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June 2023
Family Art Festival
This afternoon of creative fun for the whole family will be held Saturday, June 3rd, at the riverfront Sunrise Farm. The event offers a variety of art and craft activities for children and adults, family-friendly games, live entertainment & food trucks. Dance and groove to classic rock and country by Shane Norris. Join a drum circle with CA&J Farm. Proceeds from this event support the Bay School's free OpenArts After School program and our pay-what-you-can Summer Art Camps. Help the…
Find out more »Swing Bridge Book Launch Party
Local author Bronwyn Hughes and illustrator Kat Sharp are hosting a Book Launch Party on Thursday, June 8! Swing Bridge, a collection of short stories set in a fictionalized community on the Chesapeake Bay, explores social issues and celebrates the richness of small-town life. Come out and get your signed copy, and celebrate with live music by Piankatank, beer and soft drinks, food from Positive Pizza and temporary tattoos and stickers! This event is open to the public, and will…
Find out more »Movie Night at the Museum
Join the Mathews Historical Museum for a Friday Movie Night! The Museum cordially invites you to a showing of “TAKING FLIGHT,” stories of early Virginia aviation from 1864 to 1940. Doors open at 6:30 PM Movie at 7 PM This no-cost event is open to the public, at no cost.
Find out more »Soothin’ Summer Sounds: VSO Woodwind Quintet
Join the Mathews Memorial Library for a performance by the VSO Woodwind Quintet! This event is free and open to the public! Refreshments are provided.
Find out more »Highland Games and Picnic
Enjoy a wee bit o’Scotland: bagpipes, games, free shirt, picnic and prizes! Catch a ride from the library- bus leaves library at 9:45! Ages 6 through 14 (adults may join as spectators)
Find out more »A Celebration of British Music
Kingston Parish hosts a joint concert with the organists of Kingston Parish, Danny Corneliussen, Libby Boyer from Christ Church - Middlesex, and Coleman Tyler, organist, composer and Anglican priest. The concert will be at the Kingston Parish Chapel on 370 Main Street in Mathews. The program, A Celebration of British Music, will include organ and choral music from throughout the British Isles. A combined choir will sing several well known hymn settings. The audience is invited to join in the singing.…
Find out more »July 2023
Kiwanis Charter Night
Join the Kiwanis Club of Mathews County to benefit the children of the county! This is a family-friendly event with cook-out style food, ice cream, family beverages and a cash bar! There is also a raffle/ silent auction, and there will be games and drum fun thanks to CA&J Farm. If you are interested in sponsoring, or to RSVP, please visit the following link: https://ticketbud.com/events/085275f0-0ae5-11ee-b0c1-42010a717025.
Find out more »Soothin’ Summer Sounds: Plunky and Oneness
Join the Mathews Memorial Library for a performance by Plunky and Oneness! This event is free and open to the public! Refreshments are provided.
Find out more »Movie Night at the Museum
Local Gloucester resident, Mary Bush Shipko, aviatrix and a violinist in the Courthouse Community Orchestra, is guest speaker at Mathews Historical Museum Movie Night, Friday, July 14. Shipko’s remarks will precede a showing of Part II of a movie detailing Virginia’s role in aviation history. “Taking Flight—Stories of Modern Virginia Aviation, 1941 to Present Day,” Part II, is produced by Dave Miller of Miller Productions of Virginia. Miller is a prize winning independent film maker who is now focusing his efforts on Virginia stories and…
Find out more »Comedian Lucas Bohn
Comedian Lucas Bohn will be performing at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center as a fundraiser for the Court House Players. Doors open at 6 PM, show starts at 7 PM. Desserts, snacks, and beverages will be available for purchase. Tickets are available for purchase at the door, by scanning the QR code, visiting courthouseplayers.org/tickets, or at Office Supply of Gloucester (804-693-4155).
Find out more »August 2023
Sibley’s Grand Reopening Celebration
Join the Mathews Visitor Center at Sibley’s General Store‘s Grand Reopening and Ribbon Cutting! There will be live music from local favorites Piankatank, a lemonade stand, live refreshments, and a door prize raffle for a gift basket valued at over $200! Plus, shop for wonderful products from local artists, as well as Mathews merchandise. The store also carries brochures, maps and books, and is a licensed Visitor & Information Center.
Find out more »Movie Night: Horatio’s Drive
Join the Mathews Historical Museum for a free, family-friendly movie night! The Museum is screening the movie "Horatio's Drive." In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a $50 bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the US in a "horseless carriage!" Doors open at 6:30 PM, movie begins at 7 PM.
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