http://www.virginia.org Events for Rockbridge County - updated weekly en-us Copyright: 2007(C) Virginia Tourism Corporation, http://www.vatc.org 3/23/2007 10:39:33 AM Rockbridge County Events http://www.virginia.org/images/valogosmall.gif http://www.virginia.org http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42127 Four-day Quarter horse show offering a full line-up of Blue Ridge Quarter Horse Association, Southern Maryland Quarter Horse Association, Virginia Quarter Horse Association and American Quarter Horse Association sanctioned halter and performance classes. Free to spectators! 3/22/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42128 United States Equestrian Federation "A" rated Arabian and half-Arabian horse show featuring sport horse, trail, halter, hunt seat, sidesaddle, stock seat, saddle seat, liberty, English, western, costume, and dressage competition. Free to spectators! 3/30/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42129 Largest Quarter Horse show on east coast featuring western pleasure, showmanship, trail, equitation, driving, halter, hunter and jumper classes, and special attractions. Free to spectators! 4/9/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 4/10/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42757 Hear the wonderful sounds of the Rockbridge Community Symphony Orchestra as they perform their spring concert at Rockbridge County High School. Free. 4/14/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39937 See spots during this two-day show featuring Appaloosa horses from as far away as New England, Texas and Florida competing in halter, performance, and futurity classes. Free to spectators! 4/28/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41644 Sunday's on the deck. Relax with award winning Rockbridge wine while listening to acoustic music featuring local groups. Bring a picnic and kick back. No charge for wine tasting. 4/29/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=40765 Join Winemaker Shep Rouse for fine Rockbridge wine paired with great food prepared by Chef George Huger of Lexington's Southern Inn Restaurant. Prepaid reservations required. ($) 5/5/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 5/8/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=37077 A United States Equestrian Federation "A" rated horse show featuring a variety of crowd-pleasing classes for Saddlebreds and Hackneys, plus American Driving Society-approved driving and Morgan and Friesian horse division classes. Bring the kids out for this fantastic event! 5/16/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42150 "Hear the Beat" Horse Show is a fundraiser for Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center, an organization that strives to encourage positive mental attitudes, physical fitness, trust, self-confidence, and independence that will supplement other forms of therapy and/or healing for disabled and able-bodied equestrians. Come out to support this organization! 5/20/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42151 The Virginia Horse Trials, an abbreviated version of a three-day eventing competition, draws several hundred eventing riders from around the country. Bring the kids out for this free event! 5/25/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41644 Sunday's on the deck. Relax with award winning Rockbridge wine while listening to acoustic music featuring local groups. Bring a picnic and kick back. No charge for wine tasting. 5/27/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42152 Barrel racing competition featuring riders from as many as twelve states competing in youth, senior, and open divisions. Free to spectators. 6/1/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42153 Youth competition featuring members from various U.S. Pony Clubs throughout Virginia is a fun-filled spectator event! See the young riders compete in rally competitions, doing crazy, fun stunts! Free to spectators! 6/2/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 6/12/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42154 One of the largest events in Arabian Horse Association Region 15. This Arabian and half-Arabian show is a major qualifier for the 2005 Region 15 Championships, Youth Nationals and U.S. Nationals. See these amazing atheletes and animals in action. Free! 6/20/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=42428 The purpose of the Raphine antique car and tractor show is to provide a forum for the enjoyment of motorized vehicles from our past. The show is open to all motorized vehicles (cars, tractors, motorcycles, fire trucks) produced prior to 1983. Fireman's Parade will start promptly at 5:30 PM. The parade places no restrictions on the type or age of vehicles. 6/22/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41644 Sunday's on the deck. Relax with award winning Rockbridge wine while listening to acoustic music featuring local groups. Bring a picnic and kick back. No charge for wine tasting. 6/24/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41643 Beat the summer heat with cool times at Rockbridge Vineyard. Cool breezes, cool friends, cool music, and cool award winning Rockbridge wines. Bring the kids and lawn chairs. Picnic lunches available for purchase. $5.00 admission includes wine tasting and souvenir glass. 7/7/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 7/10/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=30477 A day full of activities featuring a classic car show, at least three beach music bands, contests, food vendors and lots of fun! Bring your lawn chairs out for a great day at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, VA! ($) 7/28/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41644 Sunday's on the deck. Relax with award winning Rockbridge wine while listening to acoustic music featuring local groups. Bring a picnic and kick back. No charge for wine tasting. 7/29/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 8/14/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=30480 Downtown Lexington's streets are turned into an arts and crafts festival featuring food and live musical entertainment and fun for all! 8/25/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41644 Sunday's on the deck. Relax with award winning Rockbridge wine while listening to acoustic music featuring local groups. Bring a picnic and kick back. No charge for wine tasting. 8/26/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39937 See spots during this two-day show featuring Appaloosa horses from as far away as New England, Texas and Florida competing in halter, performance, and futurity classes. Free to spectators! 9/1/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39938 Open to all breeds of horses. Classes include Halter, Western, Huntseat, Saddleseat, Field Hunter, Working Western, and Suitability for Dressage. Championship and Supreme Championship classes for each riding division. Trophies awarded in all regular classes. Rose blankets, rose garlands, and neck sashes awarded in Championship classes. Free to spectators! 9/8/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 9/11/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=40404 Celebrate the great common wealth of history and beauty found in Virginia. Join a wagon train journey in September 2007 as the America's 400 Wagon Train traverses the state from Jamestown to the Great Natural Bridge. Ride, walk or bring your own wagon. Join for a day, a week or the month as the wagon train commemorates the pioneer spirit of our ancestors in a symbolic journey. 9/14/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=30495 Bluegrass concert with over 20 local and nationally known blue grass bands including Rhonda Vincent, CherryHolmes, and Michelle Nixon & Drive! Rain or Shine! Bring your lawn chairs. Camping is available. ($) 9/20/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=41644 Sunday's on the deck. Relax with award winning Rockbridge wine while listening to acoustic music featuring local groups. Bring a picnic and kick back. No charge for wine tasting. 9/30/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=40760 Experience the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley in the fall! Relax to live music while sampling award winning Rockbridge wine. Bring the kids for grape stomping and hayrides!! Food available for purchase. Fee covers wine tasting and a souvenir glass. ($) 10/6/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 10/9/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=40764 Take a special after-dark tour of Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum. More spooky, more scary, more terrifying, more EVERYTHING! It's bizarre and unique, like Scooby Doo meets the Twilight Zone! ($) 10/26/2007 http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=39936 Mountain music jam session honoring our mountain heritage. Musicians welcome to play and audience encouraged to dance and sing along. Concessions available. Sessions held the 2nd Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Free. 11/13/2007