Richmond weekend guide: Oyster week and food festivals
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It's the first weekend of a government shutdown so you might as well get out of the house, right?
Thursday, Oct. 2
🦪 Richmond's Oyster Week is back for a second year. More than two dozen local restaurants are serving up Virginia oyster dishes through Oct. 7 with 15% of oyster sales going to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its oyster restoration efforts.
👹 Blue Bee Cider is teaming up with Red Vein Haunt for horror trivia, complete with actual monsters scaring you while you play. 7pm. Free.
💃🏻 The Broadberry is hosting a midnight release party for Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl." 9pm. $22.26.
Friday, Oct. 3
🇦🇲 The Armenian Food Festival at St. James Armenian Church is back with food, dancing and live music on Friday and Saturday. 11am-9pm. Free.
🚶🏻♀️ It's the time for the Museum District Art Walk, where food trucks will be parked along Arthur Ashe and home owners will have exhibits on their porches and patios. 4-8pm. Check out the map here.
🔥 Gallery5 has the "Carnival of 5 Fires" a celebration with circus acts, burlesque dancers, stilt walkers, tarot readers and more. 5-10pm. Free.
🤤 Sample some chili from local restaurants at VisArts' Chili Throwdown. 6-8pm. $35.
Saturday, Oct. 4
😋 It's a bad week to be an oyster. Oystoberfest at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church at Ginter Park has oysters, brats, beer and more. Noon-6pm. Free but $2 donation is suggested.
🌭 Dachtoberfest has wiener-themed everything, including contests for the longest and shortest dachshunds and wiener dog races, at the Richmond Raceway. 9:30am-4pm. $10.
🥳 2nd Street Festival, one of the best festivals of the year, returns to Jackson Ward Saturday-Sunday to celebrate the historic neighborhood with live music, food and more. Times vary. Free.
🐝 It's National Mead Day and Black Heath Meadery in Scott's Addition is celebrating with five special honey wine releases, including The Last Sip of Summer, a mead made with Red-N-Sweet, a rare, heirloom watermelon. Starting at 1pm. Free.
🎶 Redlight Reggae is at Vagabond with DJ Markus Gold playing dancehall, afrobeats, demobow and more. 10pm-2am. Free before 11pm.
Sunday, Oct. 5
🧙 Richmond Funny Bone Club is having a "Hocus Pocus"-themed drag brunch. 2-4pm. Tickets start at $27.