FREE and Cheap Things To Do Around Richmond This Week

This list is your ticket to a plethora of FREE and cheap events in Richmond, Virginia.

1700 Alvis Rd., Manakin, Virginia 23103 bask in the beauty of our 50 acres of sunflowers, visit and shop with our vendors, try out the sunflower maze and pick your own sunflowers!
Admission:
$5/person — 5 & under free
*NEW LOCATION*: The festival will take place 0.5mile east of Shallow Well Road on Seay Road in Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103 (10 minutes west of Short Pump off of Broad Street (Rt. 250)). Visit our website for directions.
This is an outside festival on a farm. Please dress appropriately. Closed toe shoes are strongly encouraged.

Project Yoga Richmond is a non-profit organization that makes yoga accessible. Project Yoga Richmond increases access to yoga through a pay-what-you-can studio that helps support our yoga and mindfulness outreach programs in the community. www.projectyogarichmond.org.

Free online dance instruction every Monday & Thursday. Relieve stress as you learn some fun moves from your very own living room. We’ll be streaming live from our Facebook page and you can follow along & ask questions in real time. Lessons are FREE and anyone can join in! If you’re financially stable & you’d like to help support our studio during our COVID19 closure, you can donate to our virtual tip jar here: Venmo: @Erica-Vess or paypal.me/RVAswing

Join Henrico 4-H every Tuesday and Friday at 10 AM starting April 7th for an interactive educational activities, lessons, games, and more!
Tuesday link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/358777103
Friday link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/433107459

Join this organization every Thursday at 3 pm for a virtual “hug” from Hanover Master Gardeners. Master gardeners are moving their Home Gardening Series (HGS) online! To join in to the live webinar, use the free Zoom app by:
https://bit.ly/virtualhgs
Meeting ID: 298 268 885
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IF you miss the live class, don’t fret! We are recording the sessions and will post them online each week here: https://bit.ly/hgsrecordings
If you have any questions, reach out to the Hanover Extension Office: 804-752-4310 or hanover.master.gardener@gmail.com
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Join The BRIDGE Book Club. A literary community established by the BRIDGE, the Metropolitan Business League’s Junior Board, to engage though provoking text and build upon ideas collectively. Join us as we read, analyze and discuss critically acclaimed titles & explore the work of local authors.

Free Ice Cream Day, Swift Creek GELATI CELESTI Store Grand Opening – Scoops of joy coming to Swift Creek. Join Gelati Celesti ice cream shop and celebrate the Grand Opening of the new Chesterfield store, located at 13487 Hull Street Road in the Swift Creek Place Shopping Center.
Come check out the cool new space and enjoy a free scoop on the house! Tell your friends! Tell your family!

The Sweet Potatoes perform at Ellwood Thompson’s (4 N Thompson St, Richmond, Virginia 23221) on Friday, July 17, 2020 at 5 PM – 7 PM

Happy, Happy Hour: Yoga, Music, & Food in the Orchard , 6:30 PM – Courthouse Creek Cider, 1581 Maidens Road, Maidens, Virginia 23102 . Enjoy yoga amongst the apple trees, then treat yourself with our all-natural cider, GF beer, or cider cocktails! We’ll also have Friday Music in the Orchard and smash burgers. Outdoor drop-in will be $15 per person. Sign up at lungeyoga.com/schedule
Please choose payment option “Outdoor Drop-In” Registration is limited so grab your spot early. Social Distancing Guidelines:
Tickets MUST be purchases in advance. No payments will be taken on premises.
Bring your own mat or towel
Please wear a mask to the class. Masks can be removed once you are on your mat.
Mats must be placed 10 feet away from each other

Summer camp for adults with Lunge Yoga meets downtown and paddle out to privately owned Sharp’s island in the middle of the James, where we will have a yoga class and optional meditation. You are free to stay for the afternoon, explore the island and play in the river. July 18 @ 10am. $35 if you have your own kayak or SUP. $89 if you would like to rent one. Note: if you have your own, you MUST have a PDF. No exceptions. #safetyfirst Space is limited.