Virginia is for Music Lovers

Bluegrass & Country | R&B, Jazz & Gospel
Symphony & Opera | Beach & Rock | Virginia Musicians!
Summer Concerts

Virginia's Music Scene boasts a broad array of genres - outdoor Beach and Bluegrass events in the warm-weather months, Orchestra and Opera at some of the nation's grandest concert halls, and Jazz and Blues at intimate big city nightclubs.

Big Annual Festivals lasting a few weeks or an entire season include the Virginia Arts Festival April-June and the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival July-August.

Virginia's Music Roots span from the Appalachian Mountains to the shores of Hampton Roads, with some of the nation's biggest names growing up here, fine-tuning their musical talents and performing for the first time in front of fellow Virginians!

Virginia's Music Venues provide music lovers hundreds of performances a year by world-famous musicians on stages around the state! With Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Northern Virginia, Hampton Coliseum in Hampton Roads, the Jefferson Center in the Shenandoah Valley, John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Richmond's Landmark Theater, and the Garth Newell Music Center in Hot Springs, music afficianados are sure to find a place to soak up the sounds.