Events

 Busch Gardens Williamsburg is celebrating KIDS with special weekend activities beginning this weekend!

Local St Patrick’s Day Family FUN in Hampton Roads!

Ideas for FREE First Weekend Fun in Hampton Roads!

The 59th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a fun-filled Irish parade with all the marching bands, clowns, floats, cars, and people necessary to make up an exciting and enjoyable parade. Everyone is Irish both in and along the parade route.

Local Family Events Celebrating Women’s History Month in Hampton Roads, Virginia

Anyone have a Hello Kitty Fan? This event is for you! Save the date, the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is coming to Virginia Beach!

Lowe’s FREE Kids’ Workshops are back! Now known as DIY Kids’ Workshops (instead of Build and Grow) these workshops have some great new projects. Make sure to register as these events will fill up!

Historical fun in Portsmouth this weekend! A Post Such As Portsmouth is an enactment designed to entertain and educate the public of the occupation of Portsmouth, Virginia by the British forces in 1781. 

Find local volunteer opportunities in Hampton Roads, Virginia (both for youth, and for family groups) on this post.

Enter this GIVEAWAY for FRONT ROW SEATS! Monster Jam is the only place to see the legendary Grave Digger ® Megalodon ® El Toro Loco ® and more tear up the dirt. Nothing else compares!

Learn more about Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads, and find CURRENT and upcoming local volunteer opportunities for youth in grades 6-12.

Langley Speedway is back for 2026, coming into its 75th season of racing on Saturday with its annual Spring Day of Destruction!

Read Across America Day 2026 takes place on March 2, 2026, and there are lots of local ways to celebrate both reading, and the amazing Dr. Seuss!

The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Chartway Arena in March 2026 as a part of their 100 Years World Tour! Enter this Giveaway or order your tickets today!

One hundred and sixty-four years later, the Mariners’ Museum remembers the Battle of Hampton Roads!

Kids can try Ice Hockey for FREE at several participating locations in Hampton Roads.

Hockey Fans! It is time to get your tickets to the upcoming home games for the Norfolk Admirals!

Find encouragement, connection, and guidance with local events for parents – because you don’t have to do it all alone.

Local Activities, Events and Celebrations in honor of Black History Month in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Updated for 2026!

Spoken word artists, poets, rappers, writers and emcees are invited to enter to win a chance to represent the state of Virginia as the Hampton Roads Youth Poet Laureate.

Teens! These upcoming activities are open to and/or designed for teens in Hampton Roads – including Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and beyond.

The perfect excuse for a Daddy-Daughter Date Night! Here is our BIG LIST of the upcoming Father-Daughter Dances or Date Night Ideas in Hampton Roads!

Family-focused Valentine’s Day Events the whole family can enjoy! Here is our BIG LIST of Valentine’s Day Family Events in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. Recommended for ages 6+.

For families on the Peninsula (or willing to drive), some Free Fun this year in Yorktown!