Exciting Fall Events in Hampton, VA [2025]
Get ready for a fantastic harvest season in Hampton! A spectacular variety of events will take place throughout the city at various venues, neighborhoods, attractions, and facilities this fall. Whether you’re a sports fan, a music lover, or a horror enthusiast, you won’t want to miss out on the exciting events that are coming to the area. So mark your calendars and get ready to have some fun! These events offer a great opportunity to experience seasonal offerings and things to do in the city.
Fall Themed Events Coming Up in Hampton:
Barktoberfest
Oct. 4, 2025 at Mill Point Park in Downtown Hampton
There will be live music, craft brew tastings, food trucks, costume contests for pets & people and much more!
Historic Phoebus Fall Festival
October 11, 2025 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Mellen Street in Phoebus | FREE
Phoebus will transform into a vibrant outdoor street fair for the Historic Phoebus Fall Festival on October 12 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Attendees can purchase handmade arts and crafts, explore community exhibits and live music, and more, as well as enjoy food and beer. The festival is sponsored by the Partnership for a New Phoebus.
Hampton Roads Philharmonic: October Classics
October 19, 2025 at The American Theatre
HRP concerts welcome familiar and new composers alike, and actively commission new works that will move your spirit! A diverse orchestra, HRP showcases active and retired military, music teachers, students, senior citizens, and youth musicians.
Bluebird Gap Farm Fall Festival
October 18 & 19, 2025 at Bluebird Gap Farm | FREE Admission
The colors of autumn abound in the City of Hampton with the annual Bluebird Gap Farm Fall Festival. Bring the whole family to this two-day event offering a variety of experiences and activities including: hayrides, storytelling, ax throwing, live bands, games, photo ops, great seasonal foods ($) and a pumpkin patch ($).
Can’t make it for the festival? Bluebird Gap Farm is open daily with free admission!
Bodacoius Bazaar – Fall
November 7-9, 2025 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center
This is the perfect way to start checking off your Christmas list, as you will be able to find everything you need and welcome back our vendors. We can’t wait to see you all!
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Harrison Phoebus Day
November – TBA | FREE
A vibrant all-day block party and street festival that celebrates the town’s namesake and other founding figures in in Historic Downtown Phoebus. Enjoy a full day of live music, entertainment, family-friendly activities, a special one-day pop-up history museum, delicious local street food, and a beer garden featuring local & regional breweries, and more!
Buckroe Beach Arts in the Park
Sept. 6, 2025 at Buckroe Beach
Shop with our artists & craftsmen, grab some food from one of the food trucks and enjoy music and a breeze.
SuperNoVA International Ska Festival
Sept. 13-14, 2025 at Fort Monroe
Enjoy the largest festival dedicated to ska music in the world.
Crabtown Seafood Festival
Sept. 13-14, 2025 at Mill Point Park & Downtown Hampton
Seafood vendors, fishing boats, and educational bay exhibits will line the Downtown waterfront.
Phoebus Jazz Festival
September 19-21, 2025 at the American Theatre
The Phoebus Jazz Festival is a three-day jazz festival featuring some of Hampton Roads’ best jazz performers and fantastic national jazz stars!
Hampton Cup Regatta
September 27 & 28, 2025 at Fort Monroe
North America’s oldest continuously run hydroplane boat race is back for its 97th year! Enjoy a children’s area, food vendors, Bay Education, and environmental exhibits. East Mercury Bridge at Fort Monroe.
🍂 October 🍂
Crawlin’ Crab Half Marathon & 5K
October 4-5, 2025 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center
Scurry to Hampton and see why Runner’s World dubbed the Crawlin’ Crab Half Marathon a must-run half marathon. Complete with a snappy fast & flat course on the water, ample room for friends & family to cheer you on, and a pumped-up & picturesque post-race SHELLebration!
Battle of Hampton
Oct. 24-26, 2025 on the Downtown Hampton Waterfront
Fought October 26-27, 11775, the Battle of Hampton was the beginning of the Revolutionary War in Virginia.
Ghost Walk at Fort Monroe
Oct. 25-27, 2025 at Fort Monroe
Join us for a walking tour to explore some of the unexplainable phenomena surrounding historic Fort Monroe. The Fort Monroe Ghost Walk has returned to share with you the haunting tales that accompany the very real history of Fort Monroe. Chairs that rock by themselves, a soldier in an attic, the very real and odd pirate history of Fort Monroe are just a few of the mysterious tales you will experience when you join us for this year’s Fort Monroe Ghost Walk, Where History Meets Mystery.
Hampton Horror Tours
October 25-27 & 31, 2025 at Hampton History Museum
There are new stories, new personages to meet from the mists of time and plenty of surprises in store! Leaving from the museum, these 60-minute tours include eerie tales of old Hampton and the Coastal Virginia area. Each tour will include the grisly side of Hampton history, the spooky St. John’s Church graveyard, and other points of fright along Queen Street and around Downtown Hampton.
NekoCon
Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2025 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center
Virginia’s longest running anime convention celebrating anime, manga, and video games.
🍂 November 🍂
Jazz Legacy Foundation Annual Gala
Nov. 6-10, 2025 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center
Join Jazz Legacy Foundation for an exciting weekend of music and fun. Mission is to transform lives by enhancing the appreciation and reservation of the Art of Jazz, America’s only true original art form.
Veterans Day Parade & Celebration
Nov. 8, 2025 at Fort Monroe
The parade begins at Continental Park with activities for all ages including exhibits, entertainment, food trucks, and living history interpreters.
