Seasonal Events

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Our award-winning farmers market is now available year-round with the addition of winter markets on select Saturdays in January, February, and March.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Shake those winter doldrums and join us at Riverwalk Landing for another Yorktown Market Days Winter Market. Shop your favorite vendors and artists selling locally grown, produced, and crafted products. You'll find a vast selection of baked goods, prepared soups, gourmet chocolates, homemade candles, dog treats, local art, and more! 

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens® Mardi Gras! Celebrate with jazzy live music, over thirty classic Cajun flavors, and returning favorites like Carnaval Imaginique, an electrifying cirque show in the Globe Theatre. Colorful entertainment fills Busch Gardens' villages with an exciting New Orleans-style event for the whole family, featuring world-class roller coasters, rides, and kid-friendly play areas.

Shake those winter doldrums and join us at Riverwalk Landing for another Yorktown Market Days Winter Market. Shop your favorite vendors and artists selling locally grown, produced, and crafted products. You'll find a vast selection of baked goods, prepared soups, gourmet chocolates, homemade candles, dog treats, local art, and more! 

This is your lucky day! Join us for Yorktown Market Days' final Winter Market on Saturday, March 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riverwalk Landing. Our St. Patrick's Day Market will have you clicking your heels in delight as you shop your favorite vendors and artists selling locally grown, produced, and crafted products. You won't find a pot of gold, but you will find a vast selection of baked goods, prepared soups, gourmet chocolates, homemade candles, dog treats, local art, and more!

Go Yorktown, it's your Earth Day! Help us kick off our 2023 Yorktown Market Days season with a very special Go Green Market to promote environmental sustainability.

Be sure to bring your reusable bags for shopping. There will also be a limited supply of free giveaways on-site that day. Look for special exhibitors and educational children's crafts, activities, and games. 

Celebrate the spirit of the Saturday market in Port-Vendres, Yorktown's sister city since 1990, during the annual Sister Cities Yorktown French Market.

Enjoy French music, wine, and featured traditional market products such as fresh-baked bread and pastries, chocolates, macarons, crepes, and authentic beignets (just to name a few!).

Beware of pillagers as pirates invade Yorktown Market Days! At this special extended farmers market, you can shop for fresh produce and choose from a variety of fresh breads and pastries.

We know all those mini-marauders are bound to work up an appetite as they explore the nearby festival and hunt down treasures on their maps. Take advantage of the Historic Yorktown restaurants as well as food vendors and food trucks that will be serving up lunch, snacks, and cold drinks!

Step back into the Golden Age of Piracy as Riverwalk Landing and the Watermen's Museum are invaded by seafaring marauders.

Landlubbers of all ages are invited to visit the Historic Yorktown waterfront to learn lessons and legends from pirates' lives in the 17th and 18th centuries. 

Step back into the Golden Age of Piracy as Riverwalk Landing and the Watermen's Museum are invaded by seafaring marauders.

Landlubbers of all ages are invited to visit the Historic Yorktown waterfront to learn lessons and legends from pirates' lives in the 17th and 18th centuries. 

Sample more than 30 local craft beers, dig into some amazing BBQ (available for purchase) and listen as some of the best Blues musicians in Hampton Roads and beyond take the stage at Riverwalk Landing.

This 10th annual Juried Art Show at the Historic Yorktown waterfront will feature the work of area artists in a variety of media, including paintings, pottery, jewelry, glass arts, photography, basketry, and more.

One of the region's biggest cycling events, the Virginia Credit Union Cap2Cap presented by Dominion Energy, is back for its 18th year. Riders will travel along the scenic Virginia Capital Trail, a 52-mile paved trail that stretches from Williamsburg to Richmond. Perfect for any age or cycling ability, the Cap2Cap brings the whole community together! This family-friendly event features distances ranging from a 7-10-mile family fun ride to 100+ miles.

Do you love the thrill of the hunt? Don't miss this special opportunity to search for upcycled treasures and hard-to-find collectibles that are sure to delight your sense of nostalgia at the Vintage Market at Riverwalk Landing on the beautiful waterfront. Up the hill on Historic Main Street, stroll among more than a dozen fully restored classic cars, and speak to the owners at the Car Show.