Virginia Arts Festival

The Last Bison's chamber-folk style is built on homespun, organic elements: The plink of a banjo, the thud of a single drum, soaring harmonies from violin and cello. So, in some ways, the Norfolk Botanical Garden was a perfect setting for the Chesapeake...

Ready to recreate? Here are some top-notch entertainment choices for the days ahead. Find details about the area's fun and games at HRTicket.com. In co-ordination with the release of "Star Trek Into Darkness" the Virginia Air & Space Center is hosting...

A popular summer concert series has seemingly escaped looming federal budget cuts. Fort Monroe's Music By the Bay series will begin June 13 and with a performance by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band Wind Ensemble. Concerts take place on Thursday evenings at...

Brews from across the state, the country and the world will be poured at the Virginia Beer Festival. The event takes place from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday May 18-19 in Town Point Park on the downtown Norfolk waterfront. Sponsored by Festevents...

The Virginia Chocolate Festival returns March 23¿24 to the Scope Exhibition Hall in Norfolk. Presented by the Virginia Arts Festival, the event has grown to two days of everything chocolate. Vendors will be offering chocolates from arorund the world...

Clifton, Va. Barrel Futures Tasting at Paradise Springs Winery Get to taste wines directly out of the barrel. The Paradise Springs Winery lets patrons taste last year's vintage, which won't be available in bottles for several years, at the Barrel...

To say The Last Bison have a lot of irons in the fire is a flaming understatement. The band's major-label debut album, "Inheritance," is set for a March 5 release. A new video is in progress. On Tuesday, the band heads back out on the road. The group'...

The summer concert season will be memorable for The Last Bison, Chesapeake’s fast-rising indie-folk band. The acoustic septet is poised to release a major-label debut album next month and the group has been booked for several high-profile...

The Last Bison, a Chesapeake indie-acoustic band that's making a run at national fame and fortune, will perform an outdoor show at Norfolk Botanical Garden on May 19 as part of the Virginia Arts Festival. The event description on Ticketmaster says:...

Exciting news from Williamsburg arrived today. Rosanne Cash will play a show at the Williamsburg Lodge in February. A fine singer-songwriter, Cash hasn't played Hampton Roads often in recent decades. Her show here promises to be special. Ruth Moody of...

Norfolk's Discovery Music Series has announced a new set of shows starting Oct. 18 and stretching into the spring of 2013. Shying away from indie rock, the series has steered toward acoustic, folk and bluegrass. An exception is the legendary punk-ska-...

In Sunday's Daily Press we rounded up many of the area's regular, weekly free concert events. The scope of story didn't include the wealth of military concerts that take place on the Peninsula through the summer months. Thanks to the region's...