The Francis Land house is really pretty and unique in that it's a historical house, but at one…read morepoint it served as a dress shop ( Rose's dress shop) back in the day for brides. I had no idea. Inside, they give free tours of the first floor which holds some original furniture pieces and most reproductions. Upstairs you're free to tour on your own and it's presented more in a curated museum display type format. It ranges from info on prohibition in the area, dresses that you would find in Rose's dress shop, along with pictures of some of the brides wearing their gowns. I thought it was really cool that they had info on the Tuskegee airmen, and women in the military. We came here for the rise of the automobile event which was free through vb history museums. It was held in the basement of the Francis Land House which was really neat. We were able to build and design our own balloon cars and race them. We were probably the only group of big "kids". Which is fine with me. No shame with my game. Plus the activity director said everyone is welcome. I'm sure he's familiar with my face by now, as many of the events I've attended . It was a great time!

I love History so I went and was not disappointed. I try to think of myself in the times when…read morethere were people like Francis Land around to make it a little bit more interesting to understand how people lived in her historical perspective. A great example for children to learn a little bit of history.

Absolutely amazing museum the tour guide knowledge of the place was amazing. Would highly…read morerecommend this to anybody with some time to visit a museum in Suffolk, Virginia.

An intensive tour of the Riddick Folly House, our tour guide who's been working and curating the…read morepieces for over thirty year's was informative, funny, and a passionate guide. Be prepared for an hour and thirty minute tour, but it's worth it.

A celebration of percussion, the international drum festival is a lively rhythmic event for all…read moremusic lovers. Come out and watch world famous percussionists perform live on stage at the 17th street park right off the boardwalk. The coolest part is that you can bring your own drum and join the drum circle in the sand led by celebrated drummers all over the world. Bring out your inner hippie and march to the beat of your own drummer man! It don't get much better than that!

MOCA is such a fantastic organization. This is the best grouping of artist that show up. I have to…read moresay the Boardwalk Art Show is stunning. I say this every year. This is the best of the year. AGAIN. This year they had artist painting murals right there amongst the art booths. It was fantastic. I saw a bunch of artist I knew and met some fantastic new ones. I listed my top 5 picks in my pictures

I love art and I love the beach. So the annual Virginia Beach Boardwalk Art Show brings me to…read morealmost orgasmic giddiness. There's all different types of art and artists: jewelry makers, painters, sculptors and more all with their most eye-catching pieces for sale. If you have deep pockets you can bring the art show experience home with you, but if you're like me most of these pieces are way out of your range. But hey, it's still fun to look. And when you're done baking on the boardwalk, take a dip in the ocean.

This event needs help…read more.. Friends of ours wanted to attend this event that took place in downtown Norfolk last weekend I was a little hesitant about going but my husband said let's go so I said okay but I already had my brow raised prior to even attending this event nevertheless I first brought the general admission tickets but I meant to get the VIP tickets but luckily we had two others that were going with us and they hadn't purchased their tickets yet so they were able to get the general admission tickets off of us and I brought the VIP tickets for us... Here we are at Saturday luckily we were able to find parking on the street... no cost! Always a plus! We arrived about about 1:15... VIP Early Access access was available starting at noon but like I said we didn't arrive until after 1:00 and you know what we had tickets but they did not even scan our tickets so this is already how it started unorganized in my opinion... People were already showing up they had general admission tickets so the line started for general admission about 1:15 1:20 general admission guests were not admitted until 2:00 p.m. My husband and I are inside... the VIP included: 1) axe throwing ticket 2) 4 drink tickets 3) $20 in vouchers to redeem for food and we received an apron 4) chocolate fountain access for 2 hours I can go on and on and on about how everything went but the side eyes for me were having VIP tickets but only could get bottom shelf liquor choices not sure where VIP ever meant bottom shelf nevertheless my husband chose to drink coke and purchased Crown Royal out of pocket. However myself I did partake in a margarita that was included with a drink ticket which featured the bottom shelf tequila it wasn't bad but definitely not my first choice. Even though beer was available using the drink tickets usually beer and wine kind of go hand in hand but not for this day... It was so many stipulations with the drink tix... Again I can go on and on and on but super disappointed with this event...it looks as though just buying the VIP ticket was only to gain Early Access. Sheesh! My husband left hungry ... he hehehehe ugh! I did notice others attempting to order drinks not included with the blue tix and looking disappointed when denied. Some even paid out of pocket too. The food to me was just mediocre I did try the pizza vendor that was there and I did try the fry Factory vendor. They both were good... but the pizza was amazing! Everything else sampled... just blah... my husband tried the empanada, egg rolls, catfish, pork slider The slider... cost $7 Why??? For this event the fine print read... All food items $5 unless you got like a mini tray so to speak then that was $10 so where the $7 came from smh It's 2pm now and the volume starts to pick up... Overall we had fun at this event because our favorite bartender was here and our group of friends make every frown turn upside down. The weather was perfect on Saturday while others thought it was too warm. Entertainment for the family Music... DJs and Live Band Tvs in and outside One vendor in Particular wasn't even at the event and we were looking to try the red snapper and boil bag. Crazy! Would I recommend this event...well my first take was a no, and usually your first instinct is on point but Go at your own risk. Have fun and enjoy life ;)

This Virginia Beach based Musical Theater company, founded by Jeff Meredith, has a dynamic Managing…read moreDirector & Artistic Director. Their productions are cast with a mix of New York City based Equity talent, locals & students from the Virginia Governors School for the Arts. The performing home of VMT is the Sander Center for the Arts, conveniently located at Town Center. The venue is in walking distance to numerous restaurants where you can have before or after show dinner. Perhaps their best production I've seen in my many years of attending this theater was the recently performed Jekyll & Hyde. The casting was superb. The performance was flawless. Lighting, costumes and set design were a plus. Having seen this show on Broadway a number of years ago, I was hoping for marvelous. And it was. The only thing I would have changed was the slight Pop take on the show stopping "This is the Moment." I wanted the song to climax as it did on Broadway. Should you have the opportunity to attend a Musical Theater performance by Virginia Musical Theater you will not be disappointed.

The Sandler Center itself is great. This organization, VMT, that manages their season tickets is…read morenot. Save yourself money and hassle. Avoid dealing with VMT. Buy your tickets at the box office.

A little more history for you on what was Seatack Station or more specifically on the neighborhood…read morefrom which it got its original name. Seatack was named so because it was the point on the coast of rural Princess Anne County where the community was the target of cannonballs fired from British ships and was where troops came ashore during an attack in the War of 1812. The isolated stretch of beach place became known as "Sea Attack", and was gradually shortened to "Sea 'ttack", and then, finally to the portmanteau of, simply "Seatack". If you're wondering what exactly the British came ashore for they were trying to steal a few cows that were wandering in the dunes where the boardwalk would one day be. There are some people who will tell you the attack came in the 1700s; those people are wrong. It was most assuredly, during the war of 1812 based off of who confronted the British when they came ashore in the first place; the men who would go on a few years later to serve as the first members assigned to Seatack life-saving station number two Seatack men who were already fishing in the Atlantic Ocean & would pull people to safety after shipwrecks in the 1800's including the 1891 shipwreck of the Norwegian barque Dictator off the coast of Virginia Beach that would inspire the Norwegian ladies/sisters. In Norway, there is an exact replica of the one that we have here in Virginia Beach and the two are looking at one another across the vast expanse of the Atlantic hoping and praying for the safe return of a ship who fell victim to the high seas & now rests forever in the graveyard of the Atlantic. Free Black men of Seatack were life-savers before America ever established U. S. Coast Guard life saving stations and for almost 3/4th of a century were what protected those who met hazards at sea as well as cows who faced danger ashore. Virginia Beach & Kitty Hawk station wouldn't open until (1874-1915) - only Virginia Beach remains while the Kitty Hawk Station Located near Mile Post 4 1/2 on Beach Road; 1874 station is now the Station Six Restaurant; 1915 station a private home. Nags Head (1874-1912) - Last station destroyed in 1962 Ash Wednesday storm. Bodie Island (1878-1923) - Once called Tommy's Hummock. The modern Coast Guard, here in the United States, was created in 1915 by the merger of two other federal agencies. The first, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, founded in 1790 and known until 1894 as the United States Revenue-Marine, was a maritime customs enforcement agency that also assumed a supporting role to the United States Navy in wartime. The second, the United States Life-Saving Service, was formed in 1848 and consisted of life saving crews stationed at points along the United States East Coast. The Coast Guard later absorbed the United States Lighthouse Service in 1939 and the functions of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection via a two-step process in 1942 and 1946. These days the Coast Guard is a branch of the military just as important as any of it's sister services & no longer falls under the Department of Transportation (DoT) as it once did except during times of war, when it fell under the Navy Department and eventually the Department of Defense(DoD) which is now its governing agency at all times. One last thing about SeaTack; its heart exists where the original SeaTack Fire/Rescue station#12 once was on the grounds where the SeaTack Rec Center now stands. SeaTack Station #12 was one of the first fire companies in the United States of America that was owned and operated entirely by African Americans. It remained that way from 1948 throughout the final days of Jim Crow and the station was even around when I first got to town on Feb 3, 1976; I was born at Beach General & I'm as local as the Boardwalk. Virginia Beach Fire/Rescue Station 12 now sits on S Birdneck right next-door to my third elementary school Birdneck Elementary which sits directly across the street from the new SeaTack Elementary; the original is where current & future members of the Virginia Beach, Police Department and Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office train and is also the home of one of Virginia Beach's hidden gems known as Pathways aka Virginia Beach Detox Center a place I hold in my heart because it was my city that took me in as the first military veteran who'd receive detox services at Pathways as opposed to the VA as had always been done previously. This March 16th will mark my 5th year of continuous sobriety so thank you Pathways, City of Virginia Beach, & of course the people of Seatack. Your first patient was a success & God willing I shall remain that way.

This place is awesome! Definitely Family and child friendly!…read more Stop by and enjoy the Historic Life saving Museum quick tour and interactive activities . Its been 10 years since my last visit and the museum is unrecognizable because of all the renovations. Thank you VA Beach for keeping the tradition of lifesaving alive. Free for children under 17 and $5 for Military veterans.

Full Circle Productions is a new theater company founded in December 2025. Their mission is to help…read morebuild the local theater community by primarily using local talent for high quality summer productions. The team consists of a local couple, their son as the artistic director and a musical director who has done work with several local theatre companies and across the country. The President is a retired attorney. Her husband has worn many hats during his years in Coastal Virginia returning "Full Circle" to the entertainment sector. The couple and their son are the perfect team to begin this venture. I recently saw their production of Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" at Zeider's American Dream Theater in Town Center. The production was excellent, especially with the innovative staging of director / performer Conor Crowley. Bio's of the performers are available via a link on the Playbill. The ones I knew personally grew up in the local theater community, some now based in New York. Each did a beautiful job in a role that required aquatinting themselves with events that happened long before they were born. The director must have done extensive study before the staging because he brought back the emotions of my real life remembrances. Using performers as stage hands was an excellent way to maximize the space. The use of a camera, projected on a large screen above the stage, gave us a close up look at the faces of the assassins that were in their manic mode. The camera was passed between the actors smoothly. The presentation by the ensemble/stage hands, with one light lit, regarding remembering exactly where they were when they heard the news of the assassination was emotional. All these decades later I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news that JFK had been killed. We were sent home from school and spent the next week watching the events play out on television. It was humorous having the Gerald Ford character trip up the steps to the stage, which he did often in real life often. Before the production began the Director/Proprietor issued a warning that there would be violence, profanity and gunshots. After the performance the President Karen Crowley gave a short speech about mental health. She indicated that there would be a table in the lobby afterwards with resources for those in need of help. This was an excellent way to end the performance, since mental health contributed to the actions of the characters in the musical. The one criticism I have was the sound with two particular actors. The mic was too hot when one went into his maniacal mode. The other was during a character's solo. But as the late VMT Founder used to tell people "I'm a hard sell." I have been in the theater community so many years that I notice things others might not. I was very impressed by the production, the casting and the orchestral work. I hope the company does many more productions , not just during the summer season, but all year long.