About Us

There's a lot going on behind all the fun and games at Festevents. Since 1982, we've been attracting more than two million people per year to the Virginia waterfront, creating outstanding sponsorship opportunities for our regional and national marketing partners. Norfolk is in the heart of Hampton Roads, the nation's 27th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). From this central location, Festevents organizes events from March through December, each of which draw anywhere from 1,000 to hundreds of thousands of visitors. Through a unique mix of festivals, special events, concerts, movies, tall ship visits and much more, Festevents has become one of the nation's premier events marketing organizations.

One of the main reasons for Norfolk Festevents' success is that it capitalizes on Norfolk's natural appeal as an inviting waterfront city. The seven-acre Town Point Park, with its outdoor concert amphitheater on the Elizabeth River, provides an ideal locale for the festivities and musical events. Other sites for large and small events include Ocean View Beach Park on the Chesapeake Bay, the marina-front Waterside Outdoor Amphitheater, Nauticus, The National Maritime Center, MacArthur Center, the area's premier new shopping mall, and Harbor Park, Norfolk's beautiful and critically acclaimed new baseball stadium.

In addition to attracting visitors to downtown Norfolk, Festevents has made contributions in excess of $2 million dollars since 1983 to area charities. Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Hampton Roads, The Dwelling Place, Down Syndrome Association of Hampton Roads, REACH, Inc., National Hemophilia Foundations (Virginia Chapter) and Animal Rescue of Tidewater are only few of the charitable organizations and great causes throughout Hampton Roads that benefited from Festevents' proceeds over the years.

Norfolk Festevents, Ltd. is a private, not-for-profit 501-(c)(3) organization.