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Are you ready for fall? October is one of the best months to be in Virginia Beach! Come join us for amazing beach weather and great events all month including: Halloween parties at the beach, live music events, festivals, and big events like the Wicked 10k and more!


Haunted Hunt Club Farm: Oct 3-31
Haunted Hunt Club Farm’s Halloween Festival was named as One of the Top-Rated Haunts in America.Celebrate the new season with the family at the Harvest Festival at Hunt Club with farm animals you can pet, pony rides, farm tours, carnival rides and a huge collection of Pungo pumpkins. When the sun goes down, and the kids are in bed, come back for Haunted Hunt Club’s Halloween Festival, featuring the Field of Screams, Haunted Hayride, and the Village of the Dead.
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Treasures of the Earth Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show: Oct 11-13
Our shows feature estate, classic, handcrafted and fashion jewelry made from a variety of metals, as well as a vast array of crystals, minerals and fossils. Jewelers and wire wrappers will be on site who can design, remount or repair jewelry. In addition, there will be a gemologist present at the Virginia Beach shows to do appraisals while you wait. event details

Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival: Oct 19-20
Featuring over 30 breweries, from local to national, and more than 60 craft beers, The Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival kicks off the fall season with live music and sampling of some of our favorite craft creations. A limited number of tickets will be available each day, so get yours now! event details

Halloween Spooktacular: Oct 19
Kids and grown ups! Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume and join the VSO for a ghoulish afternoon of monstrous fun! The Orchestra will perform some of the spookiest music ever written. But don’t be afraid – this concert is more TREAT than TRICK!
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2019 Anthem Wicked 10K Weekend: Oct 25-26
Experience Coastal Virginia’s largest Halloween race and party. Do you love Halloween? Do you love running by the ocean? Are you looking for a few tricks and treats? The Anthem Wicked 10K Weekend is the perfect place to celebrate Halloween and enjoy wicked good times. event details


Back Bay Brewing Halloween Beer & Cider Festival: Oct 26
Back Bay Brewing Halloween Cider Festival will be releasing six exclusive ciders from their sister property, Back Bay’s Farmhouse Brewing, and also have additional local ciders on tap and a lineup of craft beer. This festive event will include costume contests, dance-offs, live music, special beer releases, local food trucks, and more. event details

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International Sandsculpting Championship: Sep 27 – Oct 6
6th-8th Streets, Virginia Beach Oceanfront

32 of the world’s most talented sculptors will be in Virginia Beach creating incredible works of art for our viewing pleasure.

How else can one describe this event any other way than with an experience? With a world-class venue, talent, and prize purse, Neptune’s International Sandsculpting Championship has distinguished itself as a premier event unlike any other. From the gallery feel and extended viewing hours, your sandsculpting fill can be quelled with a single visit.

It’s been the signature event of the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival since its inception, and has grown to the most prestigious event of its kind in the nation. With an international field of sculptors representing 11 countries from around the world, watch the professionals turn grains of sand into works of art in just 3 days!

LAND OF SAND TENT HOURS

Friday, 9/27: 9 am – 11 pm

Saturday, 9/28: 9 am – 11 pm

Sunday, 9/29: 9 am – 9 pm

Monday – Wednesday: 9/30 – 10/2: 10 am – 6 pm

Thursday, 10/3: 10am – 8pm (City Employee Appreciation Day)

Friday – Sunday, 10/4 – 10/6: 10am – 6pm

Admission: $5 per person. 12 and under is free while accompanied by adult.

Tent is wheelchair and stroller accessible. NO ANIMALS allowed in the tent.

Entrance to the tent is located at 7th Street

event details:https://www.neptunefestival.com/events/international-sand-sculpting-championship

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Oceana Air Show
Sep 21-22 at NAS Oceana

This year the NAS Oceana Air Show is excited to present for the first time in anyone’s memory the United States Air Force Thunderbirds!  All hands are truly thrilled at this unique and sensational opportunity to showcase our fellow service members in the United States Air Force.  We’ll also have a host of the best civilian and military performers to include Skytypers, Gene Soucy, John Klatt, Skip Stewart and Greg Shelton. We’ll also have Tactical Demonstrations by the F/A-18F Super Hornet and our world-famous Air Power Demonstration as well as the USASOC Black Daggers Jump Team.  And finally, we’re VERY pleased to announce the return of SHOCKWAVE, the jet-powered Peterbilt truck that spews smoke and thunder to amaze crowds all across the country.  See our Performer Page for all the details on these and a host of other performances.

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23rd Annual Fall Wine Festival

Sep 14 & 15 on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront

Taste delicious wines from Virginia’s leading vineyards. Enjoy over 70 wines, food, and live entertainment on the boardwalk. Each tasting ticket includes a commemorative wine glass and tastings throughout the event. You must purchase a ticket to enter the event.

PARTICIPATING WINERIES:

• AmRhein’s Wine Cellars
• Bold Rock Hard Cider
• Bright Meadows Farm
• Byrd Cellars Vineyard & Winery
• Castle Glen Estates Winery
• Castle Gruen Vineyards & Winery
• Cobbler Mountain Cider
• Haley’s Honey Meadery
• Lake Anna Winery
• Mattaponi Winery
• Mermaid Winery
• Pearmund Cellars
• Prince Michel Vineyard & Winery
• Rebec Vineyards
• Saude Creek Vineyard
• Vintner’s Cellar

FOOD TRUCKS: The Boardroom| Capt’n Crabby

event details: https://www.neptunefestival.com/events/fall-wine-festival

Stay with us here at Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Oceanside . Our Virginia Beach Oceanfront hotel is situated directly on the Boardwalk on the oceanfront in Virginia Beach right in the heart of all the fun:)