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Campbell's Easter Brunch
Please join us at Christiana Campbell's Tavern for Easter Brunch.
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Conversation: Farming with George Washington
Meet George Washington at our Ewing Field where you can discuss farming practices, innovation, and the importance of agriculture to society.
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Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past
Find people of the past near for some informal conversation or activity.
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DIY Craft: Quilting
Discover the story of Emma Russell, quilter, and enjoy a mini-quilting project.
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Evening Program: Dancing at the Governor's Palace
"Virginians will dance or die" wrote an 18th-century diarist. What better time than the 21st century to learn a few "new" dance steps? Audience participation encouraged.
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Evening Program: Revolutionary Points of View
Step back in time to the eve of the American Revolution, and there are just as many opinions about war and independence as we hear about politics and religion today.
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Map & Program Guide
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Event: A Big Band Christmas
Swing your way into the holidays with the great big band sound of the Williamsburg Classic Swing Orchestra in their 15th annual performance.
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Event: A Crooner's Christmas
Good Shot Judy pays tribute to the Classic Christmas Crooner Hits!
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Event: Christmas Dreams - Institute for Dance
It's Christmas in Williamsburg, and Janie Sparkle wants just one thing this year: for all her wishes to come true! Join iDance for this local holiday tradition.
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Event: Meet Me in St. Louis
Enjoy MGM’s romantic musical comedy starring Judy Garland, where love—accompanied by song, dance and period costumes, all in glorious Technicolor—conquers all.
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Event: Williamsburg Old Time Radio Hour
Travel back in time to the golden age of radio with unique stories about Williamsburg during the Colonial Restoration. Enjoy live music, sound effects and holiday nostalgia!
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Explore the Declaration of Independence
Join this guided tour and explore the Declaration of Independence through objects on exhibit.
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Hands-On: Company of Comedians
Children of all ages! Join the Play House Players on the Duke of Gloucester Street to learn about Williamsburg’s theatre and participate in 18th-century entertainments.
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Hands-On: Create Art!
Drop by the Goode Education Studio and create art inspired by an object on exhibit.
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Hands-On: Stories on Stage
In this interactive family program, tell the tale of brave St. George and the Dragon! Learn about items in the Art Museums collection connected to the story & then take the stage.
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Hands-On: The Art-full Tree
Explore the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and discover the Folk Art Christmas Tree, then make your way to the Goode Education Studio and create an ornament to take home.
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Hands-On: Toy Making!
Drop in and make a toy inspired by toys on exhibit.
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Hands-On: Under Arms
Guests of all ages will step into the shoes of soldiers enlisting in the army during the American Revolution.
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Hands-on: Daily Life
Participate in the daily activities of an 18th-century family at the Geddy House.
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Horticulture Workshop: Fresh Fruit Decorations
In this hands-on class, Colonial Williamsburg's landscape designers will show you how to make a decorative apple candle and fragrant orange pomander to take home.
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Music: A Charles Dickens Christmas
Gabe Stone, Mark Nixon, and David Gardner present a holiday show featuring readings from various Charles Dickens writings paired with Victorian Christmas carols.
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Music: A Christmas Peaceable Kingdom
Doves, donkeys, cattle, sheep and more. Join Kelly Kennedy for the joyous songs, tunes and stories of the animal kingdom from all over the world that mark the season.
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Music: A Fiddler's 75th Christmas
Part of the Hennage Holiday Concert Series, join master fiddler John Turner for an hour of holiday-related melodies gleaned from a lifetime of listening, performing, and composing.
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Music: A Very Virginia Christmas
A concert of songs through the centuries interwoven with stories about Virginia from Wilford Kale’s book “A Very Virginia Christmas."
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Music: All Hail to the Days
Join Lynn, Barry, and Lee to enjoy music for the winter season from the late 16th through the 17th centuries on lute, cittern, viols, hurdy gurdy, violin, percussion, and voice.
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Music: Breaking Up Christmas
Dance tunes and songs that create a musical portrait of Virginia from the days of English country dances to the rise of country music in the Appalachian hills and hollows.
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Music: Eastern Virginia Brass
Celebrate the holidays with the festive music of the Eastern Virginia Brass. Enjoy familiar music, new pieces and always great music.
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Music: Fife & Drum
Watch and listen to the Fifes and Drums as they demonstrate the music and drill of various military ceremonies from an 18th-century soldier's working day.
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Music: Holiday Celebration of Dulcimers
With musicality and seasonal joy, join Timothy Seaman for distinctive American melodies and festive holiday music showcased on a magnificent array of dulcimers.
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Music: Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Celebrate that jolly old elf and discover worldwide traditions with Gabe Stone and David Gardner through tunes and stories about the star of the Christmas gift-giving season.
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Music: Keeping the Home Fires Burning
Singer, actor, and folklorist Kelly Kennedy shares the music, recipes, tales, and lore from women through the centuries as they continue to keep the home fires burning.
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Music: Nowell Sing We Clear
Join Lynn and Barry Trott in this concert to sing along with favorite English and American carols from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
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Music: Profound Joy
In this concert, Timothy Seaman celebrates the wonder of the holiday season with early American and worldwide melodies and new compositions.
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Music: The Art of Fifing & Drumming
Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they demonstrate the many musical tasks and ceremonies that occurred throughout a revolutionary soldier's day.
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On-Screen Captions: It's a Wonderful Life
Captions will be displayed on the big screen for this select showing of "It's a Wonderful Life."
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On-Screen Captions: Meet Me in St. Louis
Enjoy MGM’s romantic musical comedy starring Judy Garland, where love—accompanied by song, dance and period costumes, all in glorious Technicolor—conquers all.
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Performance: A Holiday Medley
A Holiday Medley brings the warmth and joy of holiday traditions, telling the tale of winter in Williamsburg over 250 years.
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Performance: Christmas Entertainments
Join the musicians and storytellers of the Play House Players for some 18th-century holiday fun!
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Performance: Coffee Cantata
Mrs. Charlton’s daughter is in love with the delicious juice of the coffee bean! A comedic ballad opera based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Coffee Cantata.”
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Performance: Entertainments at the Play House
Join members of the Jug Broke Theatre Company as we celebrate the season and play and talk about the stories behind some of our favorite music of the Revolutionary Era.
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Performance: Gulliver's Travels
Join us in a humorous retelling of Jonathan Swift's 18th-century novel Gulliver's Travels, which has been read all over the world since 1726.
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Performance: Lucinda and the Lottery
Based on a story from The Christmas Frolick (1775), Lucinda, a charming young heiress, devises a stratagem to test whose love is true.
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Performance: Music of Queen Anne's World
The Jug Broke Theatre Co. explores tunes and songs that wove themselves through the fabric of this important transitional time in the early 18th century.
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Performance: Of Christmas Past
A British servant, newly arrived in the colony, reflects on the holiday traditions he has left behind in the mother country.
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Performance: Play House of Horror
Horror was a popular form of entertainment in the 18th century, as it is today. In both centuries, it was fodder for fun as much as fear!
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Performance: Visit a Nation Builder
Step into the past with a Nation Builder. Through stories, discussion, and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges they faced.
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Performance: Winter Revels at Pemberley
The halls of Pemberley have witnessed years of winter revelry and today, preparations for yet another ball are underway!
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Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle
Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.
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Public Auction
Take part in an exciting auction! Bid on selected items from Colonial Williamsburg stores as well as exclusive items not available elsewhere.
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Special Event Hands-On: The Art-full Tree
Explore the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and discover the Folk Art Christmas Tree, then make your way to the Goode Education Studio and create an ornament to take home.
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Special Event: A Celebration of the Yule Log
Follow the Yule Log, hauled by wagon, from Capitol Circle to Market Square, accompanied by music, festivity, and the community of 18th-century and present-day Williamsburg.
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Special Event: Artful Winter Evenings
Celebrate the holidays in this magical after-hours event at the Art Museums.
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Special Event: Community Christmas Tree Lighting
Join us for our annual Community Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg. Festivities begin at 5 p.m. in front of the Courthouse.
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Special Event: Dressing the Holiday Bride
Discover the world of 18th-century bridal wear as our mantua-makers and milliners make a gown and other fineries worn for that happiest "day of days" and beyond.
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Special Event: Firing of the Christmas Guns
In the 18th century, guns were customarily fired in salute to the Christmas season. Join us on Duke of Gloucester Street for a re-creation of this event.
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Special Event: Grand Illumination
Enjoy musical performances, Lighting of the Cressets, storytelling on Palace Green, and fireworks displays from the Capitol and Palace. Fireworks begin at 7 p.m.
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Special Event: Lighting of the Cressets
Join us on the historic Duke of Gloucester Street as we bring our 18th-century streets to life at night.
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Special Event: Salute to the Presidents
The pageantry of fifes, drums, cannon, and remarks from Colonial Williamsburg Nation Builders salute our nation’s Presidents on Market Square.
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Special Event: The Williamsburg Symphony
The Williamsburg Symphony's brass quintet heralds the spirit of the season.
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Street Theater: A Joyful Heart
Join the community of Williamsburg and witness how the free and enslaved pursue freedom and find joy in the Christmastide season.
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Tour: Favorite Family Pets
Join us on a family-friendly tour as we explore the galleries for animals of all shapes and sizes.
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Tour: Nassau Street, Past, Present, and Future
Join us at the First Baptist Church site for a walking tour and learn how a century of archaeology is contributing to a dynamic past, present, and future on Nassau Street.
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Tour: Stables Behind-The-Scenes
Get a behind-the-scenes look at our modern stables and learn more about our carriages.
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Traditions Seafood Buffet
Join us on select dates in November and December for our Seafood Buffet at Traditions in the Williamsburg Lodge.
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Virginia Ballroom Christmas Day Brunch
Join us for a Christmas Morning Brunch featuring Atlantic seafood treasures, shrimp cocktail, house-smoked salmon, artisan cheeses, and an array of antipasto and marinated salads.
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