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Blue Star Museums

Portsmouth, VA

Free Museum Admission for Blue Star Families (Active-Duty Military). Select Portsmouth Museums* – including the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, The Lightship Portsmouth Museum and the Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum – are again participating in the Blue Star Museums program. Each summer, this annual collaboration between the National Endowment […]

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Shaun the Sheep at the Children’s Museum of Virginia

Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Shaun made his screen debut in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave back in 1995. Fast-forward to now and Shaun has become a global superstar, enjoyed by fans in 170 countries across the world! He’s starred in six TV series’ and enjoyed success on the big screen with two feature films that have […]

Blackberry Foraging at Paradise Creek

Paradise Creek Nature Park 1141 Victory Blvd, Portsmouth, VA

Program designed for 16 year olds and older.  Free but please register by clicking this link BLACKBERRY FORAGING Join the Elizabeth River Project naturalist Larry LaPell to learn how and […]

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Olde Towne Farmer’s Market

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Every Saturday at 10 AM.  Extended hours starting at 9 AM in spring summer. The Olde Towne Farmers Market offers fresh regional and local produce, meats, holiday floral arrangements, baked […]

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Olde Towne Antique & Flea Market

Olde Towne Portsmouth Olde Towne, Portsmouth, VA

Visit the Olde Towne Antique & Flea Market on the first Saturday of each month, rain or shine, and enjoy the eclectic collection of unique and antique wares. With more […]

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Classic Cars and Coffee

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Annex 420 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

At the Olde Towne Farmers Market.  Join us for informal Classic Cars & Coffee at the historic Olde Towne Farmers Market. Classic cars get FREE up-front, car-show-style parking and FREE […]

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Black History Now – Art Is Revolutionary

Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum 904 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth, VA

In 2024 the arts take center stage, as Black History Now! showcases some of the area’s most successful Black artists, filmmakers, musicians, and changemakers. Meet the artists who made history […]

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Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and the Virginians

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Now - July 21, 2024 Wednesday – Sunday 10AM – 4PM Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning Broadway production HAMILTON propelled our nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury into a legendary status not held since his untimely death in 1804. Miranda’s narrative—based on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ron Chernow—tells the story of a man who overcame […]

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Art workshop: Pour Painting

That Art Store 510 Middle Street, Portsmouth, VA

Learn how to pour paint to create different textures and effects.  Create your own masterpeice.

$40.00
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Pokey Smokey Rides at City Park

Portsmouth City Park Cpl J M Williams Ave, Portsmouth, VA

Take a ride around City Park aboard the Pokey Smokey II. Saturdays and Sundays 11-3 (last ride at 2:45) April 6 - June 16 Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 11 - […]

$2.00

Shop the Block High Street Festival

High Street Corridor 206 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

The annual Shop the Block High Street Festival is an interactive one-day community celebration of creative commerce spotlighting storefront activations, artistic displays, family activities, sensational food and entertainment experiences within the […]