Come celebrate Memorial Day Weekend in the Town of Shenandoah with celebration events all day. We invite you to come and honor Veterans – those who truly “gave all” and experience our festival in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains (located 20 minutes from Harrisonburg, Massanutten Resort, and Skyline Drive).

8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Yard and Bake Sale at Shenandoah Pentecostal Holiness Church, 300 Shenandoah Avenue.

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  Memorial Service at Shenandoah VFW Post 8613 Avis O. Comer, 1103 Varina Avenue.  Every year Mayor Clinton Lucas, Jr. honors Virginia soldiers who passed away while on active duty at a ceremony as part of the Town’s Annual Memorial Festival.

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Book Sale at Shenandoah Community Library, 418 S. Third Street.

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Tractor Show at Carnival Grounds between Second and Third Street.

1:00 p.m. Children’s Parade at Shenandoah Landing & River Park, 315 Morrison Road.  Children will take to the walking track decked out in their m ost patriotic finery.  They may also decorate their bikes, wagons, or strollers.  Light refreshments provided.  Sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revoluation Shenandoah River Chapter.

Steamed Shrimp Fundraiser at the Shenandoah Fire Company 70. Pre-order by commenting on their Facebook post. Pick up at 201 Pennsylvania Avenue. Time ready and price TBA.

2:00 p.m.  Memorial Walk at Big Gem Park, 736 Fourth Street.  Come and take a solemn hike on the Clinton Lucas Trail and remember the 24 soldiers who have been honored at the Town’s past Memorial Festivals.

4:00 p.m.  Memorial Parade – Come join us for an old fashioned parade. Portions of Route 340, Maryland Avenue, First Street, and Virginia Avenue will be blocked off for this event.  To register your float or group in the parade, please call Brenda Haggett at (540) 74204081 or email efgva@yahoo.com.

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Car Show. Check out the classic cars on First Street.  Food will be available. There are no registration fees.

For more information on the Memorial Festival, contact Town Clerk Lora Jenkins at (540) 652-8164 or ljenkins@townofshenandoah.com. Or contact Nancy Karnes (540) 742-1142.

ValleyFest at Massanutten Resort is back and better than ever! This festival is the unofficial kickoff to summer, taking place on Saturday, May 28, 2022, from noon – 6:30 pm.  Join us on the mountain as we celebrate warm weather and good times for everyone! Featuring four live bands on the main stage, local and regional wines and brews, plus regional food trucks serving up fresh recipes. So, grab your friends, we’ll take care of everything else.

Tickets are on sale now and include eight free sample tastings including expanded premium craft beer labels and five limited release barrels throughout the day.

Visit us at Massresort.com/valleyfest for all festival details and to purchase your tickets now!

About this event

SummerStage No.2 John McEuen

Banjo master John McEuen has had a long and varied career spanning over 60 years. A founder of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band known for the iconic album “Let the Circle Be Unbroken.” The multi-instrumentalist brings his musical brilliance and legendary jam sessions to SummerStage, performing traditional folk songs and favorites from his Nitty Gritty Dirt Band days, sharing the stories behind them.

TICKETS STARTING $15

Since its inception in late 2012, Washington DC-based band Everyday Everybody, formerly Aztec Sun, has hypnotized the ears and feet of the District’s live music aficionados. Their energetic performances feature an upbeat and retro groove steeped in 70’s Funk and Soul, Jazz, Afro-funk, and Motown- era pop which has earned the group “Best Local Original Band” by the Washington City Paper. This dynamic band has shared the stage with international and national touring acts such as Burning Spear, The Suffers, Pimps of Joytime, Naughty Professor, The Main Squeeze, and many more.

TICKETS: Starting at $15

As one of North Carolina’s most beloved roots music outfits, the husband-and-wife duo of Sarah and Austin McCombie have quickly climbed the charts with their song “Oxen” which was named one of the “Top Folk Songs of 2020″ by Paste Magazine. Performing on clawhammer-style banjo and guitar, Chatham Rabbits’ inspired blend of country, folk, and bluegrass has a warm and universal feel drawing audiences and critics, like Garden & Gun Magazine, American Songwriter, and No Depression, a roots music journal.

TICKETS: Starting at $15

Pioneering folk musicians David Wax and Suz Slezak are the plucky husband-wife duo behind the eclectic, exuberant “Mexo-Americana” band David Wax Museum. The “infectious” (NPR Music) Charlottesville based band known for their shapeshifting personality that defies all genres, has made their national TV debut on CBS This Morning: Saturday and has been featured on NPR’s World Café on three separate occasions. Releasing four records during quarantine, all which chart new musical territory as the band experimented with DIY home recording while waiting to return to the stage.   

TICKETS: Starting at $15

The hottest summer event of the year is back at Massanutten Resort!

That’s right – Summer Jam 2022 is back on the mountain on Sunday, July 3^rd from 5-10 pm!  Featuring live music, kids’ activities, beer & wine, food trucks, and fireworks at 10 PM. All proceeds benefit the Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA!

Our list of food vendors includes Big Fat Daddy’s, Bayou Kitchen, K’s Grill, Kona Ice, and Vova’s Kettle Corn!  Beer & wine garden is brought to you by Molson Coors, Blue Ridge Beverage, and CrossKeys Vineyards. White Cat Ha! will feature everyone’s favorites, henna tattoos, face painting, tarot card readings,  seated massages, and more! Celebrating the nation’s birth, don’t miss the flying of our nation’s colors and the National Anthem at 6:40 PM!

Advance tickets are only $15! Purchase tickets online at https://bit.ly/39BTyg2.

On the heels of his #1 Billboard Blues Chart hit song “We Can Always Come Back to This” which was featured on NBC’s beloved “This Is Us,” Chris Pierce has gained national prominence for his songwriting. His voice and music have been heard in film and television shows including and has made guest appearances on a wide range of album recordings as a vocalist, harmonicist and guitarist. The singer, song-writer, and multi-instrumentalist will make his SummerStage debut performing songs from his latest album, “American Silence,” which Rolling Stone describes as “the sound of everyone who’s hungry for change, steadying themselves and marching toward a common goal.”  

TICKETS: Starting at $15

Progressive “new-grass” pioneers The Arcadian Wild bring their tight harmonies and incredible pickin to SummerStage. Led by songwriters Isaac Horn (guitar) and Lincoln Mick (mandolin), and with the support of Erik Coveney on bass and Bailey Warren on fiddle, The Arcadian Wild confidently inhabits and explores an intersection of genre, blending the traditional with the contemporary to create a unique acoustic sound that is simultaneously unified and diverse. With one foot planted firmly in choral and formal vocal music, and the other in progressive folk and bluegrass, the band offers up songs of invitation: calls to come and see, to find refuge and rest, or to journey and wonder.

TICKETS: Starting at $15

Grammy-nominated and 2021 Blues Music Award winning belter and bassist Danielle Nicole, first stepped out on her own in 2015 with her debut album “Wolf Den.” In 2018, Nicole returned with a follow-up release entitled “Cry No More” garnering a 2019 Grammy Nomination for Contemporary Blues Album and two Blues Music Awards for Bassist and Female Contemporary Artist, among others. Known for her “distinctive, inventive bass work,” and drawing vocal comparisons to Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt and Etta James, Nicole makes her SummerStage debut with guitarist Brandon Miller and drummer Go-Go Ray.

TICKETS: Starting at $15

Blending a variety of musical styles ranging from swing, blues, rock, and soul, this high-energy concert  by The Judy Chops will feature original tunes from their recent album Love Is the Answer which features Southern traditions; from soul to funk to rockabilly, the band jumps from genre to genre on almost every song. The Staunton septet—consisting of William Howard (electric guitar, vocals), Molly Murphy (hollowbody guitar, vocals), Sally Murphy (banjo, vocals), Mike Pressel (trumpet), Rachel Smith (baritone saxophone), Jim Hinkle (bass) and Jess Bergh (drums)—clearly enjoys navigating through all these sonic changes.

TICKETS: Starting at $15

Recently inducted to the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, fiery roots-rock singer/songwriter Scott Miller returned to his native Virginia to tend the family farm while continuing to release and perform new music informed by that rural area, history, and Appalachia. The gifted and eclectic solo artist, “combines the emotional honesty and intelligence of a singer/songwriter with the swagger and enthusiasm of a rock & roller… a gifted and eclectic solo artist,” (AllMusic.com). Miller has recently toured with Patty Griffin, Robbie Fulks, Paul Thorn, and American Aquarium.

TICKETS: Starting at $15