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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.

Conversation: Meet a Nation Builder

Find a Nation Builder, a significant figure of 18th-century Williamsburg, around the Palace Green for some informal conversation.

Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

Find people of the past near the William Pitt Store for some informal conversation or activity.

DIY Craft: Quilting

Discover the story of Rita Mae Pettway, quilter, and enjoy a mini quilting project.

Evening Program: Adventures!

History is an adventure. Learn about how citizens of Williamsburg lived, worked, and played in the 18th century through many exciting and silly adventures!

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.

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 14th annual performance.

Event: A Crooner's Christmas

Good Shot Judy pays tribute to the Classic Christmas Crooner Hits!

Event: A Hard Day's Night

Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV show.

Event: White Christmas

A successful song-and-dance team becomes romantically involved with a sister act and teams up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

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!

Hands-On: Archaeology

Here's your chance to get behind the scenes at the Custis site! Join archaeologists for an up-close look at the excavation!

Hands-On: Shoulder Your Firelocks!

Engage in a military drill, learning the tactics and drills of the 18th-century soldier.

Hands-On: Stories on Stage

In this interactive family program, you're the director! The audience guides the story based on items from the collection and then has the opportunity to take the stage.

Hands-on: Daily Life

Participate in the daily activities of an 18th-century family at the Geddy House.

Museum Discoveries: 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.

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.

Music: Brass Ensemble

In this concert, the brass ensemble's bold and festive tunes kick off the season on December 3 and give a lively send-off into 2024 on December 31.

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.

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.

Music: For the Holidays!

Enjoy the celebration of the Christmas holidays with the sounds of traditional, spirituals, gospel, and contemporary music.

Music: Hogmanay! The Scotsman’s Greatest Day!

Join John Turner and Kelly Kennedy as they joyfully celebrate the Scottish New Year with traditional songs, tunes, toasts, traditions, and Caledonian nonsense!

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.

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.

Music: Profound Joy

In this concert, Timothy Seaman celebrates the wonder of the holiday season with early American and worldwide melodies and new compositions.

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.

Music: William and Mary Early Music Ensemble

In this concert, join William and Mary's Early American Music Ensemble to enjoy tunes of the Christmastide seasons of old.

On Screen Captions: A Hard Day's Night

Captions will be displayed on the big screen for this select showing of "A Hard Day's Night."

On Screen Captions: White Christmas

Captions will be displayed on the big screen for this select showing of "White Christmas."

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.

Performance: Entertainments at the Play House

Jug Broke Theatre Co. members discuss and demonstrate the 18th-century theatre world as it pertains to Williamsburg, both past and present.

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.

Performance: My Story; My Voice

Witness a compelling story from the life of an 18th-century person, then hear from the actor interpreter as they share how they discover and bring to life a voice from the past.

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.

Performance: Street Theater

The Williamsburg community comes to life in this street theatre experience exploring the daily lives of ordinary people during extraordinary times.

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.

Performance: Visit with Colonel George Washington

Step into the past with George Washington, Colonel of the Virginia Regiment. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

Presentation: The Folk Art Christmas Tree

Join Christina Westenberger and Jan Gilliam, the authors of The Art-full Tree, for a presentation and demonstration that will guide you to create art inspired by the originals.

Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle

Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.

Presentation: The Path of Valor

Discover your Revolution in this immersive, theatrical experience that thrusts you into the role of a townsperson on the Eve of the Revolution.

Public Auction

Take part in an exciting auction! Bid on selected items from Colonial Williamsburg stores as well as exclusive items not available elsewhere.

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.

Special Event: A Salute to the Fallen

A lone bagpiper plays selections from the Governor's Palace in tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to our nation while serving in America's Armed Forces.

Special Event: Artful Winter Evenings

Celebrate the holidays in this magical after-hours event at the Art Museums.

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.

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 7:00 p.m.

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.

Special Event: Millinery for the Holiday Bride

Discover the world of 18th-century bridal wear as our milliners make cloaks, hats, mitts, muffs, trims for gowns, and other fineries worn on the happiest “day of days.”

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.

Special Event: The Magic of Christmas

This holiday show features mesmerizing magic by renowned stage magician William the Conjuror and a live band of strings, brass, reeds, and drums providing the sounds of the season.

Special Event: Williamsburg Symphony

The Williamsburg Symphony's brass quintet heralds in the spirit of the season.

Tour: Custis Square Archaeology

Take a guided tour and talk with archaeologists about the current archaeological investigations at John Custis IV’s four-acre home and early 18th-century gardens.

Tour: Freedom's Paradox

Explore the paradox of the institution of slavery and the movement for independence in a 60-minute walking tour that begins and ends at the Randolph Yard.

Tour: Stables Behind-The-Scenes

Get a behind-the-scenes look at our modern stables and learn more about our carriages.