Events & Festivals

Find out What's Happening This Week in Newport News! Whether it's a Broadway show, a toe-tapping musical, a Civil War re-enactment, commemorating World War I and World War II, an outdoor food, and wine festival or the annual One City Marathon, there's always something to do in and around Newport News. Whether you're coming from Williamsburg, Yorktown, Hampton, Norfolk, or Virginia Beach, you'll have a blast expanding your trip itinerary with so many events and festivals nearby. Get our weekly events delivered straight to your inbox by signing up here to stay in the know!

Click here for a listing of all the great things happening this week in Newport News! 

September 20 - 26, 2018

September 13 - 19, 2018

NOTE: Events are subject to cancellation and date changes without notice. All events take place in Newport News, unless otherwise noted. 

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Any Location 1884 Warwick Courthouse Boathouse Live Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center Endview Plantation Ferguson Center for the Arts Historic Hilton Village James A. Fields House Lee Hall Mansion Main Street Library Peninsula Community Theatre Peninsula Fine Arts Center Peninsula SPCA & Petting Zoo The Mariners' Museum and Park The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center U.S. Army Transportation Museum Virginia Air and Space Center Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Museum Virginia Living Museum Virginia War Museum Brittingham-Midtown Community Center Denbigh Community Center King-Lincoln Park Newport News Park Newport News Park Discovery Center The Mariners' Museum Park Victory Arch Victory Landing Park Christopher Newport University City Center at Oyster Point Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center Ferguson Center for the Arts Peninsula Community Theatre Port Warwick The Mariners' Museum/ USS Monitor Center Virginia Living Museum

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  Newport News Port of Embarkation in WWI

  April 6, 2017 - May 31, 2019
  Virginia War Museum

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  Answering America's Call

  May 19 - December 31, 2018
  The Mariners' Museum and Park

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  Art Start

  July 11 - September 26, 2018
  Peninsula Fine Arts Center

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  French Connections

  July 14 - September 30, 2018
  Peninsula Fine Arts Center

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• Beyond Tet: The Vietnam War 1968 - 1969

  August 24, 2018 - September 7, 2020
  Virginia War Museum

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• We Are the Music Makers!

  September 2-30, 2018
  Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center

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• Civil War Reenactment

  September 22-23, 2018
  Endview Plantation

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• Fall Native Plant Sale

  September 22-23, 2018; September 29-30, 2018
  Virginia Living Museum

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  The Mariners' Gallery Crawl

  September 22, 2018
  The Mariners' Museum and Park

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• Southeast Community Celebration: The Unifics LIVE!

  September 22, 2018, 5 - 7 p.m.
  King-Lincoln Park

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