10/4/2024 - 10/6/2024
This annual regatta on the Rappahannock River off Irvington is a beautiful race for classic sailboats that combines fun, seamanship and savvy with good times and the opportunity to help others by raising money for local hospice services, all in one great weekend. This "Turkey Shoot" regatta (named for its earlier timing closer to Thanksgiving), is one of the largest regattas on the Bay and is the second largest hospice regatta in the US and had earlier been named by the Chesapeake Bay Magazine as "the Best in the Bay." www://turkeyshoot.org.This 3-day event is a combined effort of the Irvington Community, Hospice Support Services of the Northern Neck, Riverside Hospice Agencies, Rappahannock River Yacht Club and Yankee Point Yacht Club, with shore-side events, including some open to the public such as happy hour on Friday October 4th and dinner on October 5th, at the RRYC at 100 Rappahannock Road, Irvington. More information including the NOR may be found and advance registration and ticket purchases can be done at yachtscoring.com, key in 2024 Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta.
10/4/2024
Weaving tales of life's adventures through heart pounding rhythms and powerful lyrics, Raquel & The Wildflowers will take you on a journey where the dust settles and the cowboys & cowgirls dance.Singer/Songwriter Raquel de Souza won a ReverbNation contest in 2018 for her first single ``Run Towards the Highway``. The song went #32 on DRT Top 50 Country Airplay charts alongside country stars like Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan. Shortly after she performed live on air for several radio stations throughout the USA.
A year later in 2019, Raquel changed her artist name to Raquel & The Wildflowers. Since then, she has toured the USA independently with her band, lighting up stages featuring headliners like Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Sara Evans, and others.
Other notable performances include opening for multi-platinum artist Andy Grammer, award winning bands as well as performing at the Ohio State Fair, The Big E Fair, MusikFest, Country Fest, Lando Live, Thursdays Downtown, Northern Appalachian Folk Festival, The Cutting Room, The Geneseo Riviera and more.
Raquel's “I’m a wildflower” tour in 2023 provided a glimpse of several songs from her first album. On August 1, 2023, she released the album exclusively on a CD, and by December 22, 2023, all the CDs were sold out. The digital version will be accessible worldwide on music platforms starting February 27, 2024. The digital album will feature two bonus tracks known as the “Lavender Version”.
Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased online or at the gate. Picnic baskets are welcomed but absolutely NO GLASS, ALCOHOL, or DOGS. All bags are subject to search for restricted items and for safety of our guests.
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10/5/2024
NORTHERN NECK ORCHESTRA’S 2024-2025 SEASON BEGINS ON OCTOBER 5The Northern Neck Orchestra’s 2024-2025 concert season begins with a performance of
vivid works by Lili Boulanger, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Antonin Dvorak on October 5 at the
Lancaster Elementary School Theater, 191 School Street, in Kilmarnock.
The concert will feature Boulanger’s enchanting D’un Matin en Printemps, the Virginia
premiere of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s expressive Toussaint L’Ouverture and Dvorak’s glorious
Symphony No. 8.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a pre-concert talk at 6:45
p.m. by Music Director Michael Repper.
Tickets for the concert are $40.00. Tickets for the entire four-concert 2024-20225
season are $128.00, including a special holiday concert on December 14 in Kilmarnock.
Students are admitted free. All tickets may be purchased online at
www.northernneckorchestra.org or at the door.
10/5/2024
The Irvington Farmers Market celebrates area farms and the best quality local produce. We also showcase brilliant vendors from across the region who offer fabulous hand-crafted items and amazing food!You'll find artisan cheeses, local honey, meat, and seafood. Vendors with handmade crafts, jewelry, and clothing. Beautiful handcrafted furniture, baskets, soaps, glassware, and artwork of all kinds. A cornucopia of food, flowers, and gifts! Come hungry… there will be LOTS of delicious food!
And it gets even better... We've got live music at each market. MERCY CREEK - We are thrilled that Mercy Creek is taking the stage for a second performance this year! Singer-guitarist Cheryl Nystrom Ball and her songwriting-drummer partner Jim Ball combine elements of modern folk, world beat, rock, and hints of blues and bluegrass to create fresh and unique music. The edgy, earthy musical styles used in Mercy Creek’s songs are anchored by Cheryl’s beautiful voice and intelligent lyrics.
10/12/2024
Retired Library of Virginia historian and musician Gregg Kimball returns with as program on the history of Virginia blues music. Tickets: $7510/16/2024
Changemakers Book Group
October 16th
Leadership In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
10/18/2024
SPEAKING OUR MINDS
OPEN MIC NIGHT
SOMEONE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE!
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION.
CONTACT: Alice Cooper, Library Director, (804) 435-1729 or
literacyconnect@lancasterlibrary.org
Who has made a difference in your life? The Lancaster Community Library Education Committee invites you to share your stories at “Speaking Our Minds Open Mic Night” on Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m.
Young and old will gather as a community to share inspiring stories on the topic, “Someone who made a difference in my life.” People of all ages may sign up to present short stories, reflections poems, songs, art or performance pieces.
This free community event, “Speaking Our Minds Open Mic Night” will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 18 at Lancaster Library, 16 Town Center Park. Sign up to participate or to cheer on the presenters. See the library website or Facebook page for complete information.
10/19/2024
A dynamic tribute band of the Swedish pop group “ABBA”. This lively performance will showcasefamiliar songs like “Dancing Queen”, and “Take A Chance On Me”.
Single tickets available after August 1 - $45.
$50 at door.
10/21/2024
Please join us from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on the third Monday of each month to discuss the featured book of the month. If you would like to join, send an email to call 804-435-1729.
10/31/2024
Halloween brings ghosts, ghouls, goblins, witches, princesses, superheroes, and all types of crazy costumes to the Historic Irvington Commons. It’s an exciting, fun-filled annual event sponsored by the Village Improvement Association (VIA).All area children, 12 and under, are invited to participate. Irving the Pumpkin will be there to welcome everybody and the VIA will be handing out candy and goodies starting at 5 PM. (Children must be accompanied by an adult.)
We encourage the kids to have fun and get creative with their costumes! We want to see the scariest, the most creative, and the most original costumes. (Rain will cancel this event.)