Hampton Roads Area Events & Kid Fun

2010  Summer Fun for Kids

Kids Bowl Free
FREE Family Film Festival-Regal Cinema’s: 10am Tues and Wed startinig in June
Cinemark’s Summer Movie Clubhouse – Cinemark Cinema’s: check your local schedule
AMC Summer Movie Camp – 10am Tuesday
Passport to Summer Reading Program-Barnes and Noble
Double-Dog Dare Reading Program-Border’s
Busch Gardens-Kids 5 and Under FREE
FREE Select Museum Admission: Active-Duty Military ONLY
Norfolk Tides

2011 Events by Month

MAY

April 30^th – May 1^st Spring Arts & Crafts Show Williamsburg FREE 10am
May 1^st Earth Day Mount Trashmore VB FREE 11am-4pm
May 5^th Malini’s Dances of India Norfolk FREE 5pm
May 5^th Cinco de Mayo Town Point Park, Norfolk FREE 5pm-10pm
May 6^th & 7^th – PANorama Caribbean Music Festival, VB FREE 10am-7pm
May 6^th – 8^th Charles Barker Toyota Scion Monsters on the Beach, VB $12 advance, $15 gate 2 and under free 6^th 7pm, 7^th noon & 7pm, 8^th 2pm
May 7^th & 8^th Go Sports Art Festival Portsmouth FREE 10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
May 7^th Pirates! Portsmouth FREE 10am-5pm
May 7^th Children’s Festival of Friends Newport News (admission fee but all activites are FREE) 10am-5pm
May 7^th Comic Book Day & Costume Contest Chesapeake FREE 10am-6pm
May 12^th – 15^th Beach Music Weekend, VB FREE check website for times
May 13^th – 14^th Virginia Beach GospelFest, VB FREE check website for times
May 13^th Max & Ruby Bunny Party Norfolk tickets are $16.50 6:30pm
May 13^th – 15^th Langley Air Show Hampton FREE Gates open at 9am each day
May 14^th Armed Forces Day- Toy Soldier Show Newport News $6 adults, $4 child ages 7-18 Free for children under 7 (Show your AAA membership card for $1 off) 9am-4pm
May 14^th Skate Against Bullying Norfolk FREE 1pm-5pm
May 21^st & 22^nd Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival Norfolk FREE (times not listed)
May 21^st Pirate Party on the Beach VB Free 10am-10pm
May 21^st Holland Founders Day Parade & Celebration (Holland Village) Suffolk opens 10am, parade 11am FREE
May 21^st The Amazing Race! Chesapeake (all day) Free for spectators
May 26^th – June 5^th Amusements of America Carnival Hampton (fees vary for rides/exhibits) Time to be determined
May 28^th & 29^th Pungo Strawberry Festival 9am-7pm each day, $5 parking per vehicle
May 31^st Family Karaoke Night Chesapeake: $8.00 per participant 6pm-8:30pm

JUNE

June 2^nd The Mystery of Stonehenge Chesapeake FREE 8pm
June 3^rd – 5^th Patriotic Festival VB FREE See website for tickets and times
June 3^rd Mission Mythology Williamsburg (Free with Museum admission cost) 4pm
June 3^rd – 5^th Blackbeard Pirate Festival Hampton FREE Time tbd
June 4^th – 5^th 3D Sand Soccer Shootout & Carnival Hampton FREE 9am-5pm
June 4^th & 5^th American Indian Festival, Chesapeake: FREE 10am – 6pm
June 5^th Family Fishing Rodeo Chesapeake FREE 10am-1pm
June 10^th – 11^th Hardee’s Latin Fest VB FREE (also fireworks at the beach on the 10^th)check website for times
June 10^th & 11^th Seawall Music Festival Portsmouth FREE for more information & times 757-393-8481
June 10^th – 12^th Norfolk HarborFest Norfolk FREE noon til 11pm, on the 12^th, noon til 6pm
June 12^th Phelps Brothers Music Festival Chesapeake FREE 1pm-6pm
June 14^th – July 22^nd Suffolk Art League’s Annual Open Members Show Suffolk FREE 757-514-7284 for times
June 17^th Movie Night “The Goonies” VB FREE 7:30pm-10pm
June 18^th Aberdeen Gardens Heritage Day Hampton 11am
June 18^th Get Lost, Be aMAZEd! Norfolk Adults $9, Srs/Mil. $8, 3-18 $7, 2&under FREE 9am-7pm
June 22^nd Fountain Field Days Norfolk FREE 11am-3pm
June 24^th – 26^th Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival Norfolk ($20 advance purchase 3 day pass, $10 per day at gate) noon til 10pm, on the 26^th noon til 6pm
June 24^th Wynne Ford Volvo Storytelling in the Park Hampton FREE 11am
June 28^th Pomoco Family Movie Hampton FREE 7pm

 JULY

July 4^th (all day) Stars & Stripes Explosion VB FREE All Day Event
July 4^th Stars & Stripes Spectacular Suffolk FREE concessions start at 5pm, fireworks 9pm
July 4^th Independence Day Fireworks Portsmouth FREE 9:30pm-10pm Pets Welcome
July 4^th 29th Annual AT&T Fourth of July Great American Picnic & Fireworks Norfolk 5pm-10pm, Fireworks 9:30pm
July 4^th Abbitt Planetarium Laser Spirit Newport News (Call Museum for pricing) 7, 8 & 9pm shows
July 4^th Stars in the Sky Fireworks Celebration Newport News FREE 6pm
July 4^th 31^st Annual Lakeside Park 4^th of July Celebration & Parade Chesapeake FREE Parade starts at 10am, Festivities @11am
July 6^th Flicks at the Fountain (Beethoven movie) Norfolk FREE 8:30pm
July 8^th Star Hike at Northwest River Park Chesapeake $3.00 7pm-9:30pm
July 9^th Horseshoe Tournament Chesapeake FREE for spectators info on start time (757) 717-4307
July 22^nd SkyWatch at Northwest River Park Chesapeake FREE dusk til midnight
July 23^rd Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge VB FREE All Day Event
 

AUGUST

August 5^th – 7^th 85^th Annual Hampton Cup Regatta Hampton FREE 10am-5pm
August 6^th & 7^th Artisans in the Park VB FREE 10am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday
August 6^th Butterfly and Dragonfly Tour Portsmouth nonmember $5, member $2.50 10am-noon
August 12^th Crab-pickin at The Point Norfolk (check website for prices or if FREE) 5pm-9p
August 13^th Chesapeake Criterium Bike Races Chesapeake FREE to spectators
August 19^th Movie Night Mt. Trashmore- Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory VB FREE 7:30PM
August 20^th – 21^st Nansemond Indian Tribe PowWow Suffolk FREE (757) 514-7250 for times
August 20^th Gear Up Back to School Pep Rally Portsmouth 1pm-5pm
August 27^th 11^th Annual Norfolk Latino Music Festival Norfolk FREE 5pm-10pm

SEPTEMBER

September 1^st Corn Maze at Bergey’s Breadbasket Chesapeake Admission to be determined
September 2^nd First Friday ArtWalk VB FREE 5pm-8pm
September 2^nd – 4^th “SOS” Sunset of Summer Portsmouth FREE 757-393-2525 for times
September 9^th – 11^th 29^th Annual Bay Days Hampton FREE Times Sept 9^th noon, Sept 10^th 10:30am, Sept 11^th noon
September 10^th Taste of Suffolk Suffolk FREE 10am
September 10^th End of Summer Train Day Suffolk FREE 10am – 5pm
September 10^th & 11^th Virginia Freedom Festival Chesapeake Contact for admission information
September 16^th & 17^th Peroni Festa Italiana VB Check website for times
September 17^th 4^th Annual Books in the Park Norfolk FREE noon – 4pm
September 18^{th 6th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival} Norfolk FREE noon til 4pm
September 30^th – October 2^nd North American Sand Sculpting Championship VB FREE All Day event, judging starts Oct 1^st at Noon

OCTOBER

October 1^st Neptune Festival Grand Parade VB FREE 11am-1pm
October 1^st Fireworks Extravaganza VB FREE 9pm-9:30pm
October 1^st Fall in Love with Virginia Market Suffolk FREE 10am
October 1^st Peanut Festival Parade Suffolk FREE 10am
October 1^st & 2^nd Fall Festival of Folklife Newport News FREE admission, $10 parking per vehicle 10am-5pm
October 1^st Five Alarm & Festival Chili Cook-off Hampton FREE cookoff starts at noon, call for info on gates opening 757-727-1212
October 1^{st 23rd Annual AT&T Virginia Children’s Festival} Norfolk ticket required 10am – 3pm
October 2^nd Bark in the Park Chesapeake FREE 12 noon til 5pm
October 6^th – 9^th Peanut Festival Suffolk Free (parking $10.00) 6^th 2:30-10:30pm, 7^th 10am-11pm, 8^th 10am-11pm, 9^th 10am-7pm
October 20^th – 22^nd and October 27^th – 29^th Ghost Train at NWRP Chesapeake call 757-421-7151 for more info
October 22^nd Haunticus at Nauticus Norfolk $7 kids, $5 adults call for times 757-664-1014
October 29^th Annual Safe Trick or Treating Olde Towne Portsmouth FREE 6pm
October 29^th 20^th Annual Halloween Bash Hampton (museum fee Virginia Air&Space Center) 4pm
October 29^th 20^th Annual Halloween Bash Hampton (museum fee Virginia Air&Space Center) 4pm

NOVEMBER

November 5^th & 6^th and 19^th & 20^th Santa’s Stocking Christmas Bizarre VB FREE Saturdays 9 am – 5 pm, and Sundays 10 am – 4 pm
November 18^th – December 31^st Holiday Lights at the Beach VB Check website for times closer to event
November 18^th Downtown Illumination Ceremony Suffolk FREE 6:30-8:30pm
November 18^{th (5pm)}, 25^{th (9am)} & 26^th(9am) Winter Wonderland, The Coleman Collection Portsmouth costs $3 to $6
November 19^th Coliseum Central Holiday Parade Hampton FREE 9:30am
November 19^th & 20^th Indian River Christmas Craft Show Chesapeake FREE Sat. 10am-5pm Sun. noon til 4pm
November 19^th Coliseum Central Holiday Parade Hampton FREE 9:30am
November 20^th Grand Illumination Parade Norfolk FREE 7pm
November 24^th Celebration in Lights Newport News $10 per car 5:30pm-10:30pm
November 24^th Celebration in Lights Newport News $10 per car 5:30pm-10:30pm
November 25^th – 27^th Virginia Beach Christmas Market VB $7adults $2 children, 6-12, under 6 free admission covers all 3 days, bring a canned good donation for .50 cents off admission.

DECEMBER

December 2^nd Downtown Suffolk Holiday Open House Suffolk FREE 4pm-7pm
^{December 2nd Hollydazzle! Newport News FREE(fireworks!) 6pm-9pm
December 3rd 23rd Annual Lighted Boat Parade Hampton FREE 7pm
December 3rd Colonial Christmas Antiques & Artisans Show Williamsburg Adults $6, 12 & under FREE 9am-5pm 
December 3rd & 4th  The Battle of Great Bridge  Chesapeake  call 757-382-8466 for more info}
December 3^rd ShiverFest at Mount Trashmore VB FREE 6pm
December 3^rd Holiday Parade at the Beach VB FREE All Day Event
December 10^th Suffolk Holiday Parade Suffolk FREE 757-514-4130 for time
December 10^th Olde Towne Music Festival Portsmouth FREE Noon-6pm
December 10^th Santa’s Arrival Parade (after Olde Towne Music Fest.) FREE Portsmouth 5:30pm
December 18^th Sounds of the Season PB&J series Norfolk tickets go on sale August First
December 31^st Olde Towne Scottish Walk Portsmouth FREE 3:30pm

 Thanks to Donna for helping to put this list together!

 *Photo from MamaRucci