Events

Balloons Over Rockbridge Hot Air Balloon & Music Festival

July 04, 2026 (Sat) - July 05, 2026
Virginia Horse Center

Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and enjoy great local bands, a variety of food and merchandise vendors, adult beverages, children’s activities and most of all ... BEAUTIFUL HOT AIR BALLOONS!!!!

Interwoven: Unearthed Stories of Slavery

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
Brownsburg Museum 01:00 pm

INTERWOVEN is The Brownsburg Museum's most ambitious exhibit yet. The name speaks to the idea that we are all connected — by family, by community, and by history. It weaves the history of enslaved […]

250th Anniversary Flag Raising & Time Capsule Ceremony

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
Glen Maury Park 08:00 am

250th Birthday Celebration for America with flag raising, color guard, 21-gun salute, patriotic music, a veteran testimony, and the opening of Buena Vista’s 1976 Time Capsule.

Kerrs Creek Country Market

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
Kerrs Creek 09:00 am

Farmers market in Rockbridge County Village of Kerrs Creek, just 10 minutes from Lexington.

America's 250th Birthday Party

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
Court House Square 10:00 am

250th Birthday Party celebrating American Independence, organized by the Rockbridge Historical Society and Rockbridge250, with history and book displays, an open mic to volunteer community memories […]

Annual Fourth of July Children’s Bike Parade

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
10:00 am

Children’s Bike Parade will take place downtown on July 4th at 10am.

Self-evident Truths: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence Under the Natural Bridge

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
Natural Bridge State Park 01:00 pm

In the shadow of the Natural Bridge the Declaration of Independence will ring out once more to celebrate 250 years since the American Revolution began.

4th of July Concert, Movie, Fireworks

July 04, 2026 (Sat)
Glen Maury Park 06:00 pm

250th Birthday Celebration for America with a concert, dance, movie night and fireworks.