You are invited to step back in time for an evening of learning fun and easy dances of the Colonial Era at the Smithfield Pavilion. No previous experience is necessary as all
dances will be taught.
Colonial Era costumes are welcome but not required. Please do dress formal and festive! There is a 30-person participant limit.
This event is open to adults and teens 12+
Tickets: If purchased online until Nov. 3rd, $12/adult and $8/child - After Nov. 3rd, and if purchased at the gate, $20/adult and $12/child

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Celebrate the arrival of Fall through the sights, sounds and tastes of the season at A Smithfield Hallowe'en!

Enjoy cemetery tours, paint rocks to add on to our Rock Caterpillar, and hunt for the perfect pumpkin in the Smithfield Pumpkin Patch. The pumpkin patch and painting is $10 for the first pumpkin, and $5 for each additional pumpkin!
Stop by Cole Art USA who will provide face painting. Other fun activities include the Halloween costume contest sponsored by NRV Historical Costume Society, and our first annual Sweets at Smithfield. Our dessert contest is for pumpkin lovers of all ages! Enter a dessert that features pumpkin, and be in the running for some fun prizes sponsored by Historic Smithfield, Zeppoli's and Downtown Blacksburg Inc.!
If you don't want to enter the contest, but want to taste the goodies, you are more than welcome to be a dessert taster! You'll be able to vote for the People's Choice category!
Visit Simple Fixins, Wang Foods, and Blue Ridge Cider Doughnuts for some delicious food, drinks, and sweet treats.
Do some early Christmas shopping with our artisan vendors at our Vendor Market! We will have wooden and leather goods, seasonal wreaths, handmade cards, resin art, tumblers and mugs, crocheted items, and so much more!
Learn a bit of history while onsite with a visit to our Forge to watch a historic blacksmith demonstration and round out your visit with a trip to the Smithfield manor house for a Trick-or-Treat house tour!
$10/adult and $5/child ages 6-13 grants admission to the site. Free for sustaining donors. Kids under 5 are free.

Do you have a WIP (work in progress) or UFO (unfinished object) that you need motivation to finish? Just want to hang out and meet local crafters?

This event is free to attend, and allows you to bring whatever craft you'd like to work on! Feel free to bring your paints, pencils, hooks, yarn, needles or fabric!

Do you have a WIP (work in progress) or UFO (unfinished object) that you need motivation to finish? Just want to hang out and meet local crafters?

This event is free to attend, and allows you to bring whatever craft you'd like to work on! Feel free to bring your paints, pencils, hooks, yarn, needles or fabric!

Do you have a WIP (work in progress) or UFO (unfinished object) that you need motivation to finish? Just want to hang out and meet local crafters?

This event is free to attend, and allows you to bring whatever craft you'd like to work on! Feel free to bring your paints, pencils, hooks, yarn, needles or fabric!

Do you have a WIP (work in progress) or UFO (unfinished object) that you need motivation to finish? Just want to hang out and meet local crafters?

This event is free to attend, and allows you to bring whatever craft you'd like to work on! Feel free to bring your paints, pencils, hooks, yarn, needles or fabric!

This is a beginner friendly weaving class. No prior weaving experience is needed. Students will be completing a bread basket and learning new skills along the way!

For: Ages 15+ 

To sign up for the class: https://www.historicsmithfield.org/classes

Help us ring in Independence Day by spending the day at a house that saw the beginning of a new nation! Enjoy house tours, shop in our Museum Store & observe artillery displays.

Gather for an Independence Day Ceremony featuring traditional excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and Frederick Douglass, followed by a rousing cannon fire salute. Enjoy sweet treats and entertainment from local vendors. Tickets can be purchased on site at the time of the event.

Do you have a WIP (work in progress) or UFO (unfinished object) that you need motivation to finish? Just want to hang out and meet local crafters?

This event is free to attend, and allows you to bring whatever craft you'd like to work on! Feel free to bring your paints, pencils, hooks, yarn, needles or fabric!

This is a first course in drawing with Instructor Trenia Bell.  Basic drawing skills will be emphasized.
It is set up on a beginning where you are/with what you have on hand.  Trenia will also touch on shading, composition, and perspective drawing.

For: Teen to adult

To sign up for the class: https://www.historicsmithfield.org/classes

Event details will be provided at a later date when the event organizers set the date and give us advertising information - TBA!

Join us bright and early on Easter Sunday for an outdoor Easter Sunrise Service at the Smithfield Pavilion. Smithfield will be closed for Easter Sunday after this special event.

Celebrate Easter and springtime with the return of our annual Easter Egg Hunt and event! Bring your Easter basket to hunt for eggs on the front lawn and enjoy the activities we will have all over the site. Visit with our event's Special Guest: The Easter Bunny! and have your portrait taken for a unique keepsake of your time onsite.

Stick around to enjoy yummy treats from local vendors. Other family fun activities at this event include:

• Chalk drawing at the Pavilion

• Easter themed activities

• Facebook Easter Photo Contest

• Storytime with Joelle

  Tickets can be purchased at the gate on the event day. $5/person and children 3 and under are free

Celebrate the arrival of Fall through the sights, sounds and tastes of the season at A Smithfield Hallowe'en!

Enjoy live music at the pavilion featuring Happy Hollow String Band, Bruce Mahin Music, Mood Swing and New Standard Bluegrass Band, hunt for the perfect pumpkin in the Smithfield Pumpkin Patch. Pumpkins are sold for $5 each.

Stop by Little Critters Petting Zoo, which features rabbits, sheep, llamas, and mini horses and Cole Art USA that provides face and belly painting. Other fun activities are Halloween costumes' contest, pumpkin painting, henna designs and Henry’s free animal balloons.

Visit Bluegrass Barbeque, Butta and Moon's, Blue Ridge Cider Doughnuts and Gigi’s Cupcakes, and Space Rabbit Coffee for some delicious food and beverage and sweet treats.

Check out our artisan vendors who will have historical clothing, leather goods, reclaimed wood Elf houses, woven baskets, as well as crocheted, hand-sewn and woven natural fiber items.

Learn a bit of history while onsite with a visit to our Forge to watch a historic blacksmith demonstration and take a tour of the Preston Family Cemetery. Round out your visit with a trip to the Smithfield manor house for a Trick-or-Treat house tour!

Make sure to buy from our gift store with a value of 25$ or more to get a chance to spin the wheel and win.

$10/person grants admission to the site. Free for sustaining donors. Kids under 3 are free.

You are invited to step back in time for an evening of learning fun and easy dances of the Colonial Era at the
Smithfield Pavilion. No previous experience is necessary as all
dances will be taught.
Colonial Era costumes are welcome but not required. Registration is at the door, 30-person participant limit.
This event is open to adults and teens 18+
Tickets: $10.00/participant