Urbanna Family Friendly Events

The Urbanna Chili Plunge and Cook-Off is FREE to everyone!

All chili chefs are invited to enter the Chili Cook-Off contest. There will be 2 divisions, Amateur and Professional.

Amateur Division

This division is open to all. Visitors to the cook off can taste the variety of chili available and vote for the amateur chili they like best. Prizes, along with bragging rights, will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place.

Professional Division (restaurants)

A panel of 3 judges will determine the best chili with cash and prizes awarded to 1st ($100), 2nd ($50) and 3rd ($25) places. We encourage all contestants to get creative and “dress up” their booths to add even more fun to the festivities and to draw people to your booth.

The cook-off is being held at 213 Virginia St (Something Different’s parking lot) with beer garden and music. Enjoy your favorite beverage while tasting some of the best chili in the region. It’s February so this event is rain or shine, cold or hot.

Click the link below for complete details and to register.

Registration: 9am
Gates Open: 12noon
Judging: 3pm

Stock up on home grown and homemade treats, flowers and plants, just-picked produce, local pasture raised beef, fresh baked goods, artisan cheeses, clothing, jewelry, soaps, candles, local honey and who knows what else. Visit our special section just for local artist!
9am to 1pm

CLICK HERE to learn more about Participation or Sponsorship

4 to 8pm ~ Taber Park

On the grounds of a stately 17th century plantation, Arts in the Middle offers two days of entertainment in Virginia's River Realm with fine arts and fine crafts, music and local foods a stroll away from Urbanna, the area's most charming waterfront village.

ArtsInTheMiddle.com

Stock up on home grown and homemade treats, flowers and plants, just-picked produce, local pasture raised beef, fresh baked goods, artisan cheeses, clothing, jewelry, soaps, candles, local honey and who knows what else. Visit our special section just for local artist!
9am to 1pm

CLICK HERE to learn more about Participation or Sponsorship

Music, food, crafts, and entertainment. Fun for all ages.

4 to 8pm ~ Taber Park

Come to Urbanna for a Town-Wide Yard Sale. You're sure to find something you love. Urbanna businesses and residents will particpate. There will be a Goole map available with the loaction of each yard sale.

8am to 2pm

Residents CLICK HERE to register.

CANCELED due to rain

Stock up on home grown and homemade treats, flowers and plants, just-picked produce, local pasture raised beef, fresh baked goods, artisan cheeses, clothing, jewelry, soaps, candles, local honey and who knows what else. Visit our special section just for local artist!
9am to 1pm

CLICK HERE to learn more about Participation or Sponsorship

Music, food, crafts, and entertainment. Fun for all ages.

4 to 8pm ~ Taber Park

Founders Day: A Celebration of Urbanna's Colonial History

The Friends of Urbanna invites all to celebrate its colonial history and enjoy its annual Founders Day on Saturday, August 3. Day-long festivities start at 10:15am with Fife and drummers and an 11am conversation between character interpreters Richard Henry Lee and George Mason at Urbanna Baptist Church in the critical year of 1776.

Family events throughout the day include tours of the Luna at the marina and tours at historic Lansdowne and Urbanna’s 18th century courthouse. Climbing aboard Captain John Smith’s Explorer, and tales of his adventures by Anas Todkill, who sailed with Captain Smith, will delight young explorers.

The Scottish Factor Store and Museum presentations of the unique Mitchell Map will showcase Virginia’s amazing history. Costumed interpreters will enliven the day.

Admission to all events is Free.

Come to enjoy all the colonial events of the day in the quaint and historic town of Urbanna with its friendly and welcoming people, several excellent restaurants, and multiple unique boutique shops.

Click here for complete details.

Sponsored by Friends of Urbanna
Middlesex 250 Endorsed Event

Stock up on home grown and homemade treats, flowers and plants, just-picked produce, local pasture raised beef, fresh baked goods, artisan cheeses, clothing, jewelry, soaps, candles, local honey and who knows what else. Visit our special section just for local artist!
9am to 1pm

CLICK HERE to learn more about Participation or Sponsorship

Music, food, crafts, and entertainment. Fun for all ages.

4 to 8pm ~ Taber Park

Musical Guest: Tommy Filkoski from 10am to 1pm.

Stock up on home grown and homemade treats, flowers and plants, just-picked produce, local pasture raised beef, fresh baked goods, artisan cheeses, clothing, jewelry, soaps, candles, local honey and who knows what else. Visit our special section just for local artist!
9am to 1pm

CLICK HERE to learn more about Participation or Sponsorship

Music, food, crafts, and entertainment. Fun for all ages.

4 to 8pm ~ Taber Park

From 4 to 7pm stroll along the charming streets of Urbanna while tasting samples of wine and oysters. Live music!

Online and physical ticket sales have ended. There are NO tickets available at the door.

*Guest may be asked to present valid proof of age ID. You can provide proof of payment by displaying your PayPal receipt on your smart phone.

Come to Urbanna for a Town-Wide Yard Sale. You're sure to find something you love. Urbanna businesses and residents will particpate. There will be a Goole map available with the loaction of each yard sale.

8am to 2pm

Residents CLICK HERE to register.

Cut-off for regiestering is Thursday, October 17, 12pm.

Put on your spookiest or funniest costume and hit the streets like you’ve never done before. Halloween is the perfect time to celebrate it here with wicked music, ghoulish friends, and spooktacular beverages. Crawl to our favorite haunts in Urbanna!

Mi Jalisco ~ 5 to 6:30pm

Little Jimmys ~ 6:30 to 8pm

Something Different ~ 8 to 11pm
Halloween Costume Contest

Music Sponsrs: Price Properties ~ Something Different ~ Urbanna Business Association

Urbanna Oyster Festival

Virginia’s official oyster festival. Highlights include Friday night’s Firemen’s Parade (7pm), Saturday’s Virginia State Oyster Shucking Contest (11am) and the right-out-of-Norman-Rockwell Oyster FestivalParade (2pm).

Friday: 9am to Midnight

Saturday: 9am to 6pm

Middlesex County Woman’s Club
Yuletide Sweets and Christmas Shoppe

This beautiful historic building will be decked with fresh greens and a breathtaking twelve-foot-tall Christmas tree. The Yuletide Sweets sale offers cakes, candy, cookies, candied nuts, and more. All the treats of the season! The Christmas Shoppe will be filled with an array of items to brighten your Christmas Holidays. Please join us!

210 Virginia Street ~ 10am to 2pm

Urbanna Christmas Pet Parade and Fun Pet Show

Categories for prizes
Most Beautiful Costume, Most Creative Costume, Funniest Costume, Cutest Costume, Largest entry (size of pet), Smallest entry (size of pet), Largest group entry, Adopted Shelter Dog

Fun Dog show
Most wagging tail, Dogs that "talk" ( can your dog speak on command?) ... Best vocalization, Best Trick, Best Ears, Down - Stays, Musical "SITS"

Registration 12 pm & Parade 1 pm, Taber Park, 325 Bonner St.

All Entries Must Have Proof of Rabies Vaccination
Children and Pets Must Be Accompanied By An Adult

For those attending the Urbanna Pet Parade with your dog we welcome you. However, please note that you will need to have a current dog license number, or proof of a current rabies vaccination in order to sign up to participate. Your dog must be non-aggressive, on leash and under your control at all times. Owners will be legally liable for their pet's behavior during the event.

No retractable leashes allowed. Children must be accompanied by an adult

So come and join us with your Holiday garbed pets. Respect other dog's space. 11Strut your stuff" and have a Howling" good time!

Please Bring Pet Food or Treats To Be Donated To The Middlesex Animal Shelter!

Annual Lighting of the Trees

Join us for the annual festival of trees at 4:30pm December 7th at historic Lansdowne, 271 Virginia Street. There will be 16 trees decorated by local businesses, non-profit organizations and the local schools. The Middlesex High School Choir will be opening for the official lighting of the trees.

Voting is open to the public by ballot (Ballot box at Lansdowne) and by votes on the Urbanna Facebook page. Voting begins at 5pm on Friday December 6th through Saturday December 7th at 3pm. Winners will be announced at the lighting of the trees.

If you are interested in being a sponsor of this year’s event please contact Sandra Rudy – 804-837-1108

The famous Urbanna Christmas parade is now an all-day family event. It begins with “Breakfast with the Elves” and finishes with the spectacular Christmas parade. In between you’ll find alpacas, Christmas crafts for kids, wine tastings, a pet parade and more!

Click here for full schedule and offerings.

Want to enter a float or participate in the parade?
Click here

Please do not call Urbanna Town Hall with questions. This is an Urbanna Business Association event.
Contact: uba@urbanna.com

Tickets go on sale December 2nd at 12 noon
This year with two trolleys!

Climb into your toastiest PJs, grab your Golden Ticket, and come aboard the Urbanna Polar Express.

Get ready for a journey to the North Pole with magical stops full of surprises and to meet your favorite characters along the way. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be waiting at the North Pole for all Believers!

The Polar Express will run two magical nights with six runs each night.

Note: Preorder tickets are not available. Please go to https://urbanna.com and join our email list to receive updates on the Polar Express.

December 13 and 14
Boarding Times
Trolley No. 1: 5:00pm ~ 6:30pm ~ 8:00pm
Trolley No. 2: 5:30pm ~ 7:00pm ~ 8:30pm
Tickets are $20 per person.

Itinerary

1. Arrive at the Urbanna Town Office 15 minutes before your departure time.
2. Turn in your receipt for your Golden Tickets.
3. Board the Polar Express and Conductor will punch tickets.
4. Waiters will serve cookies from silver trays en route to the first stop, ReSail Boutique.
5. Leave ReSail Boutique to Riverhouse Creations for refreshments and a Holiday Model Train exhibit.
6. Board the Polar Express and head to the Shops at 51 Cross Street to view a winter wonderland and receive holiday gift bags.
7. From 51 cross Street, the Polar Express will meander through town and have other adventures on its way to the North Pole. (The Chesapeake Inn) to meet Santa and Mrs. Clause and, if you're a believer, receive your Silver "Believe" Bell.
8. The Polar Express returns to Urbanna Town Office.

Please Read

1. We strongly request that only ONE ADULT PER FAMILY accompanies the children so that as many children as possible can enjoy the Polar Express. Children 2 and younger may ride on a parent’s lap for the price of a single ticket.
2. Please purchase NO MORE THAN 4 TICKETS.
3. Bring your PRINTED PAYPAL RECEIPT to exchange for your golden tickets
4. ARRIVE 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR DEPARTURE TIME The Polar Express will depart promptly on schedule.
5. Children (and adults) are encouraged to wear their pajamas!
6. The boarding address is:
   Urbanna Town Office
   390 Virginia Street
   Urbanna, Virginia
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