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May 2025
Raku Firing & Pottery Throwdown
Join us for this double-header event! Learn the ancient art of raku firing with our own modern twist and/or compete in wheel-throwing challenges to win prizes and bragging rights. Pottery from Clay by the Bay Ceramics Guild will be for sale. Refreshments will be available. Tickets can be purchased at the door (check or cash preferred) or online in advance. Get Your Tickets NOW! Annual Raku Firing Join in the fun and take your piece home with you the same…
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American Legion’s World Famous Breakfast
First Sunday of every month! Join the American Legion Post 83 at 73 Hookemfair Road for their monthly World Famous Breakfast! $12 Donation. Call: 804-725-7422 for more info
Find out more »Dine to Donate
Join the Gwynn's Island Civic League and Richardson's, for a DINE TO DONATE Event, Benefitting the MCPS schools! Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Ice Cream - or ALL, Dine In or Take Out, Proceeds Provide Classroom Supplies to MCPS Schools SPECIAL THANKS to Richardson’s Cafe for donating a portion of the day’s sales, and to the Community Partners for their contributions: New Point Life Services Noble Pest Control Oyster Seed Holdings/The Hatchery Water Pro, Inc.
Find out more »Spring Community Litter Cleanup
PLEASE NOTE- This is a rescheduled event from our original date of 4/12. Help us clean our roadways, waterways and neighborhoods! MCVIC is hosting our annual spring community cleanup, and we’d love to have you join us! Whether you are a civic organization, school group, or just an individual looking to do some good, we need you! All are welcome! We do require you register ahead of time using the link below so we can make sure we have enough…
Find out more »Donk’s 50th Anniversary Shows
Performance schedule coming, dates below: 4/5, 5/10, 6/14, 7/19, 8/16, 9/13, 10/18, 11/8, 12/6 All shows subject to last minute changes. Please join the email list or on Facebook for real-time updates. Harry M. Ward Auditorium, Mathews High School, 9889 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews, VA 23109 NEW!!! Shows start at 7:30 PM – Doors open at 7:00 PM Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for Children 12 and under Tickets can be purchased at the door on show…
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Tour de Chesapeake
Mark your calendar for the third weekend in May! This tour is the only Coastal Virginia, Chesapeake Bay bike tour — over a thousand visitors come each year to enjoy the flat roads, beautiful scenery, and over 100 miles of routes that are friendly for all levels.Are you outdoorsy, active, and like to visit new places? We guarantee this week will be authentic! Biking along the beautiful fields, peninsulas, and marshlands of Mathews is one perk among the many ways…
Find out more »TDC’S Party at the Wharf
Join the Tour de Chesapeake for a special, FREE Party at the Wharf! Open to all! Band: 7th Street Dance Band Food Truck: Creekside Catering
Find out more »VA250 All America Concert
The Mathews VA250 Committee is pleased to co-sponsor, along with the Mathews Museum and the Mathews County Historical Society, a concert at Mathews High School, featuring The Courthouse Community Orchestra, under the direction of Staff Sergeant Jarrett Kocan of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band. Join us as we memorialize the 249th anniversary of the May 15 creation of Virginia’s Declaration of Independence. The concert will begin at 3 pm, doors open at 2:30 pm. There is no…
Find out more »June 2025
Party at the Wharf Summer Series 2025
Join the Mathews Land Conservancy for their Party at the Wharf Summer Series with live music by Part Time, and a delicious food truck (TBA)! Gates open at 5 pm, with live music from 6-9 pm. All ages are welcome: tickets are $5 (12 and under are free!) Cash bar- wine and beer available. Bring your lawn chair!
Find out more »Islander Regatta
Annual 9 mile paddling event for non-motorized craft, circumnavigating one of Virginia’s few inhabited islands: Gwynn’s Island in Mathews County. Registration cost is $65 per person not per boat. Tandem kayaks, 8-person racing shells, paddle boats and even dragon boats (!!) are permitted as long as they are human powered, non-motorized. Each paddler must register separately (must be 14 or older). Register here
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