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Today’s edition · Mon., Nov. 2

Yo-Yo Ma and Wynton Marsalis headline the Virginia Arts Festival's 30th season

Plus, a new walkable Holiday Trail of Lights opens Nov. 20 at the Virginia Aquarium Nature Path.

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Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis and a new bluegrass weekend headline the Virginia Arts Festival's 30th season

Five 2027 headliners play Norfolk, Newport News and Virginia Beach

ActWhereWhen
Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel AxHarrison Opera House, NorfolkMar. 31
Wynton MarsalisHarrison Opera House, NorfolkApr. 3
Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterCNU's Ferguson Center, Newport NewsApr. 27-28
Martha Graham Dance CompanySandler Center, Virginia BeachMay 8
Samara JoyHarrison Opera House, NorfolkJune 11

Sources: Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Daily Press

If you like jazz, cello or a good bluegrass weekend, the festival's 2027 season has you covered. It opens March 31 with Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax at in Norfolk. Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra follow April 3. Samara Joy, a six-time Grammy winner, performs June 11.

Executive Director Rob Cross said organizers wanted the year to feel like a “best of” the past 30 seasons. The Martha Graham company plays with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, so bring your dancing shoes in spirit.

  • Yorktown Bluegrass & Beyond: May 15-16, ; lineup not yet released
  • Williamsburg Live: June 25-27; lineup to be announced
  • Tickets: vafest.org or the box office at 440 Bank St., Norfolk
  • Box office hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday

Choirs, bluegrass and a lawn party fill out the calendar

  1. Dec. 15Vienna Boys Choir sings "Christmas in Vienna" at Sandler Center in Virginia Beach.
  2. Mar. 3Tenebrae performs "The Journey: 25 Years" at St. Bede in Williamsburg.
  3. Apr. 14Vienna Girls Choir performs at St. Bede; the festival says it's the group's first U.S. tour.
  4. May 15-16Yorktown Bluegrass & Beyond debuts at .
  5. June 25-27Williamsburg Live returns to the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg lawn.

Sources: Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Daily Press

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Holiday lights

The city is launching the BayPort Credit Union Holiday Trail of Lights, a walkable show on the Virginia Aquarium Nature Path from Nov. 20 to Jan. 3. It has seven themed areas, including a stage of 20-foot lit trees synchronized to music. Coastal Virginia Magazine

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Yo-Yo Ma and Wynton Marsalis headline the Virginia Arts Festival's 30th season

Plus, a new walkable Holiday Trail of Lights opens Nov. 20 at the Virginia Aquarium Nature Path.

The TLDR

  1. Yo-Yo Ma opens the Virginia Arts Festival's 30th season March 31
  2. Holiday Trail of Lights opens Nov. 20 on the Virginia Aquarium Nature Path
  3. Region 5A quarterfinal at First Colonial on Tuesday, Nov. 3
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