May Day

May Day celebrates traditional maypole dances, games, and other fun activities. Maypole dances have had many iterations throughout history, attendees will learn a ribbon dance at the May Day festivities on the English Farm This workshop is included in museum admission, and is limited to 30 people in each section. Tickets can be purchased on the website or at the door. Annual pass-holders are free. For more information you can call 540.332.7850.

Staunton Jams

We’re doing the jam thing! May 5-7, 2023, WQSV is partnering with The Judy Chops to present this three-day event filled with music, vendors, and family activities. It’ll take place at various locations throughout downtown Staunton, including the Sunspots Pavilion and the Staunton Patio Market. Featured artists include: 14£bs • 23 Skiddoo • Annabeth • Austin Shiflett • Boxcar Speakeasy • The Cry Babies • Drägön Wägön • Eric Yost • The Findells • Goodson Band • Guitar Pit • The Hot Mamas • The Loya Brothers • Maggie’s Last Shift • The Milestones • My Gal Mal • Outta the Crate • Queen City Porch Swingers • Rachel Austin • Savvy • Song Kitchen • Sun-Dried Opossum • Sweet Pete and the Cats • Valerie McQueen Staunton Jams is free and is a wonderful way to hear a wide variety of local artists. We hope to see you there!

Britchin Brown Renaissance Fest

Saturday April 29th, 12-6PM Stable Craft Brewing is hosting the Britchin Brown Renaissance Fest. Stable Craft is proud to host the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) for a medieval Combat Demonstration! The timeline includes a fire eater, 15th Century Germanic Dancing, smoked turkey legs and much more.

Riverfest

Saturday April 29th is Waynesboro’s Riverfest beginning at 10am – 4:30 pm. This FREE annual event takes place river-side at Constitution Park South in Waynesboro, VA. Activities include Reptile World shows, presentations by the Wildlife Center of Virginia, Stream Safari exploration, Fish and Fun Rodeo, canoe rides, kids arts & crafts, interactive exhibits, and more. The day ends with the Great South River Duck Race!

Blind Tasting Class

Accordia Staunton will be hosting a Blind Tasting Class (with Ben Brown from Well Crafted Wine) Prices are $25. For more information you can email info@accordiastaunton.com

Family Bingo for a Cause

Sunday, April 23rd from 3pm-5pm White Oak Lavender Farm will be hosting Family Bingo for a Cause to support Magnolia Rose, a local nonprofit that provides hope and healing to survivors of human trafficking. It’s free to play with a chance to win prizes! Donations can be made directly to Magnolia Rose at the event via cash, check, or credit card.

WQSV’s 2nd Chicken Salad-Off

Come join us at Ciders From Mars on Saturday, May 20 as WQSV hosts its second annual chicken salad competition! Tasting starts at 5PM, winners announced at 6:30PM Hosted by Randy Ruse Music by DJ L3D Event is free • $10 for a tasting fork All proceeds benefit your favorite community radio station! ► More information

Earth Day Staunton

Saturday, April 22, from 11AM-3PM Earth Day Staunton is back at the Gypsy Hill Park Bandstand. The theme is, “Plant LOCAL. Think GLOBAL. Garden for Nature.” The event will focus on native gardening to provide birds, butterflies, and bees oases throughout our area to help rebuild their populations. The local chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society will be releasing their new guide to native plants in our area at Earth Day. Also, the event will help people identify invasive plants that provide no benefit to native wildlife, and often crowd out beneficial native species. This is a fun, free, educational event for families.

Shakespeare’s Birthday Block Party

Saturday, April 22nd the American Shakespeare Center is hosting SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY BLOCK PARTY located at 10 Market St. (in front of the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse) from 10 AM – 1 PM. This event will include: • Shakespeare Madlibs & Crafts with ASC Education • Mini Fight Choreography Lessons with Silver Line Theatre Exchange • Adopt a Teddy Bear through Transfiguring Adoption • Family-friendly activities hosted by Queen City Games and Gifts, Little Miss PinkerBell, Staunton Kindness Challenge, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, and Medieval Fantasies Company and Gyfte Shoppe • A Bouncy Castle! • Cupcakes by Whipp’d Cakery at 12:30 PM This event is free and open to the public.

Haze & Dacey at Seven Arrows Brewing Co.

Based in Richmond, Virginia, Haze & Dacey revel in lilting melodies, tight harmonies, and compelling rhythms that make toes tap and bodies sway. Original songs written by Haze are interspersed amongst covers both familiar and obscure. The duo skips nimbly from folk-pop to alt-country to roots-rock, creating a homegrown organic sound with upright bass, acoustic guitar, piano, shaker, tambourine, and mouth-horn. They cover artists as varied as Joni Mitchell, Queen, Patty Griffin, Guster, The Wiyos, and The Decemberists.