EVENT SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 12 – 6 PM
MUST SEE ACTIVITIES
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
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Art Incarnate's Third Annual Artisan Festival (11 AM - 4 PM)
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!
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Silent Disco (12 - 3 PM)
Look for the banners near Liberty Park, in the parking lot by the music mural.
Farm-to-City (12 - 4 PM)
Look for farm animals, combines, etc. in the parking lot area
Explore a real-life combine, ambulance, tractor, and farm animals
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KIDS ZONE Activities (12 - 5 PM)
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.
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Low Sensory Zone (12 - 5 PM)
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.
Live Music (12 - 6 PM)
Sip & Stroll (12 - 6 PM)
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.
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Liberty Street Lawn Party (12 - 6 PM)
Look for a variety of activities all down Liberty Street
Grab a drink and walk downtown! Must be 21+ to consume alcohol. Nonalcoholic options available.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!
DART Resale & Trade Mashita Pale Fire Brewing Sage Bird Ciderworks & More Announced Soon!
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Dog Days of Summer (12 - 6 PM)
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!
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World Refugee Day (3 - 6 PM)
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!
WORKSHOPS WITH PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED
Make-Your-Own Urban Wood Butterfly House Workshop
Friday, June 16 | 6 – 7:30 PM | Liberty Park | $10 per ticket
Create your own butterfly house using locally-sourced, urban wood at this interactive (and kid-friendly) workshop.
Each ticket gives you everything you need to build one butterfly house (couples, kids and parents, and small groups may share one ticket/kit).
MORE ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023
Art Incarnate's Third Annual Artisan Festival (11 AM - 4 PM)
The Church of the Incarnation
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!
Live Music (12 - 6 PM)
Downtown Harrisonburg
Grab a Sip & Stroll drink and discover some great local music on our three stages.
Liberty Street Lawn Party (12 - 6 PM)
Liberty Street
Grab a drink and walk downtown! Must be 21+ to consume alcohol. Nonalcoholic options available.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! DART Resale & Trade Mashita Pale Fire Brewing Sage Bird Ciderworks & More Announced Soon!Dog Days of Summer (12 - 6 PM)
Pale Fire Roundabout
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!Low Sensory Zone (12 - 5 PM)
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.
World Refugee Day (3 - 6 PM)
Turner Pavilion (Harrisonburg Farmers Market)
Sip & Stroll (12 - 6 PM)
Downtown Harrisonburg
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.
Farm-to-City (12 - 4 PM)
Near Explore More Discovery Museum
Look for farm animals, combines, etc. in the parking lot area
Explore a real-life combine, ambulance, tractor, and farm animals
KIDS ZONE Activities (12 - 5 PM)
Weiler Orthodontics KIDS ZZONE and Horizons Edge KIDS ZONE
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.
Splash Pad & Touch-a-Truck (1 - 7:30 PM)
Cool down with sprinklers and more at the Harrisonburg Fire Department’s Splash Pad. Budding firefighters can also explore a real firetruck!
Skateboard Demos & Tracks (1-7:30 PM)
Shred it up with Wonder Skate shop as they bring out their ramp and demo skateboarding stunts outside the shop.
Tobini Roaming Magician (1 – 7:30 PM)
Court Square & Main Street
Presto! Make sure you find the mysterious Tobini, our Best.Weekend.Ever. roaming magician around Court Square and Main Street.
Henna Tattoos (1 – 7:30 PM)
Get yourself painted with henna tattoos on the Court Square lawn by SKS Artworks.