Holly Point Art and Seafood Festival 2009

The 6th annual Holly Point Art & Seafood Festival will be held at Holly Point Nature Park at The Deltaville Maritime Museum in Deltaville, VA on October 10 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. It's shaping up to be the most exciting event to date. Crowds are expected to be greater than the estimated 4,000 attending last year's event. Parking will be expanded and more accessible for those with mobility problems. With more activities and attractions than in past years, there will be so much to see and do you'll want to pick up a program showing where all the activities are located. Here's a list of planned events.

The Main Event

Over 70 artists and craftsmen will be exhibiting their work. Most every type of medium or artistic expression will be represented from paintings to pottery, wood to glass, and copper to steel with an emphasis on regional artists.

Seafood Festival & More

The aroma of wonderfully prepared seafood will be wafting through the crisp October air. Bill Powell, head chef, will spearhead the food festival. Included will be a variety of delicacies from the sea as well as the ever-popular Eastern Carolina barbecue. Also exotic coffee blends from Coffee Creations of Deltaville will be offered. For the kids there will be hotdogs and hamburgers. Bottled water, soft drinks and ice tea will be available. The food will be served from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Entertainment for kids of all ages

For little lads and lassies there will be activities at the Children's Garden including storytelling, a model train exhibit, llamas and alpacas, and the now famous Blackbeard's Pirates Scallywag School. For the 12 and up kids we'll have Blackbeard's Pirate re-enactors, a living history group out of Hampton, VA. They will fascinate everyone with portrayals of life and times of pirates along the Chesapeake Bay and East Coast in the early 18th century. This year they will also include a group of pirate hunter re-enactors.

For the even older kids, and you know whom I'm taking about, there will be antique cars, a display of historic and rebuilt deadrise workboats, and Henry Lackey's display of antique motors. While meandering about, you will have the opportunity to check out the progress rebuilding the buyboat F. D. Crockett and to hitch a ride on the John Smith replica barge Explorer. All the boat displays will be located on the new 350-foot pier overlooking the Living Shoreline Garden project and kayak landing.

The Gardens

Holly Point Nature Park is famous for its gardens that include the Children's Garden, the Nature Walk Azalea & Sculpture Garden, Bubba the fish-shaped wildflower garden, and the Lindsey Camellia Garden.

Maritime Museum Displays

This year a new Ship Model Room has been added which showcases scale miniatures of many of our country's early naval vessels. There is also a new improved Library and updated displays in the Museum of the glory days of boatbuilding in Middlesex County.

Come and enjoy the Holly Point Art & Seafood Festival on October 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, contact The Deltaville Maritime Museum at 804-776-7200.