will be a wide range of categories to enjoy while also drinking your favorite beer or seltzer water!
