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

August 15 - 21, 2019

August 8 - 14, 2019

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Any Location Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center Endview Plantation Ferguson Center for the Arts Historic Hilton Village James A. Fields House Lee Hall Depot Lee Hall Mansion Main Street Library Peninsula Community Theatre Peninsula Fine Arts Center Peninsula SPCA & Barnyard 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 Warwick Courthouse 1884 Brittingham-Midtown Community Center Denbigh Community Center Harwood's Mill King-Lincoln Park Newport News Park Newport News Park Discovery Center Newport News Williamsburg International Airport 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 Holiday Inn City Center Peninsula Community Theatre Port Warwick The Mariners' Museum and Park Virginia Living Museum

• Southeast Community Celebration: Rare Essence Band

  August 17, 2019, 4 - 7 p.m.
  King-Lincoln Park

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  Honey Bee Day

  August 17, 2019
  Virginia Living Museum

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  Historical Interpreters: Seafaring Melodies

  August 17, 2019; August 25, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  The Mariners' Museum and Park

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• 12th Annual Smart Smiles 5K Run/Walk

  August 17, 2019, 8 a.m.
  The Mariners' Museum and Park

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  Historical Interpreters: A "Sea"food Perspective

  August 18, 2019; August 24, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  The Mariners' Museum and Park

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  Maritime Mondays

  August 19, 2019; August 26, 2019; September 2, 2019; September 9, 2019; September 16, 2019; September 23, 2019; September 30, 2019; October 7, 2019; October 14, 2019; October 21, 2019; October 28, 2019; November 4, 2019; November 11, 2019; November 18, 2019; November 25, 2019; December 2, 2019; December 9, 2019; December 16, 2019; December 23, 2019; December 30, 2019, 10:30 a.m.
  The Mariners' Museum and Park

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  Summer Fulldome: Fragile Planet

  August 20-25, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
  Virginia Living Museum

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  VHS Summer Concert Series

  August 21, 2019; August 28, 2019
  Port Warwick

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• Meet Colonist Marye Bucke

  August 21, 2019
  Warwick Courthouse 1884

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  Farmers' Market at City Center

  August 22, 2019; August 29, 2019; September 5, 2019; September 12, 2019
  City Center at Oyster Point

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