…always something special to do in the foothills

This is a sampling of annual events in the Virginia Piedmont. Please check the links on the right side of this page for events and offerings in each of the five counties in the region.

Spring: March, April, May

March

• President James Madison’s Birthday celebration at Montpelier, Orange

April

• Graves Mountain Lodge Spring Fling, Madison
• Junior Ranger Day-Shenandoah National Park
• Remembrance Days-Annual Celebration of Culpeper’s History, Culpeper
• Old Dominion Hounds Point to Point, Rappahannock (540) 364-4573
• Fodderstock 10K Classic Race, Rappahannock (540) 675-3670

May

• Culpeper Day, Culpeper
  
• Tour de Madison Bike Tour, Madison 
  
• Virginia Gold Cup, Fauquier
  
• Warrenton Spring Festival, Fauquier
  
• Montpelier WineFestival, Orange               
• Hunt Country Stable Tour, Fauquier
• Delaplane Strawberry Festival, Fauquier
• Wildflower Weekend, Shenandoah National Park
• Wine-apalooza Music & Craft Festival, Ducard Vineyards, Madison

Summer: June, July, August

June

• Bluemont Summer Concert Series, Culpeper & Fauquier
• All American Bluegrass Festival, Orange

July

• Bluemont Summer Concert Series, Culpeper & Fauquier
• Fourth of July Celebration at Great Meadow
  
• Fourth of July Celebration, Culpeper
• Fourth of July "Arts Alive" Celebration, Orange
• Fourth of July "Children's and Pet's Parade", Town of Warrenton
• Fourth of July Celebration, Rappahannock
  
• Fauquier County Fair, Fauquier
  
• Madison County Fair, Madison
• Orange County Fair, Orange

August

• Bluemont Summer Concert Series, Culpeper & Fauquier
• Hot Air Balloon Festival at Flying Circus Airshows, Fauquier
• Somerset Steam & Gas Pasture Party, Orange
• Warrenton Horse Show, Fauquier

Fall: September, October, November

September 

• Fauquier Fall Farm Tour, Fauquier
• Taste of the Mountains-Main Street Festival, Madison
• Graves Mountain Lodge Apple Harvest Festival, Madison
• Constitution Day at Montpelier, Orange

October

• Culpeper Harvest Days Farm Tour, Culpeper
• Culpeper County Air Fest, Culpeper
• Graves Mountain Lodge Apple Harvest Festival, Madison
• Harvest and Leaf Peep Festival, Ducard Vineyards, Madison
• International Gold Cup, Fauquier
• Wilderness Weekend-Shenandoah National Park
• Fall Fiber Festival & Sheep Dog Trials at Montpelier, Orange
• Ghost Walks at the Exchange Hotel, Orange

November

• Artists of Rappahannock County Studio & Gallery Tour, Rappahannock
• Montpelier Hunt Races, Orange
• Ghost Walks at the Exchange Hotel, Orange

Winter: December, January, February

December

• Christmas in Old Town Warrenton, Fauquier
  
• Christmas Tour of Homes, Culpeper
• Christmas "Celebrate Orange", Orange
• Christmas in Little Washington, Rappahannock
  
• First Night-Warrenton, Fauquier
  

January

• Barboursville Winery Dinner, Orange

February

• Casanova Hunt Point to Point, Fauquier

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