Holiday Lights at the Beach is an amazing light display and holiday celebration on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.  Drive your vehicle ON THE BOARDWALK through Nautical, Holiday, and Adventure Lands with a soundtrack signal playing traditional Holiday music on your vehicle’s radio. Festive fish, musical crabs, and hard-working elves – all in brightly colored lights against the moonlit Atlantic Ocean.

November 13, 2020 – January 3, 2021

• Recurring daily
• Virginia Beach Boardwalk
•  Illumination begins at 5:30 pm each night and continues until 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 10 pm from Sundays through Thursdays.

New this year, guests will be required to purchase tickets in advance. Upon entry, tickets will be scanned on mobile devices, to limit person-to-person contact.

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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!

This is going to be an extra special and spooky halloween with the rare Blue Moon on Halloween!

Come stay with us for some of the best views of this natural wonder!

Here are some great ways to enjoy Halloween in Virginia Beach:

Don’t Miss Out: 

Blue Moon Oceanfront Dining Event at Isle of Capri

On your stay, you can make it even more memorable by reserving your table for the Blue Moon Oceanfront Dining Event at Isle of Capri. The Isle of Capri is top-rated among locals and visitors alike. Enjoy authentic Italian cuisine and breathtaking panoramic views of the Virginia Beach oceanfront.

Reserve Now: https://www.vboceanfrontnorth.com/dining/isle-of-capri/

Spooky Fun:

Haunted Hunt Club Farm 2020

Haunted Hunt Club Farm’s Halloween Festival is a winner of the Haunted Attraction Association’s 2019-2020 Top-Rated Haunts in America, a 2019 Trip Advisor “Hall of Fame” Certificate of Excellence recipient, and a 2019 Military Trusted Business by My Base Guide mention.

ALL NEW SCREAM TEAM AND EXTREME HALLOWEEN – Haunted Attractions and Creepy Characters

On-site at a safe 10’ distance. You never know where they might appear for a selfie of Halloween fun. Safety is Hunt Club Farm’s priority. Guests are required to have their temperatures scanned prior to entry and face masks are mandatory to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 required – purchasing tickets in advance here: https://hauntedhuntclubfarm.com/dates-prices/

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Halloween “VolleyBOO” Volleyball Tournament

Date: October 31

Virginia Beach Sports Center

Adult Coed Volleyball Teams, enter your team to compete in the Halloween “VolleyBOO” Volleyball Tournament at the new Virginia Beach Sports Center.

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Enjoy A Blue Moon Vacation With Us on the Oceanfront:

😍More Ways to Save!

 Enjoy Big Savings, Discounts & Rewards while saying with us on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront!

🎉Special Savings :

https://www.vboceanfrontnorth.com/specials-packages/

New State-of-the-Art Venue Hosting Sporting Events and Tournaments

The Virginia Beach Sports Center is officially completed and we are excited to share that opening day was an overarching success! Construction of the $68 million, 285,000 sq. ft. sports center began in August 2018.

• The sports tournament venue features 12 basketball courts convertible to 24 volleyball courts
• A world-class hydraulically banked track and seating for more than 5,000 fans
• The VBSC is the only venue of its kind on the East Coast not on a college or university campus!

Stay with Us for Your Next Group Event & Save with Our Special Offers & Packages. Ideal for Traveling Sports Teams & Recreational Groups!

The hotel’s activity center, Splash Kamp, is a free children’s camp complimentary to our guests.

Join the Splash Kamp Team for Turtle Racing & Crafts, and come hang-out with Tink & Tonka our resident tortoises!

 

Special extended hours for the Labor Day weekend: Sunday 11A-7P & Mon 8A-1PM.

 

Virginia Beach, Va. (Aug. 7, 2020) — A new art installation will ride the waves to the Virginia Beach oceanfront starting Aug. 10-14.

Hive Public Space, Inc. submitted the winning design for the installation based on a call from the City of Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs Department.

“Our installation aims to capitalize on Virginia Beach as a surf destination,” said Alexandra Gonzalez, president and co-founder of Hive Public Space, Inc. “We believe this installation will attract an audience and instill a memorable experience deserving of its own hashtag.”

“Barreled” celebrates Virginia Beach’s surfing culture and takes inspiration from one of the most sought out and short-lived experiences in surfing, riding through the barrel of a wave. Barrels are formed from powerful swells that rapidly travel from deep to shallow waters. The energy from the lower portion of the wave falls behind from the force of friction of the ocean floor. Meanwhile the top of the wave continues and collapses over the lower portion.

Catching a ride through a barrel takes mediation between the right ocean conditions, a surfer’s skill, and their timing. It’s a rare moment that at most last only seconds. All we can do is chase and savor these experiences.

“Our installation takes place in the form of four acrylic arches that mimic the barrel experience,” said Gonzalez. “Capturing a moment in time within the barrel, the piece allows the viewers to inhabit and move through the experience.”

The installation is constructed out of a tubular steel system and acrylic panels that represent the ocean’s oscillating balance of power and fragility. Each arch unfolds from wall to ceiling and ends with a seating component that encourages human interactions.

Each steel “wave” in “Barreled” is also spaced out perfectly for a socially distanced selfie opportunity!

Thanks to generous donations from the Virginia Beach business community, the installation will be accompanied by “Broken Current,” a mural by recognizable local artist Navid Rahman that illustrates powerful rip currents and tidal currents created by ocean waves. Last year, Rahman created another mural for the City of Virginia Beach, which is located in the main lobby of the Bayside Recreation Center.

A formal unveiling ceremony will take place once we are safely able to do so.

 

About Hive Public Space:

Hive Public Space is a New York-based urban design and placemaking consultancy. Their goal is to bridge DESIGN, PLACEMAKING and RESEARCH to create resilient public spaces and socially inclusive environments. Their multidisciplinary approach goes one step further into the economic and operational aspects of public spaces. Working at various scales ranging from art installations to masterplans, their goal is to give new life to under-utilized spaces by setting them up for urban, social and economic vitality.

 

Artist Bio: 

Navid Rahman’s work has always been a form of world building, creating environments with a blurred line of whimsical fantasy and reality. Much of the work highlights fictional matriarchal societies, focusing on the cultural and environmental impacts of the habitats they reside in. Navid creates striking scenes of sari clad women, enchanted forests, whimsical organic shapes using colorful patterns filled with meticulous detail. Using a mixed medium of tools and supplies, he is obsessive in his attention to line weight details and the natural flow of the work and the relationship it has with the public space.

 

ABOUT THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT:

The Cultural Affairs Department engages residents and visitors through meaningful arts, heritage and cultural experiences to connect and strengthen communities. The Department assists and directs the Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission, coordinates the City’s Public Art Program, oversees Virginia Beach History Museums, provides contract management for the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, serves as the liaison with Virginia MOCA and the ViBe Creative District, and serves as a resource to local arts and humanities organizations.