Last Call Before Fall - Tickets On Sale Now
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Last Call Before Fall - Tickets On Sale Now

Who’s ready for an event??!!!!!! We sure are!!! Gloucester Main Street Association is pleased to announce a NEW FUN event, LAST CALL BEFORE FALL! Join us on Sunday, September 5 from Noon-5PM on the lawn of Split Enz Salon (Tabb House)- 6596 Main Street, Gloucester.

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Virginia Beach Native Earns Best In Show At Gloucester Arts Festival
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Virginia Beach Native Earns Best In Show At Gloucester Arts Festival

Artist Daniel Robbins embraces history and the spirituality of the water and the Richmonder combined both to win Best in Show at the Gloucester Arts Festival, which was announced at the Plein Air Art Gala held at the private estate Sussex on the York River on June 11.

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Join Muscarelle Artist-In-Residence Steve Prince For Chalk Art Creation On June 12 On Gloucester Main Street
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Join Muscarelle Artist-In-Residence Steve Prince For Chalk Art Creation On June 12 On Gloucester Main Street

Artist Steve Prince will join artists in brightening the downtown sidewalks of Gloucester on Saturday, June 12, during the Gloucester Arts Festival’s Paint Main 2.0 event. While Plein Air festival painters compete in a fast-paced paint-out creating works of art on easels, Prince will work his magic with chalk, starting shortly after 10 a.m.

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The Silver Box Is Special From The Inside Out
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The Silver Box Is Special From The Inside Out

You can’t miss The Silver Box on Main Street in Gloucester Village, especially this time of year when graduates and tourists frequently stop for a spontaneous photo shoot.

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Symphony Under The Stars Free Family Concert In Gloucester Hosted In New Location In 2021
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Symphony Under The Stars Free Family Concert In Gloucester Hosted In New Location In 2021

The Cook Foundation and the Gloucester Arts Festival is pleased to announce that the Symphony Under the Stars free family concert will return this year but in a different location. The free family concert will take place at Woodville Park on Saturday, June 5 at 8 p.m. The concert will feature the Virginia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Bhasin.

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Get Your Tix To Meet The Artists Events At Upcoming Gloucester Arts Festival
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Get Your Tix To Meet The Artists Events At Upcoming Gloucester Arts Festival

Reserve your tickets now for two special Meet the Artists events that are coming up next month as part of the 2021 Gloucester Arts Festival.

The monthlong celebration that kicks off on June 3 with a sculpture unveiling in Gloucester Village includes multiple free offerings, but tickets are needed for Cocktails in the Garden on Tuesday, June 8 and Meet the Artists at Brews & Brine on Wednesday, June 9.

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Good Brews For All At Gloucester Village Microbrewery
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Good Brews For All At Gloucester Village Microbrewery

Gloucester Brewing Company started in a garage unless you believe it was destined since birth.

Mike Brewer is one of two founders after all.

“Pure coincidence,” he says about his last name.

Despite his name, Brewer knew nothing about brewing beer. He did know that he and his wife, Laura, and their friends Myron Ware and his wife, Liz, liked going to microbreweries. It wasn’t just for the craft beer.

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Family And Food Come Together At Bangkok Noi Thai
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Family And Food Come Together At Bangkok Noi Thai

Thai food and Gloucester Village? At first Tusnee McDaniel wasn’t sure a Thai restaurant would fit into a traditional Main Street that looks like a page from Norman Rockwell’s America.

Just before the doors to Bangkok Noi Thai opened in 2008, McDaniel saw a crowd gathering.

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Find Something Beautiful At Smith’s Florist & Gift Shoppe
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Find Something Beautiful At Smith’s Florist & Gift Shoppe

Emilie and Michael Richardson were eager to try something new.

Their eldest son lived in Newport News, and being closer to him was a priority. While searching for floral businesses within an easy drive to their son, the Floridians discovered Gloucester and everything special about Smith’s Florist & Gift Shoppe.

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Generations of Women Have Made Vashti’s Jewelers Shine for Six Decades
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Generations of Women Have Made Vashti’s Jewelers Shine for Six Decades

Vashti Wilcher was a woman ahead of her time as an entrepreneur in 1961. Her legacy, Vashti Jewelers, remains a local treasure in Edgehill Shopping Center just off Main Street in Gloucester Village.

“It was just unheard of 60 years ago for women to have their own business,” says Nicole Michael, Vashti’s granddaughter and today the owner of the store.

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Gloucester Main Street Earns National Revitalization Award
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Gloucester Main Street Earns National Revitalization Award

CHICAGO (April 2021) – The Main Street Preservation Trust in Gloucester Village, Virginia, is one of six winners of the Main Street Forward Awards, which recognize communities that have shown exemplary recovery and resilience efforts amid the multiple crises of 2020. Selected from 68 total submissions by a national jury of economic development experts, the Main Street Preservation Trust (MSPT) is being honored for its Downtown Dollars program, which raised nearly $150,000 in gift card sales to local businesses and benefited Gloucester healthcare workers.

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GMSA Board Member Spotlight
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GMSA Board Member Spotlight

CEO of Proximo Marketing Strategies Courtney Riley always knew she had a creative spirit, but what she didn’t have was a desire to become an entrepreneur.

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Art & Fashion Go Together At Yolanda’s
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Art & Fashion Go Together At Yolanda’s

Everybody knows Yolanda’s in Gloucester Village, whether for its distinctive made-in-the-USA apparel or thanks to the unique gallery that showcases the work of local artists. The women’s clothing store has been a staple at 6658 Main Street for years, occupying what was once Twice Told Tales bookstore.

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Gloucester Arts Festival Set For June 2021
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Gloucester Arts Festival Set For June 2021

Don’t just save one date this June. Save the entire month.

The Gloucester Arts Festival will return to rural coastal Virginia for its fifth year, kicking off June 3, 2021 with an unveiling of sculptures on Main Street and culminating with a U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Band concert.

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Head Into Up South and Walk Out With Something Special
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Head Into Up South and Walk Out With Something Special

The plan didn’t call for Allyson Bridges to open her own boutique, at least if you ask her.

She was 24, a year into paying a mortgage and worked delivering flowers for her grandmother’s Gloucester Main Street florist shop.

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