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April 2024
Red Cross Blood Drive
Help save a life! Come out to donate blood to the American Red Cross. Register for an appointment online using the link below, or by calling 804-725-2485.
Find out more »Historic Garden Week
The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews is sponsoring this year's Garden Week tours! Gloucester will have two separate tours this year, each requiring its own ticket: the Saturday tour will feature three homes and the new Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, and the Sunday tour will feature a multi-acre garden with sculpture throughout. Each tour is an art lover’s delight. Their owners have cultivated beautiful gardens and collected paintings, sculptures, and objets d’art in their travels. Visitors will want…
Find out more »Markets on Main
Join us for an extended market on the third Saturday of each month, April-August! Vendors and artisans, food specials and live music will be on Main Street from 10 am-3 pm!
Find out more »Family Art Festival
Come create with the Bay School! A day of artistic fun in The Bay School Backyard - art activities, live music, food vendors, raku firing, and beer from Gloucester Brewing Company- fun for all ages! Bring your favorite lawn chairs, and be ready to dance and groove to live music on the Bay School's backyard stage while enjoying lunch from Hungry Hungry Arrow. Or take part in the annual Raku Firing Fundraiser while you are there! Proceeds from this event…
Find out more »Runnin’ Shine
Runnin’ Shine is a hot country act with its members hailing from Virginia by way of Alabama, New York, and New Hampshire. Playing together since February of 2015, Runnin’ Shine is a tight, four-piece comprised of Janice Chandler on vocals and acoustic guitar, Richie Bohr on lead electric guitar, Bill Snow on drums, and Jim Cahoon on the bass. Brought together by really good luck and a few mutual friends, each player gives a unique energy and experience to the…
Find out more »Mathews Gardening Group Monthly Meetings
Comprised mostly of beginner or intermediate gardeners, Mathews Gardening Group meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of each month (except November and December- third Wednesdays), and will offer regional experts as speakers to continuously improve and sharpen each member's gardening skills. For more information, please contact the Mathews VCE office at (804) 725-7196 or by email at [email protected] for more information.
Find out more »Party at the Wharf Summer Series
Join the Mathews Land Conservancy at Williams Wharf for the Party at the Wharf Summer Series 2024! Gates open for the events at 5 pm, with live music from 6-9 pm! The event is family-friendly, and kids 12 and under are free. Tickets are $5 (except for the 5/18 event, which is free for all), with a cash bar and food trucks at all events. Bring a lawn chair- cooler not permitted. Bands and Food Truck Listing: April 26 Robbie…
Find out more »Gwynn’s Island Race
4m Run, 10m Ride or Run/Ride Duathlon: Gwynn’s Island in Mathews County is the host site of this annual race. Join runners & riders in this unique tour of one of Virginia’s special locations – then hang around to enjoy the music & food. 4 mile road run Starting and ending at the Gwynn’s Island Civic League, the route follows quiet backroads around the island, with a constant view of the water. The race course is 4 miles and the…
Find out more »Anthony Romano & the Conquerors
Singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader, Anthony Rosano, has always been drawn to grit, gravitas and the connection that comes from making music. Although his music roots are implanted in the firmament of the blues, he takes his cue from any number of archival influences.
Find out more »May 2024
May Faire 2024: A Rural Life
May Faire 2024: A Rural Life, will explore our county’s history—farming fishing and families—from the past to the present, in a County Fair atmosphere! This year’s May Faire children’s corner will be hosted by the local Kiwanis Club and will feature a midway of games with electric basketball, rubber duckies, hatching baby chickens brought to us by CA & J Farm, a petting zoo area, a Hungarian pig and an archaeological dig sponsored by Fairfield Foundation. Inside the Museum there…
Find out more »Faerie Tea
Join the Bay School for a Faerie Tea in the Art Speaks Gallery! Bring Your Own Teacup - Faerie Dress Encouraged - Tea & Faerie-Inspired Foods - Games & Activities - Prize Raffle - Learn Fae & Tea Lore Schedule Faerie Hair - $20, Crystal Face Adornment - $15 By Appointment ONLY: 12-1:30PM
Find out more »Flights to Freedom Historic Highway Marker Unveiling & Dedication
Join the Mathews County Historical Society, the Mathews NAACP, and the First Baptist Church, for the Unveiling and Dedication of the Flights to Freedom Historic Highway Marker. This event is free and open to the public. Throughout the antebellum period, Mathews County’s lengthy shoreline and access to deep-water shipping provided numerous enslaved men, women and children the opportunity to escape from bondage. The historical marker commemorates recurrent flights to freedom during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War. The dedication…
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