Saturday, May 4, 2024
First Saturday in May
Kick off the Spring season with May Faire, in Mathews County, Virginia, the first weekend of May every year; join us for a community heritage festival.
The 2024 May Faire theme will be A Rural Life.
The county’s 6th annual spring heritage festival will feature a “county fair” atmosphere and will examine our very rural way of life—the people, their histories, their agricultural heritage, and their stories both past and present—focusing on farming, fishing and families.
May Faire 2024 Chair, Barbara Bass notes that the event will look “very much like an old fashioned county fair. It will provide an opportunity to remember and celebrate the past and raise awareness of some of our greatest historical treasures and peoples. We anticipate a variety of educational booths as well as our traditional events. ”
The Committee is already hard at work planning a variety of activities which will reflect the county’s agricultural heritage. Plans include musical performances by our school children; an archeological dig sponsored by the area’s Fairfield Foundation; C & J Farms bringing baby chicks which are planned to hatch on site, and baby pigs, bunnies and dogs; the traditional May Pole Dance; arts and crafts booths; and displays of agricultural tools and implements from the past up to the present.
We welcome anyone interested in helping develop this exciting event. For more information, questions, contact the chair at [email protected]
The event celebrates Mathews County’s past with a different history theme each year.
MAY 4th Schedule Coming Soon
Bring your lawn chair & travel through time in Mathews County
This event takes place in the Historic Court House in downtown Mathews, walking distance from restaurants, plenty of stores and boutiques, historic sites including Tompkins Cottage, Mathews Museum, and Thomas James Store, and the Mathews County Visitor and Information Center! Brochures available at MCVIC prior to the event, or from the information booth the day of the event.
Visit Mathews Historical Museum website for more info!
Want to make a weekend trip out of it? Book a room at one of our great cottages, Bed and breakfasts, or Inns! Look for Mathews accommodations.