Paramount Presents: Jay and Silent Bob: The Aural Sects Tour

215 E Main St 4801 Via Ln, Crozet, VA, United States

Standing next to one another personally and professionally for over 30 years, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith have played Jay and Silent Bob in eight different movies! But at their Jay and Silent Bob live show, Kev and Jay finally get to be themselves, using their mouths on you for money, telling tales about making movies, marrying above their stations, […]

Woodworking Introductory Workshop

Poplar Forest 894 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest has been meticulously restored back to its Jefferson-era appearance after 40 years of dedicated work by the Poplar Forest Restoration Department. Using tools available to Jefferson’s free and enslaved workman, our skilled craftsmen have restored all the elements of the house so what you see today, is what Jefferson would have seen once the house was […]

Woodworking Hands-on Workshop

Poplar Forest 894 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest has been meticulously restored back to its Jefferson-era appearance after 40 years of dedicated work by the Poplar Forest Restoration Department. Using tools available to Jefferson’s free and enslaved workman, our skilled craftsmen have restored all the elements of the house so what you see today, is what Jefferson would have seen once the house was completed. […]

Peking Acrobats

Historic Academy Theatre, United States

Jefferson’s Curiosities: Botany & Friendship

Poplar Forest 894 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Jefferson wrote to Madame de Tesse in October 1801 that “Altho’ the times are big with political events, yet I shall say nothing on that or any subject but the innocent ones of botany & friendship.” Using Jefferson’s own words from letters to various friends and family members, Thomas Jefferson (as portrayed by Bill Barker) and Peggy Cornett, Curator of […]

Spring Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival

Poplar Forest 894 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Interested in being a vendor? Please fill out the appropriate form below and return it by Feb. 28th for consideration. Winery Application_2025 Artisan Vendor Application_2025 Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest introduces the first annual Spring Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival this April! Join us for a day filled with wineries, artisans, food vendors, live music, and more on Poplar Forest’s south lawn as we […]

Naturalization Ceremony

Poplar Forest 894 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Join Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest and the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) to witness a Naturalization Ceremony welcoming new American citizens in honor of Thomas Jefferson’s 282nd birthday. A luncheon for the new citizens and their families will be served following the ceremony. Admission to the ceremony is included with general admission […]

Lynchburg Garden Day

Poplar Forest 894 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Add a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s private villa and ornamental gardens to your Lynchburg Garden Day itinerary. An avid gardener and one of America’s first landscape designers, Jefferson was enthralled with the natural world, recording his ideas for planning and planting the ornamental landscape at Poplar Forest in his letters and journals. The recently completed restorations of Jefferson’s ornamental garden […]