Top Richmond Festivals
Richmond’s “Must-Know” Annual Events
If you’re new to the Richmond area and looking for the big events worth planning your year around, put these at the top:
- Shamrock the Block — March
- Richmond Renaissance Faire — April
- Monument Avenue 10K — April
- Arts in the Park — May
- Dominion Riverrock — May
- ¿Qué Pasa? Festival — May
- Friday Cheers — May/June
- Richmond SailFest — June
- Juneteenth celebrations — June
- Carytown Watermelon Festival — August
- Richmond Jazz Festival — summer
- Virginia PrideFest — September
- Festival of India — September
- Richmond International Film Festival — September
- Richmond VegFest — September
- 2nd Street Festival — October
- Richmond Folk Festival — October
- Fire, Flour & Fork — fall
- Richmond Oktoberfest — October
- Richmond Marathon weekend — November
- Bizarre Bazaar Christmas Collection — December
- RVA Illuminates — December
- GardenFest of Lights — November/December
- James River Parade of Lights — December
- Richmond Ballet’s Nutcracker — December