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Kids Unplugged

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 Passport

Download the Waterford Explorer Passport and bring it to the Fair for a good old fashioned scavenger hunt. Find all six locations, stamp your passport and take it to the information booth to get your explorer’s badge.

Kids Explorer's Passport
Here’s some of the Children’s Activities this year…A full day’s play and more! Check out the interactive schedule here.
  • Archaeologist Dr. David Clark will be at the village center with pre-settlement Virginia exhibits & activities, make a pinch pot and more (map area 4)
  • Meet & Greet two large Percheron horses, next to Red Barn (fri only, map area 4)
  • Second Street School, 1-room school house (map area 4)
  • Take in live music on the Main Stage
  • Sing along with strolling performers or march with the Hessians
  • Join Slim Harrison in his jug band, play a song or two (fri & sat only, next to the mill, map area 3)
  • Take in a magic show, (sat & sun, behind the mill, map area 3)
  • March with the Hessians or play with the Old World Clowns, strolling the village
  • Stop by the Waterford Craft School tent and try your hand at a craft (map area 5)
  • Learn about early musick and watch a “crankie” story unfold (bond street meadow, map area 1)
  • Visit with the 8th Virginia Infantry (sat & sun, map area 5)
  • Play king of the hill on one of two hay bale “hills” (map areas 1 & 5)
Visit with living historians:
  • Jim Bordwine, salt maker, Old School Lawn (map area 5)
  • Rebecca Suerdieck, perfumer, Old School back porch (map area 5)
  • Mike Anderson, fiddle maker, Old School lobby (fri & sat only, map area 5)
  • Loudoun County Historic Records, Old School back porch (map area 5)
  • Fiber Guild of the Blue Ridge, spinning & weaving demos, near Old Mill (map area 3)
Visit with over 50 demonstrating artisans, who will share how they do what they do. Look for the “hand” image in the booklet:
Ian Hart Iron Work

Hart, Ian

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Anderson, Maureen

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Hall, Marian

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Helberg, Kristin

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Mendez, Roselyn

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Chewning, Bruce

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Pittman, Benjamin

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Stanik, Alex

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Witmer Cinnamon Treasures

Witmer, Amy & Joe

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Niskala, Nurit

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Linthicum, Lori

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Haigh

Haigh, Paul

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Jonathan Kesler

Kesler, Jonathan

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Kennedy, Selinda

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Kauffman, Justin

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Foster, Jackson

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Cantilo, Icka

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Yang, Zeicheng Mary

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Supraner

Supraner, Scott & Vicki

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Pfoutz, Jeffrey

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Rochford, Grace

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Lanham, Jared

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Kriebel, Donna & Ted

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Kara, John & Carol

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Darr, Richard

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Ginger Reuling birdhhouse

Reuling, Ginger

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Wolf, Susan

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Smith, Andy

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Grabman, Marie-Helene

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Gladfelter, Kimberly

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DeWitt, Robert & Dominique

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Dabbs, Laurel

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Bognar, Tom & Carole

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Johnson, Michael & Nanette

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Shriver, Alison

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Carr, Harriet

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Hollick

Hollick, Michele

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McKellar, Judith

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Barbara Jeffords Painting

Jeffords, Barbara

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Proctor, Jeanne

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Tacy Hawkins

Hawkins, Tacy

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Waterford Quilters

Waterford Quilters

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Carolyn Hazelton

Hazelton, Carolyn

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Gary Robinson

Robinson, Gary

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Mihills, Cheryl

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Lodema Lindamood

Lindamood, Lodema

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Durnell, Andrea

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Kathie Ratcliffe

Ratcliffe, Kathie

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Withnell, Susan

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Maureen Lavorgne

Lavorgne, Maureen

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Stanik, Michael

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Linda Van Hart

Van Hart, Linda

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Ray, Don, Edith Ann & Dennis

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May, Christie

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Stribling, Candace

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Piazza, Anne

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Steinhagen, Erich & Janice

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Judy Rohrbaugh

Rohrbaugh, Judy

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Maureen Mills & Steven Zoldak

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Eugene, Winton and Rosa

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Karen Wychock Basketry

Wychock, Karen

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79th Waterford Fair
October 6 — 8, 2023

Waterford, Virginia

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


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