EVENT SCHEDULE

Join Arts Incarnate for its third annual Artisan Festival! The event will b hosted once again at 75 N. Mason Street (right across from the Elizabeth Street parking garage). With live music, food, and artisan craft and art vendors you won’t want to miss!

Look for the banners near Liberty Park, in the parking lot by the music mural.

Look for farm animals, combines, etc. in the parking lot area
Explore a real-life combine, ambulance, tractor, and farm animals

While Best.Weekend.Ever. is an event for all ages, we have a variety of activities specifically geared toward kids and families. Make sure to check out the two KIDS ZONES while you are at the festival for crafts, games, art, free museum admission, farm animals, play zones, and more.

Find this area on the Third Floor of the Explore More Museum
We realize that for some children, big events can be overstimulating. Please feel free to take a break and enjoy more solitude play in the low sensory zone located at the Explore More Discovery Museum’s third floor.

Grab a Sip & Stroll drink and discover some great local music on our three stages.

Sip & Stroll is an element to our events that replaces the usual beer garden. Adults aged 21+ can purchase a beer, wine or cocktail at a participating brewery, cidery, or restaurant and enjoy it while strolling within the downtown event footprint.

Look for a variety of activities all down Liberty Street

SIP & STROLL 12 – 6 PM
 Grab a drink and walk downtown!
 Must be 21+ to consume alcohol. Nonalcoholic options available.

GIVEAWAYS
Grab a BINGO sheet at participating businesses and enter to win merch or gift cards from those downtown businesses!
 Earn stamps by following the prompts on the BINGO board.
 Five stamps in a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) is a BINGO.
 Earn 1 entry into the giveaway for every activity you do. Earn 10 bonus entries for a BINGO.
 Turn in your card at a participating Liberty Street location for your chance to win a prize!

PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
 DART Resale & Trade
 Mashita
 Pale Fire Brewing
 Sage Bird Ciderworks
 & More Announced Soon!

Look for activities in the Pale Fire roundabout across from the Harrisonburg Farmer’s Market.

 We’ll have “doggie” pools, free tennis balls, an agility course, and misting station plus…

 Food from The Corndog Company and IceStickles shave ice.

 A summery shandy Pale Fire beer and a seasonal sangria. You can also participate in the downtown Sip & Stroll (12-6pm) and BYO from another nearby restaurant.

 A pup costume contest and photo booth with Amelia Schmid. [details to come]

 Toys, accessories, and treats from Blue Ridge Dog, or pup bandanas from Dogwood Goods.

Anicira on site with cornhole for humans plus canvas painting, doggie pool bobbing for treats, and agility games for dogs.

 A surprise visitor to be announced soon!

At the Harrisonburg Farmer’s Market (Turner Pavilion)
This event will help focus community attention community attention on the contributions of refugees in the Shenandoah Valley, and there will be opportunities to support refugees. CWS Harrisonburg and Virginia’s Immigrant Voices will celebrate World Refugee Day with music, cultural activities, food, storytelling, henna, facepainting, kids activities, and more at Turner Pavilion Downtown during the Best. Weekend. Ever!

Enjoy a self-guided tour of 20 Art Doors located in Downtown Harrisonburg. Rack cards (with maps) are available at the Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center and Court Square Theater. Download the VisitHarrisonburgVA! app, or visit openingdoorsharrisonburg.com. Take selfies with the doors and share. #openingdoorsharrisonburg

There are three new miniatures in Downtown Harrisonburg! Find one to unlock the guide and clues to other installations downtown.

Virginia Quilt Museum

Enjoy free admission to the Virginia Quilt Museum along with needlework demonstrations by members of the Shenandoah Valley Chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild.

Dance & Co. (115 S. Main St)

Dance & Co. will be hosting an Open House on June 17th from 3:00-6:00 with short performances at 4:00 and 5:00, tours of the studio, mini dance classes, and other activities for all ages!

Look for the fire truck on N Main Street north of Court Square

Cool down with sprinklers and more at the Harrisonburg Fire Department’s Splash Pad. Budding firefighters can also explore a real firetruck!

Look for the vintage camper on Court Square!

Snap a picture to remember your Best.Weekend.Ever.!

Look for the picnic blankets on the lawn to the left of the Court Square Stage! The pinwheels will guide you there!

Grab your meal to-go and enjoy the live music on Court Square. We have picnic blankets for you to be able to sit on the lawn and enjoy the summer weather.

Look for the tent on Court Square

Get your face painted for FREE on Court Square.

Shirley’ Gourmet Popcorn (N Main St)

Popcorn isn’t just for eating!  Stop by Shirley’s and help create a colorful piece of popcorn art.

Led by the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, come enjoy an instrument show & tell, hear classically-trained musicians perform live, and hear wonderful children’s literature read as well.

Roaming event, particularly N Main Steet

Dart Resale & Trade
Make your own necklace with Valley Creative Reuse. They will be repurposing donated surplus computer wires and beads.

Look for the parking lot next to Liberty Park with the music mural
Shoot some hoops at the giant inflatable basketball game.

Look for the Chalk Artist at Pale Fire
See a chalk art masterpiece being created in real-time!

Yoga Sol

Swing by Yoga Sol to check out the studio, meet the staff and feel the hot room. Enjoy special deals on classes, giveaways, and enter a raffle to win a 5 Class Bundle!