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Here's our day-by-day calendar of free and low-cost events in the greater Richmond area (RVA) and beyond. Updated all the time. Please notify of us of events you'd like us to consider adding by emailing news@RVAontheCheap.com.
Today: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Tomorrow: Thursday, September 23, 2021
Friday, September 24, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Friday Fun Events: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | |
| Virtual Screening room | Byrd Theatre | ||
| Pay what you can Yoga classes with Project Yoga Richmond | online | ||
| Nearby Virginia State Parks Provide Natural Escape and Outdoor Activities | $7.00 | Pocahontas State Park | |
| Bring your Vaccine Card to a Krispy Kreme shop and get 1 FREE Original Glazed doughnut | Greater Richmond Area | ||
| Violins of Hope | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | ||
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Flat Creek Farm | |
| Colonial Williamsburg offers historical time travel for all ages | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $0-20.00 | Colonial Williamsburg |
| VMFA Galleries Open | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Historic Tredegar exhibitions: A People’s Contest, Greenback America & Southern Ambitions explores the Confederate States’ aspiration to become global players on their own terms | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $8.00-16.00 | American Civil War Museum-Historic Tredegar |
| Exhibits open with a timed ticket | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Poe Museum | |
| Maymont grounds and gardens | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| MAYMONT FARM & WILDLIFE HABITATS | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $5.00 | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| THE ROBINS NATURE CENTER | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $0-8.00 | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| museum open | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $6.00-10.00 | Black History Museum & Cultural Center |
| Gardens open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Maymont Children’s Farm | |
| museum open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Virginia Museum of History and Culture | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park |
Saturday, September 25, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Screening room | Byrd Theatre | ||
| Pay what you can Yoga classes with Project Yoga Richmond | online | ||
| Nearby Virginia State Parks Provide Natural Escape and Outdoor Activities | $7.00 | Pocahontas State Park | |
| Bring your Vaccine Card to a Krispy Kreme shop and get 1 FREE Original Glazed doughnut | Greater Richmond Area | ||
| Violins of Hope | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | ||
| RVA Big Market | 8:00 am to 12:00 pm | Bryan Park | |
| Farmers Market at St. Stephens | 8:00 am to 12:00 pm | Farmers Market at St. Stephens | |
| CLAVES UNIDOS COMMUNITY DANCE CLASS | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Dogtown Dance Theatre |
| Lakeside Farmers Market | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | Lakeside Farmers Market | |
| Ashland Farmers Market | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | Henry Clay Elementary School | |
| MANAKIN MARKET, 68 Broad Street Road, Manakin-Sabot | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | ||
| THE MARKET AT MAGNOLIA GREEN | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Magnolia Green | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Flat Creek Farm | |
| Colonial Williamsburg offers historical time travel for all ages | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $0-20.00 | Colonial Williamsburg |
| Saturdday Salutations | 9:00 am | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens | |
| VMFA Galleries Open | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Historic Tredegar exhibitions: A People’s Contest, Greenback America & Southern Ambitions explores the Confederate States’ aspiration to become global players on their own terms | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $8.00-16.00 | American Civil War Museum-Historic Tredegar |
| Exhibits open with a timed ticket | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Poe Museum | |
| Maymont grounds and gardens | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| MAYMONT FARM & WILDLIFE HABITATS | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $5.00 | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| THE ROBINS NATURE CENTER | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $0-8.00 | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| museum open | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $6.00-10.00 | Black History Museum & Cultural Center |
| Gardens open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Maymont Children’s Farm | |
| museum open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Virginia Museum of History and Culture | |
| museum open | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | The Richmond Railroad Museum | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park |
Sunday, September 26, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Screening room | Byrd Theatre | ||
| Pay what you can Yoga classes with Project Yoga Richmond | online | ||
| Nearby Virginia State Parks Provide Natural Escape and Outdoor Activities | $7.00 | Pocahontas State Park | |
| Bring your Vaccine Card to a Krispy Kreme shop and get 1 FREE Original Glazed doughnut | Greater Richmond Area | ||
| Violins of Hope | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | ||
| Carytown Farmers Market | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | City Stadium | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Flat Creek Farm | |
| Colonial Williamsburg offers historical time travel for all ages | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $0-20.00 | Colonial Williamsburg |
| VMFA Galleries Open | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Maymont grounds and gardens | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| MAYMONT FARM & WILDLIFE HABITATS | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $5.00 | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| THE ROBINS NATURE CENTER | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $0-8.00 | Maymont Nature Center, historic estate, farm and gardens |
| museum open | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | $6.00-10.00 | Black History Museum & Cultural Center |
| Gardens open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden | |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Maymont Children’s Farm | |
| museum open | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Virginia Museum of History and Culture | |
| Richmond’s Museums Highlight History, Art, Science and More | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Poe Museum | |
| MODERN DANCE CLASS | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Dogtown Dance Theatre |
| Petting Zoo Farm open | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park |
| gardens and house open | 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | John Marshall House | |
| museum open | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | The Richmond Railroad Museum | |
| Community Belly Dance Class | 5:30 pm | FREE | Dogtown Dance Theatre |
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