Culpeper Downtown

September 2026 Newsletter

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Final 3rd Thursday Concert!

Get ready for another great night of live music in Culpeper Downtown! Join us Thursday, September 17, for the final 3rd Thursday Summer Concert Series featuring En’Novation from 5pm-9pm. Bring your friends, enjoy live music, grab something delicious from the food court, and spend the evening enjoying all that downtown has to offer. Mark your calendar and make plans to join us!

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Fall Family Movie Night Featuring Home!

Grab the kids, your blankets and your favorite movie-night crew! Our Fall Family Movie Night is coming to Culpeper Downtown on Friday, September 18, featuring the family favorite HOME. Enjoy a fun evening with your community, delicious food vendors and a movie under the stars.

Gates open at 6pm and the movie will start at 7:30pm. This year's event will be located at the NEW Heritage Park parking lot located at 605 E. Spencer Street behind the train depot.

This is a FREE event but does require ticketed reservations as there is limited space. Please click the link below for more information.

Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market

Did you know the Culpeper Downtown farmers market operates EVERY Saturday, THROUGH October? Shop 77 full and part-time vendors for the best local produce, meats, baked goods, eggs, honey, flowers, plants, soap, candles & so much more!

Mark Your Calendar for Customer Appreciation Day & Kids Market on September 19th!

It’s time to celebrate our amazing farmers market community! Join us at the Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market on Saturday, September 19, for Customer Appreciation Day and our Kids Market!

We’re celebrating the customers who make our market so special while giving our youngest entrepreneurs a chance to shine at the Kids Market. Bring the family, shop from your favorite local farmers and vendors, and discover something new while supporting our local community— and help us celebrate YOU! 

September Healthy Plate Program: Shop the Recipe! 



Healthy eating starts at the farmers market! This September, the Culpeper Downtown Farmers Market's Healthy Plate Program features Beef & Veggie Marinara, a cook one, eat twice meal.

Stop by the Market Information Booth to pick up your FREE recipe card, then shop our local vendors for fresh ingredients to recreate this month's featured meal at home.

The Healthy Plate Program also helps make fresh food more accessible through our community programs:

• Double your SNAP dollars—up to $30 per market day (while supplies last).
• Farm Fresh Dollars for Kids provides eligible children ages 2–13 with tokens to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at the market.

Thank you to the PATH Foundation and our community partners for supporting healthy families and local agriculture. We hope you'll join us this month to discover how easy—and delicious—it is to eat fresh and shop local!

Haunted Hustle 5K & Spooky Sprint

Get ready to run, walk and get your spooky season started! The Haunted Hustle 5K & Spooky Sprint returns October 3 with fun for runners and families alike. Little ones can enjoy the Pumpkin Patch activities, while 5K participants take on the Haunted Hustle. Start planning your costumes, gather your crew and get ready for a fun-filled fall day!

Register before September 9th for a guaranteed t-shirt and all participants will receive a finishers medal. It’s the perfect way to kick off the fall season!

Hop N Hog Block Party &

BBQ Competition

Calling all BBQ, Beer & Bourbon Lovers!

Bring your appetite because Hop N Hog is coming back to Culpeper Downtown on October 17! This fall favorite combines a BBQ competition with beer and cider, bourbon, food vendors, artisan vendors, live music, Karen’s Line Dancing and a Dunk Tank with Culpeper's Local Law Enforcement. With multiple ticket options and plenty to see, taste and experience, Hop N Hog is the perfect fall day out with friends. 

127 West Davis Street, Culpeper, VA 22701

540-825-4416

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