The Virginia Thanksgiving Festival

11/10/2025

Thank You!
A heartfelt thank-you to our many volunteers, participants, staff, and members for helping make the 2025 Virginia Thanksgiving Festival a tremendous success! We couldn’t have done it without you. It was wonderful to see so many young guests enjoying a day filled with fun, history, and hands-on learning at Berkeley Plantation.

11/02/2025

What a beautiful day it was for a festival!! Thank you to all of those who joined us. Stay tuned for a few photos later in the week, and feel free to share your photos with us. :)

10/31/2025

https://www.wric.com/livestreams/great-8-events-virginia-thanksgiving-festival/

Good Morning Richmond Anchor Delaney Hall sat down with Graham Woodlief and Crystal Phillips during a special episode of Great 8 Events to talk about the upcoming Virginia Thanksgiving Festival.

10/30/2025

Beautiful weather is in the forecast for this weekend’s Virginia Thanksgiving Festival!
Join us on Sunday at Berkeley Plantation as we come together to celebrate America’s First Thanksgiving with history, music, food, and family fun.
For more info visit: www.virginiathanksgivingfestival.net

10/27/2025

History, food, and fun at the Virginia Thanksgiving Festival

09/17/2025

09/05/2025

Join us at Berkeley Plantation on November 2, 2025, as we celebrate America's first Thanksgiving with the Virginia Thanksgiving Festival.

Admission is $25 per car and includes activities and entertainment for the entire family.

At 11:00 a.m. the festivities begin with a parade led by the Williamsburg Pipes and Drum. Families take part in colonial games, dancing, crafts, petting zoo, and demonstrations. Jonathon Austin will entertain families with his juggling and magic show. The Chickahominy Tribal Dancers perform as well as the Colonial Singers of Williamsburg and Itinerant Band. The re-enactment of the landing, moderated by Bill Bevins, begins at 3:00 p.m. followed by the traditional Native American friendship dance which concludes the day.

Food, house tours, arts, crafts, and jewelry are available for purchase.

For more information or to purchase tickets in advance visit:
www.virginiathanksgivingfestival.net

02/26/2025

As Virginia and the Nation marches towards our 250th celebration here is a little behind the scenes of the new Ken Burns documentary “The American Revolution”. A few of the paintings at Berkeley are being used in the film.

02/06/2025

February thunderstorm view brought to you from the river front door of Berkeley Plantation this morning.

11/25/2024

11/21/2024

The weather is getting cooler and that means George comes in for cozy naps by the fireplace.

How many of you have met George?

11/14/2024

Already looking forward to next year!