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Tickets on sale August 1st | Kids 12 and under FREE!        October 3-5 | 10am-5pm | Waterford, Virginia

Waterford Fair

81st American Crafts & Historic Homes Tour

  • What’s at the Fair
    • Demonstrating Artisans
    • 2025 Historic Homes Tour
    • Exhibits, Demonstrations & Tent Talks
    • Music & Entertainment
    • Food & Libations
    • Kids Unplugged
  • Plan Your Visit
    • Ticket & Fair Info
    • 2025 Fair Map
    • 2025 Fair Booklet
    • Pet Policy +
  • Fair FAQS
  • Sponsors
  • Participate

The Waterford Fair is a great place to bring kids for a day of unplugged fun.

Children 12 and under are FREE with an adult ticket purchase!

Get your Explorer’s Cryptogram

Check back here soon to download the Waterford Explorer Cryptogram and bring it to the Fair for a good old fashioned scavenger hunt. Find all the locations, fill out your cryptogram and take it to the information booth to get your explorer’s badge!

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Kids Explorer's Passport
Here are some of the Children’s Activities this year… a full day’s play and more!
  • Take in a Magic Show
  • Enjoy the Organ Grinder’s Music
  • Dance to the Music at the Main Stage
  • Play “King of the: Hay Bale Mountain”
  • March with the Hessians
  • Learn about Lace Making
  • Meet a Working Team of Horses
  • Hear Cool Stories at the Cemetery
  • Play in a Jug Band
  • Explore Arts & Crafts with Artisans
  • Take in a Dance Demonstration
  • Learn how to Carve a Decoy
  • Complete the Scavenger Hunt Cryptogram
  • Talk to a Painter
  • Learn about a Revolutionary War Camp
  • Sing Silly Songs with the Trouboudours
  • Learn How Honey is Made
  • Visit a One Room Schoolhouse
Schedule
  • Friday
    • Slim Harrison, Children’s Jug Band
    • Working Horses, Meet & Greet & Harness Demonstration
    • Terry Bender, Organ Grinder
    • Dominion Four, Barber Shop Quartet
  • Saturday
    • Liberty Rifles as the 45th Pennsylvania Camp
    • Slim Harrison, Children’s Jug Band
    • John McLaughlin, 18 c. Illusionist (shows: 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm)
    • Terry Bender, Organ Grinder 
    • Chesapeake Region Lace Guild Demonstration
    • Hessian Regiment Von Huyn
  • Sunday
    • Military Veterans Honor Ceremony (12:30 pm)
    • John McLaughlin, 18 c. Illusionist (1 – 3 pm)
    • Chesapeake Region Lace Guild Demonstration
    • Hessian Regiment Von Huyn
  •  All Three Days
    • Robert Mouland, Musick of Early America
    • Rebecca Suerdick, Historian-Perfumer
    • Donna Nomick, Hammered Dulcimer
    • John DuRant & John DuRant Jr., Old World Troubadours
Living History and Exhibits

  • Explore an 1880s Classroom
  • Glenn McIntyre, Gunsmith Gun Shop, Village Center
  • Fairs of the Past
  • 250 Exhibit: Loudoun & the American  Revolution
  • African American Experience of Waterford
  • Forging Demonstrations
  • Jeff Ball, Earthly Host Cemetery, Behind Old School
  • Waterford Then and Now Photographs
  • Eugene Scheel, Mapmaker Map Shop, Village Center
  • WCS Instructor Demonstrations Waterford Craft School Tent
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Visit with over 50 demonstrating artisans, who will share how they do what they do. Look for the “hand” image in the artisan listing in the Fair booklet.

Photo of colorful cloisonne pendant by Yang

Yang, Mary Z. & Lee, Jon

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Karen Wychock Basketry

Wychock, Karen

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Wolf, Susan

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Witmer Cinnamon Treasures

Witmer, Amy & Joe

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Withnell, Susan

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Willie, Adam

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Waterford Quilters

Waterford Quilters Guild

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Linda Van Hart

Van Hart, Linda

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Supraner

Supraner, Scott & Vicki

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Photo of a knife by Sulmonte balanced on a block of rustic wood.

Sulmonte, Giancarlo

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Photo of two pottery jars decorated with vines by Steinhagen

Steinhagen, Erich & Janice

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Photo of six pottery bowls with a geometric designs in blue and yellow colors by Steinberg.

Steinberg, Lorene

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Staton, Amy

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Stanik, Mike & Ruth

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Stanik, Alex

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Shriver, Alison

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Savely, Clay

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Photo of a patterned red and yellow scarf draped on a manikin by Sareshwala

Sareshwala, Khadija

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Rochford, Grace

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Gary Robinson

Robinson, Gary & Jeannette

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Ray, Dennis

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Kathie Ratcliffe

Ratcliffe, Kathie

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Proctor, Jeanne

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Pittman, Jessica

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Pittman, Ben

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Piazza, Anne

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Oliver, Amy

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O’Donal, Elaine

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Niskala, Nurit

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Mills, Maureen & Zoldak, Steven

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Miller, Shelley

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Mihills, Cheryl

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McKellar, Judith

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Madigan, Cindy

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Linthicum, Lori

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Lavorgne, Maureen

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Lanham, Jared

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Kulbeth, David

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Kirk, Roger

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Kesler, Jonathan

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Kauffman, Justin

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Kara, John

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Barbara Jeffords Painting

Jeffords, Barbara

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Hughes, Bob & Sally

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Hollick

Hollick, Michele

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Hollenbaugh, Kelly & Gary

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Hicks, Connie

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Hart, Ian

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Hall, Marian

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Grabman, Marie-Helene

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Gladfelter, Kimberly

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Giles, Harriet

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Foster, Jackson

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Ferster, Bill & Murphy, Dan

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Eugene, Winton and Rosa

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Durnell, Andrea

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DeWitt, Robert & Dominique

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DeWald, John & Chandra

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De May, Robert

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Darr, Molly & Richard

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Dabbs, Laurel

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Clark, Altyn

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Carson, Joseph

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Cantilo, Icka

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Botchlet, Heather

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Bognar, Tom & Carole

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Boglioli, Loring

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Banker, Ellen

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Armistead, Jeff & Ben

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Anderson, Maureen

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Alexander, Josiah, Drew and Shea

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The Waterford Fair
PO Box 142
Waterford, Virginia 20197
540-882-3018
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40222 Fairfax Street
Waterford, Virginia 20197


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