2024 Newbern Fall Festival
Venue: Newbern Volunteer Fire Department, Newbern
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Charity
Cost:
Free Admission $5.00 for parking
Description:
The Newbern Volunteer Fire Department presents the 53rd Annual Newbern Fall Festival on Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM and Sunday, October 13, 2024 from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM in historic downtown Newbern, VA.
The annual two-day festival will provide fun and interests for all ages and is an enjoyable, easy-going day for the whole family. Enjoy over 125 vendors featuring local arts and crafters, food trucks, local churches and civic organizations setup along the one-mile stretch of Historic Downtown Newbern.
Featuring lots of vendors, activities & entertainment including:
• Beautiful Arts & Crafts
• Awesome Fire Trucks at the Fire Station
• Delicious Food & Beverage Vendors
• Live Music
• Car Show
• Antique Tractor Pull
• Fellowship, friends & much more!
This year will also feature the inaugural Newbern Fall Festival Car Show presented by New River Classic Cruisers on Saturday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM near Farris Dairy and Valley Auctions. There will also be an Antique Tractor Pull on Saturday during the festival on Lyons Road.
Stop by the Fire Department and purchase one of their famous ham sandwiches, and let the kiddos tour the station and see the fire trucks.
The Wilderness Road Regional Museum will be open from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM and host many activities during the Fall Festival including living history, apple cider pressing & apple butter demos, bees wax candle making candle making station and more. Beans and cornbread will be available for purchase.
Admission is free. Parking is $5.00 donation per vehicle to support the Newbern Volunteer Fire Department.
Parking will be available at each end of the town of Newbern, at the Farris Dairy and Tabor Field, and behind the Wilderness Road Regional Museum in the middle of town.
Note: Traffic will be shut down to one lane through Newbern during the festival, only flowing from the Community Center to the Post Office.
The event is rain or shine.
Historic Newbern, VA is located off of Interstate 81 at Exit 98. Take a left on Route 100 toward Draper and pass the commercial area. Take a left on Hance Road to parking at the intersection with Wilderness Road. Parking can also be found on the other end of the village near the intersection of Newbern Road and Wilderness road.
To view the event flyer, visit:
https://i.postimg.cc/1zSDQQMX/image.png.
For more information, visit
https://www.facebook.com/NewbernFallFestival or
https://www.facebook.com/events/1550952289192437 or email newbernfallfestival@gmail.com.