5th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival

5th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival

Great Bridge Lock Park & Battlefield Park

Saturday, October 11th 10 AM – 5 PM and Sunday, October 12th Noon – 5 PM

Free admittance, parking, and shuttle service

Mark your calendar for this family-oriented event featuring two days of cultural heritage, fine arts, music, and more! Enjoy historic Batteaus, free docent tours of Battlefield Park and boat tours through the Great Bridge Locks , demonstrations on a Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Engine and Fire Boat, sheep shearing, beekeeping, spinning, soap making, candle-rolling, doll making, pottery, glassblowing, wood-carving, jewelry, jams, quilting, basketry, shaker boxes, storytelling, kettle corn,  fine art, sewing, lamb cuisine, knitting, fiber arts, live music, and so much more! Take your family on an educational scavenger hunt and show your completed form to be entered into a raffle to win a pizza lunch for your child's entire classroom sponsored by Spaghetti Eddie's! Free shuttle service compliments of the Chesapeake Fire Department and Chesapeake Emergency Response Team. This event is made possible and paid in part by the American Lamb Board; the Virginia Sheep Industry Board; Virginia Sheep Producers Association; TowneBank; Jo-Kell, Inc.; Stanton Partners; and many others. 

New this year: Virginia’s Civil War 150 HistoryMobile

Coming to Chesapeake on Friday, October 10th and staying through the

5th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival Saturday & Sunday, October 11th & 12th

History is on the move in Virginia as the Civil War 150 HistoryMobile rolls into Chesapeake, VA for a 3-day visit Friday, Saturday, & Sunday October 10-12, 2014.

The exhibit, an initiative of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, will be located at the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park (1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, VA 23320) and will be open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM. Admission to the HistoryMobile is free.