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2012 waterways heritage festival

Waterways Heritage Festival
October 13th & 14th, 2012
Saturday 10 am-5 pm & Sunday 12 pm-5 pm
Great Bridge Lock Park
100 Lock Road, Chesapeake, VA

Enjoy two days of cultural heritage, fine arts, and music in Great Bridge Lock Park, located on the Intracoastal Waterways.  Visit the many guilds and learn firsthand how things are made! 

Exhibitors and vendors from throughout the Commonwealth will display and sell their unique crafts ranging from: weaving, woodworking, basket-making, pottery, quilters, gardening, photography, silversmith jewelry artistry, glass blowing, sheep-shearing, and more.   Local musicians will be featured throughout the weekend, and a variety of food vendors will be present. There will also be a historic Batteau (a flat boat used during colonial times for transport) on display at the Waterways Heritage Festival.

Please join us as we celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our region!

Click here for shuttle and parking information.

If you'd like to join our event as a vendor, exhibitor, or guild, please fill out our application and send it in along with a check for $60 (vendors only) to: GBB&WHF, P.O. Box 15425, Chesapeake, VA 23328, or pay online here.

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Waterways Heritage Festival
Great Bridge Lock Park
October 13th & 14th, 2012

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The construction of the Battlefield Historic Park & Visitor Center will assure that generations to come will be able to learn about the rich history of both the Battle of Great Bridge and the waterways of our region.

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