Sips & Scoops: Whiskey and Ice Cream Pairing
2025-08-23 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | Belmont Farm Distillery, 13490 Cedar Run Rd, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Bringing the summer to an end with a bang, we are redefining the cocktail experience by bringing you an unexpected pairing – whiskey and ice cream. Our unique blend of flavors is sure to leave your taste buds craving more. We will be offering a pairing of 3 of our whiskeys with 3 of the Ole Country Store’s delicious ice creams which come from Kreider Farms located in Lancaster County, PA.
Choose from a flight of our Kopper Kettle Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, and American Single Malt or select a sweeter option with our Kopper Kettle Chai Spiced Rum, Apple Whiskey, and Butterscotch Whiskey.
Each whiskey will be uniquely paired with a particular type of ice cream to highlight the different notes of cacao, vanilla, and caramel of our Bourbon or the spiced orange peel, honey comb and light cocoa of our Single Malt. We will dive deeper into the tasting notes during the event, so come see what our Master Distiller has selected for you!!
Pairings will be offered at $25 and a 12 oz double scoop of ice cream at $4, for the kids!! See you soon at the Distillery!!

Salute to Lafayette
2025-08-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Jeffersonton Community Center, 5073 Jeffersonton Rd, Jeffersonton, VA, 22724, United States
Save the Date. More details to come!

Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market
2025-08-23 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-16 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-08-09 07:30 - 12:00 | Culpeper Baptist Church, 318 S West St., Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Charged with overseeing the Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market after its arrival to downtown in the 90s, nonprofit Main Street program Culpeper Renaissance, Inc. (CRI), invites you to explore, shop, and connect with a vast array of vendors, including farmers, growers, bakers, and craft artisans every Saturday at this open-air Market. Each week look forward to discovering the finest in-season products ranging from meats to mushrooms, honey to hydrangeas, breakfast biscuits to bath bombs, plus Farmers Market essentials, like eggs, dog treats, hot sauce, jam, bread, hard cider and more. Enjoy family friendly fun, while soaking in a community atmosphere. Find the Market in operation every Saturday morning, rain or shine, May through October, 7:30am to 12pm at 318 S. West Street (Culpeper Baptist Church parking lot).
In addition to the 45 full and part-time vendors in attendance, the Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market offers unique and exciting children’s programs and special events!

Book Club @ The Vineyard
2025-08-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Revalation Vineyards, 2710 Hebron Valley Road, Madison, 22727
We will be discussing The Wolves of K Street by Brody Mullins and Luke Mullins, starting at 6 pm. The vineyard opens at noon on Fridays, so pop by early for a glass of wine and a snack to enjoy during the discussion.

Lafayette's Bicentennial Weekend in Culpeper August 22-24, 2025
2025-08-22 - 2025-08-23 | VA
Learn more about this weekend and all events here.

Hot Girl Summer Cookie Class
2025-08-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Bailey’s Cookie Bar, 146 N Main Street, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Unleash your creativity and enjoy a fun-filled evening with our Hot Girl Summer Cookie Class! Perfect for a ladies’ night out, this class offers delicious cookies and exciting decorating techniques to match the summer vibes. Gather your friends and make lasting memories while designing sweet treats that are as fun as they are tasty!
Ticket includes step by step instructions on how to decorate summer themed sugar cookies with royal icing. Drinks and snacks will be provided. NO experience needed for this class!

Culpeper Downtown 3rd Thursday Summer Concert - The Nashville Nights Band
2025-08-21 17:00 - 21:00 | Downtown Culpeper, Downtown Culpeper, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Are you a little bit country or do you like rock n’ roll? Do you like your music loud, with a little bit of funk and a whole lot of soul? Maybe beach music is your jam. Then allow Culpeper Renaissance, Inc. (CRI) to introduce you to the 3rd Thursday Summer Concert Series! Taking place the third Thursday of the month, May through August (with September serving as a rain date), from 5pm to 9pm at the Depot (111 Commerce Street) enjoy quality live music, delicious food vendors, refreshing adult beverages, a kid’s corner and more!
Stay tuned for more information!

VA250 Mobile Museum
2025-08-21 10:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-20 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-19 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-18 10:00 - 18:00 | Heritage Park, 111 S. Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Save the Date for the VA250 Mobile Museum visit to Culpeper.
A hands-on, interactive, and immersive “museum on wheels,” the VA250 Mobile Museum Experience titled “Out of Many, One” is housed in a quad-expandable tractor trailer that is traveling throughout Virginia and beyond. The mobile museum brings key stories of Virginia’s rich history to schools, museums, local events, fairs, and more, highlighting every region of the state.

Sip & Learn – Meet The Artist Behind Revalation - Christina Boy
2025-08-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Revalation Vineyards, 2710 Hebron Valley Road, Madison, 22727
Have you always wanted to learn more about the artists who helped create the unique aesthetic at Revalation Vineyards? Well, Christina Boy joins us at 3 pm to share her work, inspiration, and how she makes those beautiful tables! Meet the Artist Behind Revalation!

Habitat for Humanity of Culpeper Co BBQ Event!
2025-08-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Join is for food, fun and music! Learn about how Habitat for Humanity is helping the community and learn more about how to become a volunteer. We have started another house and the foundation is done: We need you for finishing work!
Raffle prizes and we are hosting a Corn Hole Tournament. Come on out!

Brunch and Bluegrass at Death Ridge Brewery
2025-08-17 11:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-10 11:00 - 18:00 | VA
Every Sunday Brunch & Bluegrass! Open at 11am, music 1:30-4:30! Check the Death Ridge Brewery Facebook page for a listing of this week’s bluegrass band and food truck.

TEMPORARY EXHIBIT The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette: A Traveling Exhibit Sunday, August 17 - Friday, August 29
2025-08-17 - 2025-08-29 | Museum of Culpeper History, 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA, 22701
The American Friends of Lafayette’s six-banner traveling exhibit tells the important stories of Lafayette’s life and legacy, including his participation in the American Revolution, his critical role in cementing the Franco-American Alliance, his lifelong passion for human rights, including the abolition of slavery, support for women’s rights and women authors, religious tolerance, and support for democratic governments, and his return as Guest of the Nation in 1824-1825. Also highlighted are efforts of the American Friends of Lafayette to commemorate this bicentennial in 2024-2025.
This exhibit strives to make Lafayette’s story more accessible and relevant to today’s citizens, accenting the connections between Lafayette and George Washington as well as more recent history, including the 2002 decision to proclaim Lafayette an honorary citizen of the United States.
Stop by the museum and see this exhibit before it leaves!
Museum hours are Mon-Sat 10-4 and Sun 1-4. General Admission is $5. Culpeper County residents get in FREE.

Family Line Dancing
2025-08-16 17:00 - 21:00 | Belmont Farm Distillery, 13490 Cedar Run Rd, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Bring the family for a fun night of Line Dancing with Karen from BOOM Fitness! From 6:00-8:00PM Karen will teach you how to dance. Ages 6 and up are welcome to join in the fun!
Our Brewery will be open until 9pm serving our delicious brews, and Big Will’s BBQ will have food available for purchase from 5-8pm.

Echos In the Pines Concert Series
2025-08-16 15:00 - 20:00 | Verdun Adventure Bound, 17044 Adventure ound Trl, Rixeyville, VA, 22737, United States
Enjoy an evening under the stars at Verdun! For one night a month you can listen to great music and then camp out on the Verdun grounds with all your friends and family! Your ticket includes admission to the concert and access to our beautiful camp grounds!

June 21: Chelsea Sager, Meisha Herron Band, and James Tamelcoff Band
July 19: Paul Rogers, Duck Chuck Goose, and A.P. Project
August 16: Mackenzie Roark, CAN-D, and Eclectic Company
September 20: Kaylee Hansen, Marc Allred, ThePhipps and the FUNK

Highlights of Culpeper History: from Surveyor George Washington to the Field Brothers marker at Kelly's Ford.
2025-08-16 11:00 - 14:00 | Graffiti House, 19484 Brandy Rd., Brandy Station, VA, 22714, United States
Lecture/tour on step-van led by Jim Bish beginning and ending at the Graffiti House, 19484 Brandy Road, Brandy Station. Pre-registration required at https://www.brandystationfoundation.com. Planned stops will be the site of George Washington’s first survey and how Washington ended up as the youngest surveyor in Virginia’s history ; a drive-by historic Salubria and then on to the Great Fork Church site of the 1730s, Lafayette Troop camp in 1781, Madden’s Tavern of the 1840s, and the murder of the three United States Colored Troops in May 1864. Lastly, the Brandy Station Foundation site at Kelly’s Ford and the newly installed Field Brothers marker at that location tells about the importance of the Field Family including Joseph and Reuben who would eventually join up with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Tour leader Jim Bish spent more than 30 years teaching American and Virginia History in Prince William County, Virginia and spent two years as an educator at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. He served Prince William County as a member of the Historical Commission, owns History Happened Here Tours, and volunteers with the National Museum of Americans in Wartime. Jim currently is on the Board of Directors of Historic Prince William, Historic Dumfries, The Museum of Culpeper History, is President of the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter, VASSAR, and founded the Culpeper County, Virginia Cemetery Project.

Sip & Learn – Hawthorne and His Sisters
2025-08-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Revalation Vineyards, 2710 Hebron Valley Road, Madison, 22727
Author Kris A. Hansen presents Hawthorne and His Sisters. Learn about Nathaniel Hawthorne’s relationships with his sisters and the profound impact they had on his life and career. The discussion begins at 6 pm, but the Vineyard opens at noon on Fridays.

AP Project at Mountain Run Winery
2025-08-15 17:30 - 20:30 | Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Come out Friday, August 15th and celebrate as the sun goes down with Sunset Sips at Mountain Run Winery!
We’ve got local favorites AP Project lined up for a great evening. The band takes the stage at 5:30 and will be rocking out until after 8:30pm.
With plenty of wide open spaces to relax and enjoy, it’s a perfect way to unwind after a long work week!
Please remember: NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL MAY BE CONSUMED ON THE WINERY GROUNDS. Anyone found violating this policy will be asked to leave.

LECTURE SERIES: Lafayette: Idealist General
2025-08-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Museum of Culpeper History, 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA, 22701
Join us on Tuesday, August 12, at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series!
August is the 200th Anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to Culpeper in 1825 as a guest of the nation. Join us this month as journalist and historian Marc Leepson discusses the life of the Marquis de Lafayette and his involvement in the American Revolution. A limited number of the second edition of Leepson’s book Lafayette: Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General will be available for sale.
This program will be held at the museum. Space is limited, so get your ticket today! Admission is $5 per person, but Museum members get in FREE.

Nine Hours in Hell: The Battle of Cedar Mountain
2025-08-10 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-09 10:00 - 17:00 | Cedar Mountain Battlefield, 9465 General Winder Road, Rapidan, VA, 22733
Join Civil War Historical Impressions on 9-10 August 2025 at NINE HOURS IN HELL, the 163rd Battle of Cedar Mountain! This authentic force-on-force reenactment will be hosted similarly to “A Devilish Entanglement”, so if you attended the 160th Wilderness, you already have an idea of what to expect. If you missed out on that one, you won’t want to miss this one!
Come watch the 7th Ohio and 66th Ohio Infantry Regiments battle against the 5th Virginia, 10th Virginia, and 18th North Carolina with authentic unit sizes, uniforms, equipment, and tactics!
The event is open to the public, and the cost is $20.00 per car. Guests can pay in cash upon arrival.

Mom2Moms 2nd Annual Babies and Bacon Bash
2025-08-09 17:00 - 20:00 | Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
Come on out and help us bring home some bacon for our babies!
Tickets include all you can eat roasted pork (straight from the smoker!), bone-in BBQ chicken, sides, desserts, and non-alcoholic drinks.
Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, cider, and sangria) can be purchased day-of from the winery
This is a great event for the whole family. There will be music, cornhole boards and other yard games set up, and a playground down the hill!

Wild West Day at Mountain Run Winery
2025-08-09 14:00 - 18:00 | Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd, Culpeper, VA, 22701, United States
The Wild West comes to Culpeper on August 9th! Come see a team of trained Western reenactors engage in mock gunfights, shooting and roping demonstrations, a model Western encampment and more!
The winery has live music by Curt and Rob under the pole barn during the afternoon and Pauleys BBQ food truck on site starting at noon.
If you want to make a full day of it, there is also an all-you-can-eat Pig Roast fundraising event running 5-8pm by Mom2Mom as well. More info and tickets for the pig roast can be found under winery events.
This Western event is FREE
Schedule of events is TBD and will include opening shots, intro to western lifestyle, roping demos, guns of the old west demos, and a mock gun battle.
This is a family friendly event. No dogs please as there will be lots of loud noises, mock gunfire and fun.

Brandy Station Volunteer Firemen’s Lawn & Garden Tractor Pull
2025-08-09 10:00 - 17:00 | Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department, 20057 Fleetwood Heights Rd., Brandy Station, VA, United States
Lawn and Garden Tractor Pull

Words & Wine
2025-08-08 17:30 - 20:30 | Revalation Vineyards, 2710 Hebron Valley Road, Madison, 22727
🎤 Calling all Poets! All Authors! And Storytellers! It’s Open Mic Night @ The Vineyard! 🎤
Join us on Friday, August 8th, for Words & Wine and experience an unforgettable evening of creativity and community. Share your latest masterpiece, debut a soon-to-be-published work, or captivate us with a life story. This is your chance to shine! Bring your friends, sip, and savor the evening while discovering a new local author! Arrive early for a glass of wine or verjus before the event begins.
RSVP: Secure your spot in the readings by emailing info@revalationvineyards.com.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your words and connect with a vibrant community of creators. See you @ The Vineyard!
