Destination Bedford

Granny Dot's Holiday Sip and Shop @ Bell Treasures
2021-11-26 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Bell Treasures, 208 N Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, 24523
Come enjoy drinks while shopping! This is the perfect way to finish up Black Friday and kick off Small Business Saturday! Click here for more details.

Forest Farmers Market
2021-11-27 08:00 - 12:00 | Forest Farmers Market, 15583 Forest Road, Forest, VA, 24523, United States
Virginia Grown Produce, meats, honey, flowers along with breads for locals to enjoy. The market is open the last week in April until the last week in Oct. Please come and enjoy the local food from our area.

“All Good Things” Christmas Market
2021-11-27 09:00 - 15:00 | Mayhew Farm, 2001 Kelso Mill Rd., Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
This annual craft vendor event has become very popular and a much anticipated event every year. The event takes place on Mayhew Farm in the shadow of the Peaks of Otter mountains. Guests will enjoy shopping for unique craft and artisan items, all made by kids! The event is both indoors and outdoors with parking on site.
The motto of the event is “Kids Helping Kids”, so while there is no admission fee, donations of non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations are accepted to help the local “Food For Kids” program (a weekend pack-a-sack program that feeds children from several of our area schools). Event will be held rain or shine.
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Festival of Trees
2021-11-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-11-28 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-11-29 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-11-30 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-01 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-02 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-03 09:00 - 20:00 | Bedford Area Welcome Center, 816 Burks Hill Road, Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
Festival of Trees at the Bedford Area Welcome Center is an annual event that takes place around the end of November through the first week of January. “A Storybook Christmas” is the theme for this year. The event will feature trees that are decorated by local businesses and organizations. Visitors are encouraged to come by the Welcome Center and vote for their favorite tree(s) for only $1.00/vote. At the conclusion of the event, all proceeds will benefit the charitable organizations designated by the businesses. There are no winners and no losers of this event, everyone has an equal opportunity to raise money for their selected charity and they will keep whatever amount they raise. The Festival of Trees is a festive family friendly event to celebrate the season while helping causes important to the community.

Handcrafted Hometown Holiday
2021-11-27 10:00 - 16:00 | Goose Creek Studio Gallery, 302 Court Street, Bedford, VA, United States
Come to Goose Creek Studios on Small Business Saturday for: local artisan exhibitors, special sales on vintage art and furnishings, ready-made frame discounts, and a wide variety of local art and crafts – paintings, pottery, woodwork, fiber art, jewelry, soap, and much more.

Poplar Forest Museum Store Sale
2021-11-27 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-11-28 10:00 - 17:00 | Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Celebrate Museum Store Sunday all weekend with Poplar Forest. Discover unique gifts for everyone on your list at the Poplar Forest Museum Shop this holiday season! Enter a wreath raffle. Enjoy special savings on remarkable stocking stuffers and special gifts, and help support Poplar Forest in the process. Admission to the Museum Shop is free; regular admission rates apply to tour the octagonal villa and grounds.

Bedford Museum Train Exhibit
2021-11-27 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-11-29 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-11-30 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-01 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-02 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library, 201 East Main Street, Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
Come see the annual train exhibit! You will see a layout of Bedford including local businesses and public buildings. $5 admission for adults, kids are free.

Bower Center Exhibit
2021-11-27 11:00 - 15:00, 2021-11-30 11:00 - 15:00, 2021-12-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2021-12-02 11:00 - 15:00, 2021-12-03 11:00 - 15:00 | Bower Center for the Arts, 309 North Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, United States
Stop by the Bower Center for the Arts to see the current exhibits! The featured exhibits at this time are: Adam Sensel: Bardo, Bedford and Beyond, See ME!, and Winter Gifts 2021. Gallery admission is free.
*Winter Gifts 2021 ends on December 23rd.

Line Dancing @ Clam Diggers
2021-11-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Clam Diggers Pub and Eatery, 109 South Bridge Street, Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
Line Dancing with Devon Burnette! Come for great drinks, food, music, dancing and more!

Virtual Lunchbox Lecture
2021-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Live by the National D-Day Memorial
Free Program Available Through Facebook Live and YouTube.
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Holiday Candlelight Tours @ Poplar Forest
2021-12-02 17:30 - 19:30, 2021-12-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Tour Mr. Jefferson’s cherished hideaway decorated for the holidays on these hour-long tours. Step into Christmas past and experience the villa by candlelight while your guide shares true stories gathered from Jefferson’s letters and diaries, about the ways the Jefferson family and their enslaved workers spent the holidays. Find out what foods they may have enjoyed at their holiday meals and how they were prepared in the restored Jefferson-era kitchen. Admission is $25 per person; reservations are required.
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Christmas Lighting at the Elks Home
2021-12-03 17:00 - 18:00 | English Meadows Elks Home Campus, 931 Ashland Ave., Bedford, VA, 24523, United States
Come celebrate the 68th year of Christmas Lights at The Elks! Cocoa and Cookies will be available in the front circle starting at 5 pm. There will be caroling, holiday cheer, a few special remarks and then The Elks will officially be transformed into a Holiday Wonderland! Gates will open to drive through traffic after remarks conclude. Parking for the event will be available in the LTP parking lot behind the East Wing of the Building (EFG Cottages).

Flames of Memory
2021-12-03 17:00 - 21:00 | National D-Day Memorial, 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA, United States
As twilight deepens and obscured the Blue Ridge, the Memorial will honor the 4,415 men killed on D-Day. Arranged throughout the grounds, thousands of luminarias will shine in recognition of Overlord’s fallen and in tribute to the ultimate sacrifice each made to relight the lamp of freedom.

Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

Purchase a luminaria for 2021 here.
