Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival: Oct 19-20

Join us on the oceanfront for the Virginia Craft Beer Festival featuring over 30 breweries, from local to national, and more than 60 craft beers. The Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival kicks off the fall season with live music and sampling of some of our favorite craft creations.

Event Schedule

Saturday October 19
1:00 pm Festival Box Office Opens
2:00 pm Festival Gate Opens. Sampling and food sales begin.
2:15 pm Live Music from Mother Goose begins
5:45 pm Sampling ends
6:00 pm Festival ends

Sunday October 20
1:00 pm Festival Box Office Opens
2:00 pm Festival Gate Opens. Sampling and food sales begin.
2:15 pm Live Music from Roebuck begins
5:45 pm Sampling ends
6:00 pm Festival ends

Event schedule is subject to change. tickets

Stay with us at Holiday Inn & Suites Virginia Beach – North Beach. Our Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel is located on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk and features 238 oceanfront rooms and suites, each with private balconies or patios and thoughtful resort-style amenities. Relax on the beach, soak up rays by our gorgeous lagoon-style outdoor and indoor pools, and let the kids play at Splash Kamp. Kids eat free at our Virginia Beach family resort! Savor fresh seafood and Italian fare on the Virginia Beach oceanfront at our three on-property restaurants. Enjoy access to the best  attractions and things to do in Virginia Beach, minutes away from our centrally-located hotel on the famed Boardwalk!

Fall is here and as you know, October is one of the best months to be in Virginia Beach! Come join us for amazing beach weather and great events all month including: Halloween parties at the beach, live music events, festivals, and big events like the Wicked 10k and more!


Haunted Hunt Club Farm: Oct 3-31
Haunted Hunt Club Farm’s Halloween Festival was named as One of the Top-Rated Haunts in America.Celebrate the new season with the family at the Harvest Festival at Hunt Club with farm animals you can pet, pony rides, farm tours, carnival rides and a huge collection of Pungo pumpkins. When the sun goes down, and the kids are in bed, come back for Haunted Hunt Club’s Halloween Festival, featuring the Field of Screams, Haunted Hayride, and the Village of the Dead.
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Treasures of the Earth Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show: Oct 11-13
Our shows feature estate, classic, handcrafted and fashion jewelry made from a variety of metals, as well as a vast array of crystals, minerals and fossils. Jewelers and wire wrappers will be on site who can design, remount or repair jewelry. In addition, there will be a gemologist present at the Virginia Beach shows to do appraisals while you wait. event details

Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival: Oct 19-20
Featuring over 30 breweries, from local to national, and more than 60 craft beers, The Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival kicks off the fall season with live music and sampling of some of our favorite craft creations. A limited number of tickets will be available each day, so get yours now! event details

Halloween Spooktacular: Oct 19
Kids and grown ups! Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume and join the VSO for a ghoulish afternoon of monstrous fun! The Orchestra will perform some of the spookiest music ever written. But don’t be afraid – this concert is more TREAT than TRICK!
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2019 Anthem Wicked 10K Weekend: Oct 25-26
Experience Coastal Virginia’s largest Halloween race and party. Do you love Halloween? Do you love running by the ocean? Are you looking for a few tricks and treats? The Anthem Wicked 10K Weekend is the perfect place to celebrate Halloween and enjoy wicked good times. event details


Back Bay Brewing Halloween Beer & Cider Festival: Oct 26
Back Bay Brewing Halloween Cider Festival will be releasing six exclusive ciders from their sister property, Back Bay’s Farmhouse Brewing, and also have additional local ciders on tap and a lineup of craft beer. This festive event will include costume contests, dance-offs, live music, special beer releases, local food trucks, and more. event details

Stay with us at Holiday Inn & Suites Virginia Beach – North Beach. Our Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel is located on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk and features 238 oceanfront rooms and suites, each with private balconies or patios and thoughtful resort-style amenities. Relax on the beach, soak up rays by our gorgeous lagoon-style outdoor and indoor pools, and let the kids play at Splash Kamp. Kids eat free at our Virginia Beach family resort! Savor fresh seafood and Italian fare on the Virginia Beach oceanfront at our three on-property restaurants. Enjoy access to the best  attractions and things to do in Virginia Beach, minutes away from our centrally-located hotel on the famed Boardwalk!

International Sandsculpting Championship – Virginia Beach
Sep 27 – Oct 6
6th-8th Streets, Virginia Beach Oceanfront

Come see 32 of the world’s most talented sculptors in Virginia Beach creating incredible works of art for our viewing pleasure.

How else can one describe this event any other way than with an experience? With a world-class venue, talent, and prize purse, Neptune’s International Sandsculpting Championship has distinguished itself as a premier event unlike any other. From the gallery feel and extended viewing hours, your sandsculpting fill can be quelled with a single visit.

It’s been the signature event of the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival since its inception, and has grown to the most prestigious event of its kind in the nation. With an international field of sculptors representing 11 countries from around the world, watch the professionals turn grains of sand into works of art in just 3 days!

LAND OF SAND TENT HOURS

Friday, 9/27: 9 am – 11 pm

Saturday, 9/28: 9 am – 11 pm

Sunday, 9/29: 9 am – 9 pm

Monday – Wednesday: 9/30 – 10/2: 10 am – 6 pm

Thursday, 10/3: 10am – 8pm (City Employee Appreciation Day)

Friday – Sunday, 10/4 – 10/6: 10am – 6pm

Admission: $5 per person. 12 and under is free while accompanied by adult.

Tent is wheelchair and stroller accessible. NO ANIMALS allowed in the tent.

Entrance to the tent is located at 7th Street

event details:https://www.neptunefestival.com/events/international-sand-sculpting-championship

Stay with us at Holiday Inn & Suites Virginia Beach – North Beach. Our Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel is located on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk and features 238 oceanfront rooms and suites, each with private balconies or patios and thoughtful resort-style amenities. Relax on the beach, soak up rays by our gorgeous lagoon-style outdoor and indoor pools, and let the kids play at Splash Kamp. Kids eat free at our Virginia Beach family resort! Savor fresh seafood and Italian fare on the Virginia Beach oceanfront at our three on-property restaurants. Enjoy access to the best  attractions and things to do in Virginia Beach, minutes away from our centrally-located hotel on the famed Boardwalk!

The Oceana Air Show

Sep 21-22

Come enjoy the country’s best aviation performances and displays at the 2019 NAS Oceana Air Show Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22. The men and women of Naval Air Station Oceana are excited to open their base to the public to present the best civilian and military performers.

Performers include the USAF Thunderbirds, Skip Stewart and the GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team. The event will also feature the return of SHOCKWAVE, the jet-powered Peterbilt truck that spews smoke and thunder. event details

Stay with us at Holiday Inn & Suites Virginia Beach – North Beach. Our Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel is located on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk and features 238 oceanfront rooms and suites, each with private balconies or patios and thoughtful resort-style amenities. Relax on the beach, soak up rays by our gorgeous lagoon-style outdoor and indoor pools, and let the kids play at Splash Kamp. Kids eat free at our Virginia Beach family resort! Savor fresh seafood and Italian fare on the Virginia Beach oceanfront at our three on-property restaurants. Enjoy access to the best  attractions and things to do in Virginia Beach, minutes away from our centrally-located hotel on the famed Boardwalk!

Neptune’s Fall Wine Festival:

Sep 14 & 15 on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront

Taste from over 70 wines by Virginia’s leading vineyards. Enjoy delicious wine, food, and live entertainment on the boardwalk.Each tasting ticket includes a commemorative wine glass and tastings throughout the event. You must purchase a ticket to enter the event.

PARTICIPATING WINERIES:

• AmRhein’s Wine Cellars
• Bold Rock Hard Cider
• Bright Meadows Farm
• Byrd Cellars Vineyard & Winery
• Castle Glen Estates Winery
• Castle Gruen Vineyards & Winery
• Cobbler Mountain Cider
• Haley’s Honey Meadery
• Lake Anna Winery
• Mattaponi Winery
• Mermaid Winery
• Pearmund Cellars
• Prince Michel Vineyard & Winery
• Rebec Vineyards
• Saude Creek Vineyard
• Vintner’s Cellar

FOOD TRUCKS: The Boardroom | Capt’n Crabby

event details: https://www.neptunefestival.com/events/fall-wine-festival

Stay with us at Holiday Inn & Suites Virginia Beach – North Beach. Our Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel is located on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk and features 238 oceanfront rooms and suites, each with private balconies or patios and thoughtful resort-style amenities. Relax on the beach, soak up rays by our gorgeous lagoon-style outdoor and indoor pools, and let the kids play at Splash Kamp. Kids eat free at our Virginia Beach family resort! Savor fresh seafood and Italian fare on the Virginia Beach oceanfront at our three on-property restaurants. Enjoy access to the best  attractions and things to do in Virginia Beach, minutes away from our centrally-located hotel on the famed Boardwalk!