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Hey neighbor,
September's kicking off close to home this week — Market Square trades its usual bluegrass for a full-on 90s throwback, Mountain Run Winery hosts a fairy-tale LARP campout for the weekend, and the Friday night regulars at Your Hobby Place, Spirits Bar, and LibertyTown hold down their usual slots. Grab your calendar, we're pulling up.
— J Patrick
✨ Fairy Pick of the Weekend
Fredericksburg Area Museum Downtown Sounds: 1996 [90s]
Fredericksburg Area Museum Downtown Sounds: 1996 [90s]
Friday, September 4 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM 📍 Historic Market Square, 907 Princess Anne St.
FAM's Downtown Sounds concert series is back at Market Square, and this season is leaning hard into Fredericksburg's own local music scene — hometown bands taking the stage all season long. Pack a blanket or a lawn chair and kick off your weekend under the stars.
📅 Weekend Rundown
Friday, September 4
🐉 Get Out Of My Swamp: A Ched Nasad Campout — starting 12 PM, Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd. A full-send fairy-tale LARP weekend kickoff, costumes encouraged.
🐶 First Friday at Fraser Wood Elements — 5:00–8:00 PM, Fraser Wood Elements, 1023 Caroline St. With Old Dominion Humane Society rescue dogs on site.
🎭 FXBG First Friday — LibertyTown Arts Workshop — evening, 916 Liberty St. Meet the Fredericksburg Spinners & Weavers Guild and explore the studios.
🪢 Assisted Knitters Group — 6:30 PM, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, 916 Liberty St. 🔁 First Friday monthly, open-format drop-in.
🎶 Downtown Sounds: 1996 [90s] — 6:00–8:30 PM, Historic Market Square, 907 Princess Anne St. ⭐ Fairy Pick — see above.
🪩 First Friday DJ Takeover — 9:30 PM–12:30 AM, Durango Grill, 4256 Plank Rd. $5 apps, live DJ.
📖 Breaking Lines Poetry Night and Spoken Word — 8:00–9:00 PM, Original Grinds Coffee Shop, 615 Caroline St. 🔁 Weekly, hosted by Sera.
🎤 Spirits Bar Karaoke — 9:00 PM, Spirits Bar & Restaurant, 816 Caroline St. 🔁 Weekly Friday.
🃏 Pokémon TCG Weekly Tournament — evening (confirm time with the shop), Your Hobby Place, 4276 Plank Rd. 🔁 $10 entry, 3 rounds.
⚔ Friday Night Magic — evening (confirm time with the shop), Your Hobby Place, 4276 Plank Rd. 🔁 $30 entry, 3 rounds.
🥓 Makin' Bacon — starting at noon, Dogtopia of Fredericksburg, 4272 Plank Rd. 🔁 Weekly Friday. $5 donation gets your pup two pieces of turkey bacon at naptime.
🥬 Farmers Markets
Fredericksburg Farmer's Market — Hurkamp Park, 500 William St. Saturday morning, usual spot — fresh produce, baked goods, meats, flowers, and honey from local growers.
🎨 Art in the Park — 9:00 AM–1:00 PM, Hurkamp Park. Local artists set up alongside the market. 1st & 4th Saturday, May–October.
Spotsylvania Farmers Market — Saturday, 8:00 AM–1:00 PM, VDOT Commuter Lot, 12150 Gordon Rd. Over 40 vendors: produce, meats, seafood, baked goods, plants, and honey. 🔁 New for 2026: also a Sunday market, 8:00 AM–2:00 PM, Spotsylvania High School, 6975 Courthouse Rd.
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If you're here → go eat here. Here's where the truks are parked Friday through Sunday, based on the last few weeks' regular pattern — not yet confirmed for this exact weekend, worth a quick check before you head out.
Friday, September 4
🌮 Maria Cheryl's or Chapo's Tacos @ Adventure Brewing North, 33 Perchwood Dr.
Saturday, September 5
🌮 Chapo's Tacos @ Adventure Brewing North, 33 Perchwood Dr
🌮 Juan More Taco @ Highmark Brewery, 390 Kings Hwy
Sunday, September 6
🍕 Rosie's Pizza @ Adventure Brewing North, 33 Perchwood Dr — Seltzer Sundays
🌮 Juan More Taco @ Highmark Brewery, 390 Kings Hwy
👉 Want the full, always-updated schedule? Head to trukfoo.com to see every truk's stops in real time.
Saturday, September 5
🐶 Saturday Strolls — 7:45–9:00 AM, Old Dominion Humane Society, 3602 Lafayette Blvd. Walk a rescue dog along local trails with fellow dog lovers.
🥞 $5 Pancake Breakfast — 8:00 AM, Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge, 803 Princess Anne St. All-you-can-eat, first Saturday of the month.
🩺 Summer Festival 2026 — 10:00 AM, Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 3900 Plank Rd. Community health fair with food vendors, arts & crafts, and free games for kids.
🐱 Cause 4 Paws Feline Rescue Event — 11:00 AM, PetSmart Central Park, 1421 Carl D Silver Pkwy. 🔁 1st & 3rd Saturday monthly.
🎸 Live Music: Bobby G & the Heavies — 3:00 PM, Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd.
🚙 610 Cruisers Cruise-In — 4:00–8:00 PM, 269 Garrisonville Rd, Stafford. 🔁 Weekly Saturday.
🐴 Witches, Ghosts, Murder & Mayhem Carriage Tour — 6:00 PM, 706 Caroline St. Horse-drawn, spooky, historic.
🎤 Girls Night Out The Show — 8:00 PM, Strangeways Brewing, 350 Lansdowne Rd.
🪩 DJ Saturday Nights — 9:00 PM, Spirits Bar & Restaurant, 816 Caroline St. 🔁 Weekly Saturday, 21+.
Sunday, September 6
🏃🏽♂️FXBG Trail Series 10 Miler — 6:00 AM start, 1200 Wicklow Dr.
🎶 Live Music: Meisha Herron — 3:00 PM, Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd. Blues, early jazz, folk, and soul.
⚾ Wilson Warbirds at Fredericksburg Nationals — 2:00 PM, Virginia Credit Union Stadium, 42 Jackie Robinson Way.
⚔ Flesh & Blood TCG Weekly Sunday Armory — 2:00–5:00 PM, Your Hobby Place, 4276 Plank Rd. 🔁 $3 entry + 1 pack.
🎯 Cornhole Tournament — sign-up 7:30 PM / tournament 8:30 PM, Spirits Bar & Restaurant, 816 Caroline St. 🔁 21+, valid ID required.
Around Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Friday, September 4 📍 Shrine Mont, Orkney Springs, VA
This is the closing weekend of a Valley institution — SVMF has been bringing great music to the mountains since 1963. Friday's headliner is the legendary Four Tops, with Meisha Herron opening (yes, the same Meisha playing our own Mountain Run Winery this Sunday). Performances happen under an open-air pavilion at the foot of Great North Mountain, and the whole season wraps Sunday with a lineup of bluegrass all-stars including Michael Cleveland and Becky Buller.
Hampton Roads / Virginia Beach
Friday, September 4 | 10:00 AM 📍 24th Street Park, Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Kick off the holiday weekend oceanside — local food vendors, handmade crafts, and artisan goods right on the boardwalk. Free to attend, and an easy add-on if you're already making the drive east for the long weekend.
Central Virginia
Friday–Saturday, September 4–5 📍 Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Rd
The 115th year of this Richmond-area institution wraps its nine-day run this weekend, marking America's 250th with everything red, white, and blue — rides, pig races, a new Frisbee dog show, and the fair's own "Chesterfield Cheers" beer garden. Special hours Friday, Sept 4: 11 AM–11 PM; Saturday: 11 AM–11 PM.
Northern Virginia
Saturday–Sunday, September 5–6 📍 Great Meadow, 5089 Old Tavern Rd, The Plains, VA
A Labor Day weekend tradition since the games began honoring Alexandria's Scottish roots — Highland athletics (caber toss, stone put, hammer throw), piping and drumming competitions, Highland dance, sheep-herding demos, and a British car show. This year's East Coast Championship brings twelve of the region's top throwers to battle it out Sunday.
That's the lineup, FXBG. Whether you're catching 90s covers on a blanket at Market Square or diving into a fairy-tale LARP at Mountain Run — get out there and live it. The 540 doesn't slow down, and neither should you.
See you next weekend.
Pull up soon,
J. Patrick
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The Pull-Up is your weekly local events guide for the 540 — Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and beyond. Published by FestiveFly. Written by J. Patrick.