Friday, May 23, 2025 - Monday, July 7, 2025

The Staunton Augusta Art Center Presents Anamnesis: Echoes In Time

Staunton Augusta Art Center, 20 S. New Street, Staunton

This Memorial Day weekend, the Staunton Augusta Art Center will open “Anamnesis: Echoes In Time,” a thought-provoking exhibition featuring the work of sculptor Michelle A. Smith and photographer Jeremy J. Starn. Running from May 23 through July 7, 2025, the exhibit invites viewers to reconsider the nature of memory—not as a fixed record, but as a fluid, evolving narrative shaped by time, emotion, and perception.

Through sculpture and photography, Smith and Starn explore how we remember, forget, and reinterpret our pasts. Their work suggests that memory is less about accuracy and more about meaning—constructed from fragments, feelings, and the ever-shifting lens of the present.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - Sunday, July 13, 2025

Summer Theatre Camp

American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market Street, Staunton

June 11-July 13th American Shakespeare Center’s Summer Theatre Camp will commence

They’re bringing Shakespeare’s sweeping epic to life in a massive summer-long Shakesperiment. With tragedy, comedy, adventure, romance, battles, demons, witches, pirates, bunchbacked spiders, evil priests, and more decapitated heads than you can shake a spear at, this is the Shakespeare you won’t get to study in school — but you’ll love it for life.

For more information and to enroll your teen, go to americanshakespearecenter.com

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Thursday, June 12, 2025 • 5:00 PM

Party in the Park

Gypsy Hill Park, Staunton

Thursday, June 12th at 5PM Join the Staunton YMCA for their annual Party in the Park at Gypsy Hill Park

There will be music, a dunk tank, children’s activities and, live performances.

Come out for a fun, family friendly event.

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Saturday, June 14, 2025 • 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tastes and Tunes: A Fundraiser for the Valley Children’s Advocacy Center

Red August Farm, 1171 Hermitage Rd, Waynesboro

Saturday, June 14th from 11am to 4pm at Red August Farm, The Staunton Augusta Junior Women’s Club is hosting Tastes and Tunes: A Fundraiser for the Valley Children’s Advocacy Center. It will be an afternoon of food, live music, shopping, kids area, photo booth, beer garden and more!

Tickets are $10 each in advance or $12 at the door, proceeds go to support a great cause. Children 10 and under are FREE! Musicians include Crystal Armentrout Duo, Small Batch, John Douglas and the Bitter Trades and more.

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Saturday, June 14, 2025 - Sunday, June 15, 2025 • 11:30 AM - 7PM

Blue Ridge Outdoors 30th Anniversary

Devils Backbone's Basecamp Brewpub and Meadows, Roseland, Virginia

We’re partnering with Blue Ridge Outdoors to celebrate their 30th anniversary! Join us on June 14th & 15th at Devils Backbone’s Basecamp Brewpub and Meadows located in Roseland, Virginia for live music by Suggesting Rhythm, Isaac Hadden, Mackenzie Roark & The Hotpants, and Hash, on-site camping, craft vendors, Ultimate Air Dog Dock Diving, outdoor exhibitions, and more! Bring the whole family and see for yourself why Devils Backbone was voted Best Campground by Blue Ridge Outdoors readers.​

ALL AGES. DOG FRIENDLY. $30 ADVANCED. $40 AT THE DOOR. KIDS UNDER 12 GET IN FREE.

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Thursday, June 26, 2025 - Saturday, August 2, 2025

2025 Heifetz Festival of Concerts

With spring in bloom and the promise of summertime serenades just around the corner, now is the perfect time to secure your Season Pass for the 2025 Heifetz Festival of Concerts, running from June 26 to August 2, 2025.

Join them for their 29th summer season, featuring the thrilling artistry of their world-renowned faculty artists, award-winning alumni, special guests, and—at the heart of it all—the brilliant young musicians who come from around the globe to dazzle audiences on the Heifetz stages.

Season passes can be purchased on their website heifetzinstitute.org

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