The biggest Richmond spring events you need to know
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Spring is officially here and Richmond's seasonal calendar is packed with tons of fun festivals and events.
Why it matters: After this long winter, the city's ready to get back outside — and there's no shortage of ways to do it.
Here's our can't-miss event guide:
☘️ March 21-22: The Church Hill Irish Festival — bagpipers, Irish food, dancing and beer. It's the classy way Richmond celebrates St. Patrick's Day, belatedly, and once we're recovered from the 17th. Free.
🍱 March 28: The Asian Street Food Festival brings together food vendors representing more than a dozen Asian culinary traditions, including Bangladeshi, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Indian, Pakistani, Thai, Japanese and Korean to 17th Street Market. Free.
👒 April 4: Dominion Energy Family Easter at Maymont is the best way to kick-off Easter weekend (and spring) with its kid-friendly activities, dancing Easter egg hunt and more. $7 for adults.
🐣 April 5: Easter on Parade on Monument Avenue is the bonnet wearing, kid face-painting, dog costume stroll down Monument you never want to miss. Free.
⚾️ April 7: The Flying Squirrels have their season opener at their new stadium, CarMax Park. Opening day is sold out, but they'll be back the next day. Tickets start at $12.
🎸 April 16: Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront's first show (so far) of the 2026 season, rock and blues group Alabama Shakes with Joy Oladokun. Tickets start at $56.50.
🏃🏻♀️ April 18: The Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k — the costume-heavy, chill vibes 10k is a Richmond tradition all about cheering on your friends and leisurely brunches after. Oh, and tens of thousands of folks who run and walk it before brunch. Free to watch.
⚔️ April 18-19: The Richmond Ren Faire, the inaugural (and Richmond's very own) renaissance fare at Dorey Park in Henrico. Expect costumes, artisan and food vendors, historic demonstrations, and equestrian and ground combat. Adult tickets start at $29.02.
🌸 April 18-25: Historic Garden Week, which let's you tour the yards and homes of locals who do a much better job gardening and decorating than you do. Or maybe they don't. Check them out and judge for yourself. Tickets start at $55 per neighborhood.
🪴 April 25: Maymont's Herbs Galore, Richmond's favorite plant sale, has everything you need to get your garden ready. $10 for adults.
🖼 May 2-3: Arts in the Park has been one of the biggest outdoor events in town for more than 50 years, all dedicated to viewing and buying original art from one of hundreds of vendors. Free.
🧗♂️ May 15–17: Dominion Energy Riverrock is a full weekend of paddleboarding, trail running, mountain biking, kayaking and dog jumping, plus live music, this year on the surrounding riverfront corridor since Brown's Island is temporarily closed. Free.
🇬🇷 May 28-30: Richmond Greek Festival is possibly the city's biggest food festival, drawing thousands of locals to the near West End for four days of dancing, Greek food and wine and people watching. Opa! Free.
🪅May 30: ¿Qué Pasa? Festival is Richmond's biggest annual celebration of Hispanic culture includes live music, dancing and plenty of food and drink, at CarMax Park this year. Free.
🎶 June 10: LiVE LOUD's first (so far) spring concert, which usually runs through fall. This year it's at Kanawha Plaza, kicking off with Hot Mulligan. The series will be on Brown's in 2027. Tickets start at $54.97.
Of note: Lebanese Food Festival, usually in May, is in September this year.
This story has been updated with additional events