SperryFest! 2024: A guide to the festivities

by | Apr 26, 2024

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And they're off! Ducks will race down the Mighty Thornton at 4 p.m.
And they're off! Ducks will race down the Mighty Thornton at 4 p.m.
Download a PDF version here
Download a PDF version here

It’s time for SperryFest! Here’s a look at this year’s celebration:

Where to Park

Parking is generously provided by the festival’s neighbors’ private lands. Please always respect their property and pack out whatever you brought in. Parking attendants will greet you at most lots. Parking is always free.

Sperryfest 2024 parking map

Park in Lot A and walk our trails to Main Street (5 minutes)

→ Park in Lot B and walk our trails to Main Street (3 minutes)

→ Limited handicap parking available at Methodist and Baptist churches on Main Street

→ No event parking at Before & After Cafe and golf course


Schedule of Events

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And they’re off! Ducks will race down the Mighty Thornton at 4 p.m.

Friday, April 26

6 p.m.: Rappahannock Historical Society “History of Sperryville” Book Launch at The Marketplace Sperryville in River District

SperryFest map 2024

Download a PDF version here

Saturday, April 27

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Rappahannock Farmers’ Market at The Schoolhouse/Golf Course

SperryFest! 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Main Street Festival with artisans, food and drink, entertainment

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Kids’ Corner (bounce house, scavenger hunt bingo, duck painting, duck dash)

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Classic Car Show (at The Schoolhouse/Golf Course)

11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Fairy Seed Balls by the River at Wild Roots Apothecary

1:45 p.m.: Kids’ Parade to Main Street Bridge for Duck Dash Race

2 p.m.: Kids’ Duck Dash Race

4 p.m.: Main Duck Race

What’s on stage: Main Street Festival Entertainment

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Smokin’ Trout

12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.: Juggling

1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.: Back Road Revels (1st set)

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.: Break for parade & kids’ duck race

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.: Back Road Revels (2nd set)

Ducks After Dark

6 p.m. – 9 p.m.: 1000 Faces Band at Veditz Brewing

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.: Volunteer Appreciation at Before & After


Vendors

Beer, Wine & Spirits

Pen Druid

Veditz Brewery

Copper Fox Distillery

Chester Gap Wines

Gadino Cellars

Magnolia Vineyards

Narmada Winery

Quievremont Vineyard

Revelation Vineyards

Artisans

Abracadabra

Battle Mountain Makers

Chris Anderson Art Work

Cornerstone Lavender

Dragonfly Gems

Grateful Body

Huntly Hall Jewelry

Jason Goldman Woodart

Longshadows Woodcrafts

Mary Larkin

Mary Mayo Designs

Miss Garretts Silverware Jewelry

Old Orchard Pottery

Ornamental Welding

Persimmon Hollow

Rebel Ridge Stoneworks

Ride Em George

Rike Dussaud-Garnier

Robin’s Nest Egg

Rose and Lucy

Rosi Red Red

Seldom Realms

Sharon Walling

Strike Deakins

The Chocolatiers Palette

The Sterling Peacock

Thornton River Art

Thumb Run Dairy Goats

Vianreha

Whispering Willows Artisan

Wild Roots Apothecary

Food

Bahia Salgados

Indulgent Scullery

Kaziville

Kendra Wilkerson

Native Shire BBQ

New Iberia Kitchen

The Base

Nonprofits

Community Investment Cooperative

Foothills Forum

Friends of the Library

Friends of the Rappahannock

Rapp at Home

RappCats

Rappahannock Center for Education

Rappahannock Farm Tour

Rappahannock Food Pantry

Rappahannock Historical Society

Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection

Rappahannock Lions Club

Rappahannock Social Services

Shenandoah National Park Trust

Treats

Amazing Baked Goods

Boe’s Produce Stand

C & C Frozen Treats

Mandie’s Dandies

Posh Fairy Floss

Walker Bakeshop

Whistle Pop Kettle Corn

Yukon Treats


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