☀️What ART you doing August 25? Cooks, creators, and all new artists are DRAWN to Ashland Fourth Fridays.👇
Live entertainment:
🩰 5 PM Ashland Dance Academy’s junior dancers perform inside The Depot.
🎵5 - 8 PM the Ham Biscuits cooks up New Orleans-style jazz, soul, and blues in the Ashland Town Hall Pavillion.
🎵6 PM Saint Square plays unique indie rock married with heartfelt lyrics in The Depot
🏛️Ashland Museum tells the story of our town through historical artifacts, oral histories, biographies, and more.
👻 Ashland Haunted History Tours reenacts the haunted history of our Victorian town.
🐇 RED VEIN Escape challenges guests to puzzling games.
🎥 Ashland Theatre shows a movie at 7 PM.
Eat and Drink:
🍜 Ban Thai Restaurant dishes out authentic Thai tea and cuisine for carryout.
🥘 The Henry Clay Inn provides dine-in options inside the historic space.
🍺 Origin Beer Lab pours craft brews inside, on the patio, and in their beer garden.
🥘 The Iron Horse Restaurant serves seasonal elevated southern cuisine on the patio.
🥘 The Caboose Market & Cafe pairs beers and wine with farm-to-table meals indoors and out.
🥘 Ashland Meat Co. At Cross Bros serves up sandwiches, salads, ice cream, and beverages indoors and out.
🥘 The Depot serves pizza and libations with three art vendors on display and a 5 PM performance by Ashland Dance Academy.
🥘 Trackside Kitchen and Wine show off their renovated space with all-American meals.
🍨 Sweet Frog lets you make your own frozen yogurt dreams come true.
🍹 Casa Herradura Family Mexican Restaurant offers a can’t-miss margarita special on the patio or in the expanded dining room.
🥘 Huddle Up Sports Bar is the destination for a giant dance floor, drinks, and dining.
🥘 Andy's Restaurant & Lounge’s homestyle plates pair perfectly with their outdoor patio and billiards.
🍲 Tops China serves Chinese food favorites for dine-in or takeout.
Food trucks:
😋 Bikini Panini LLC wants you to taste the sun with Mediterranean and Cote d'Azur-inspired pressed sandwiches and cuisine.
🥤 Pop's Kettle Corn LLC pops out salty and sweet treats
🧁 Sugar Florist Bakery specialty baker sets up their booth for custom-made cupcake bouquets, floral sugar cookies, and boozy treats in Origin Beer Lab’s beer garden.
🍦Farmview Creamery in the Caravati's Architectural Salvage parking lot sells fresh, farm-made ice cream and flavored milk.
Art:
📝ReFunkIt curates funk, handcrafted art, and gifts
🏠The Shop at 112 is open to peruse posh antiques and collectibles shop.
🚂Tiny Tim's Toys & Trains features unique toys and games for ages 0 to 99.
🌻 SkyCart Crafts makes custom signs, wreaths, and home goods.
👕 Give for You on Town Hall lawn sells original t-shirts and cup designs.
🎨 Immagine', LLC on Town Hall lawn produces art prints, stationery, and gift items.
🕯️ Living with Grace on Town Hall offers stylish home decor.
🧢 BeKurved is an iconic fashion brand with sweatshirts, hoodies, hats, and more on Town Hall lawn.
🐶Wigglebutts dog bakery bakes organic, locally made dog treats and hand-stamped ID Tags on Town Hall lawn.
☕️ Marigold Art Studio on Town Hall lawn sells affordable watercolor prints on paper, mugs, totes, tee-shirts, and more.
🖼️ Aergase Art on Town Hall lawn displays original stained glass art.
🪴 KP Jenkins Jewelry and Fine Arts on Town Hall lawn have jewelry inspired by nature.
👕Say Hello Threads inside The Depot prints shirts that promote inclusivity.
🕯️Luxx Design Studio inside The Depot has wall Art, wood door signs & candles.
🚲 Ashland Dance Academy raffles off a bike inside The Depot to fundraise for their bike-a-thon.
✨Sassy Sparkles Fairy Hair inside The Depot makes you sparkle with hand-tied silk hair extensions.
🧵AVA Handmade on Robinson Street sells sewing bags and accessories.
🌟 Sazha Star’s Closet on Robinson Street repurposes jewelry and art.
🖼️ The Asylum on Robinson Street is a self-publishing and collaborative press working in the traditional printmaking techniques of intaglio, woodcut, and monotype.
📝 Handmade Greeting Card Factory on Robinson Street creates custom cards and journals.
🪵 Tailored Crafters on Robinson Street is a family of craftsmen and artists making custom woodwork.
🐢 The Box Turtle Sanctuary of Central VA on Robinson Street totes their turtles to Ashland Fourth Fridays for meet and greets as well as educational activities.