400th Anniversary Feature Events
Celebrate Hampton's 400th Anniversary
throughout 2010!
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Hampton's 400th Anniversary main event takes place July 8-11, 2010, featuring the Blackbeard Pirate Festival, an enormous cake resembling St. John's Church, the premier of the film, "Hampton: From the Sea to the Stars" and more!
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Sea to Stars Ticket
One-time admission to Virginia Air & Space Center, IMAX, Miss Hampton II Cruise, Hampton History Museum and Hampton Carousel. $39.40 for adults, $25.50 youth ages 4 -11. At the Hampton Visitor Center and Virginia Air & Space Center. 727-1102 or 727-0900.
The City of Hampton: Through the Lens of Reuben V. Burrell and James Van Der Zee Through November 27 400th Anniversary Feature Event
Hampton University Museum, 757/727-5308 www.hamptonu.edu/museum
Hampton's Legacy As Seen from South King Street Through August 15 400th Anniversary Feature Event
Hampton History Museum. 757/727-1610. www.hampton1610.com
Afrikan American Festival June 25-27, 2010 400th Anniversary Feature Event
Mill Point Park, $2 donation. 757/727-8311. www.hampton400.com
Hampton Jazz Festival June 25-27, 2010
Hampton Coliseum 757/838-4203. www.hamptoncoliseum.org
Fourth at the Fort July 4, 2010
Walker Airfield on Fort Monroe. 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Free. 757/788-3151.
Hampton’s 400th Anniversary Celebration featuring the Blackbeard Pirate Festival
July 8-11, 2010
North America’s oldest continuous English speaking settlement and the parish of St. John’s Church celebrate their 400th anniversary with living history, family fun, a huge cake, fireworks, and frolicking pirates. Downtown Hampton. 757/727-0900. www.vasc.org or www.hampton400.com
Hampton Bay Days September 10-12, 2010 400th Anniversary Feature Event
Downtown Hampton. 757/727-1641. www.baydays.com
Cheyne, Fotografer – A Warm & Vital Record of a Time and Place September 17-March 15, 2011 400th Anniversary Feature Event
An exhibit of photography dating from 1894 though the 1960s. Hampton History Museum. 757/727-1610. www.hampton1610.com
Native American Festival: Thunder on the Bay September 18, 2010 400th Anniversary Feature Event
Buckroe Beach Park. 757/726-5437. www.hampton400.com
3rd Annual First Light Celebration December 3, 2010
Hampton History Museum 757/727-1610. www.hampton400.com
Hampton Holly Days Parade & Fireworks December 11, 2010 400th Anniversary Feature Event
7 pm Downtown Hampton. 757/727-8311. www.hampton.gov/parks
