The Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival is Portsmouth, Virginia’s signature holiday event. Â It features a full schedule of events for both adults and children. Â Hear the public school’s choirs and bands perform, along with high energy bands on the MainStage and more subdued unplugged entertainment in shops and restaurants all over Olde Towne. Â High Street …
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2022 Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival Schedule of Events
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Nativity Scene from the Coleman Collection
A Portsmouth Tradition Winter Wonderland: The Coleman Collection is a popular holiday tradition at the Portsmouth Arts & Cultural Center. Â However, a centerpiece of the collection resides just around the corner at Monumental Methodist Church. The Nativity Scene, because of it’s religious significance, was best housed outside a public building and separate from the rest …
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Winter Wonderland – The Coleman Collection of Portsmouth, VA
The Coleman Collection Beginning The Coleman’s Collection at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, now known as Winter Wonderland, is a dazzling array of lights, animated scenes, busy elves, and enchanted forests with woodland animals. It began over 50 years ago at the Coleman’s Nursery and Garden Center, as the Christmas Wonderland (later, Winter Wonderland). …
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Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival 2021
The Sound of the Holiday Season The Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival began in 1998 and has become the signature holiday event for the City of Portsmouth. In 2021, this special day of music and friendship takes place on Saturday December 11th, from 11 AM until 5 PM. Â You’ll find even more music in restaurants, …
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Joyful Holiday Events in Portsmouth, Virginia
Join the Festivities November 19-December 31, 2021 Bring the whole family out to the holiday celebrations in Portsmouth. In this article, learn more about special events and activities, shopping specials, musical events, events for adults only, and even what’s planned for New Year’s Eve. Annual Tree Lighting – November 19 This festive holiday event kicks …
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The Antonym: Holiday Activities at the Children’s Museum
The Antonym, Norfolk’s PhotoJournal for the Arts has written a piece just in time for the holiday season to showcase Portsmouth’s Winter Wonderland at the Children’s Museum of Virginia. The Antonym aims “to document Norfolk’s arts and music scene while raising issues and covering stories through the use of photography and essays. Any picture worth …
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