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Winter Craft Market 2024Winter Craft Market 2024
Step into the magic of Christmas at Albemarle Ciderworks! Our local vendors are stocked with everything you need to make this holiday season truly special. From stunning decorations and festive lights to unique ornaments, we have all you need to deck the halls and transform your home into a winter wonderland! Let’s make this season sparkle together! It's a sequel! On December 1st we celebrate our second Winter Craft Market! This family-friendly festival will feature: - On-site Workshops
- Local makers with holiday offerings
- S’mores toasting kits and fire pits
- A dedicated space for kids to create holiday crafts
- Story time
- letters to santa
The event will run from 1-5pm. Throuhout the day you will have festive records playing courtesy of our local DJ Bill Putnam of 2nd Wind records, all of the vinals playing to you live will also be available for purchase. From 1pm until 2pm we will have popcorn garland making to hang around your Christmas tree, then we have a reading of "The night before Christmas" at 3.15pm, followed by writing letters to Santa and posting them off to the north pole. A perfect chance to sit and relax with some hot mulled cider, hot chocolate or toast some S'mores before taking some family photos infront of our festive advent wall. Glass painting Workshop with Hand Painted creations. Ticket links are available below for either the 2pm or 4pm workshop. Workshops must be booked in advance as seats are limited.
2pm Wine glass painting workshop. 4pm Wine glass painting workshop. Vendors include: Local Food truck - Two Brothers southwestern grill
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Yoga in the Orchard - December 8thYoga in the Orchard - December 8th
Join us for the December 8th yoga class, held in an idyllic setting & guided by Ellen Goldlust. Weather permitting, classes will be held outdoors on the flat lawn surrounded by the apple trees (we will relocate indoors to the Orchard Room if the weather is poor). Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early (10:45 am) to get arranged for this one hour class beginning at 11am. Ellen Goldlust is an RYT-200 Yoga Alliance–certified instructor who has been teaching yoga since 2016 and practicing for much longer. The class will be beginner-friendly (no experience required!) and appropriate for all levels of fitness, with lots of modifications offered to make the practice more or less challenging. We’ll focus on releasing tension, creating an inner calm that yogis can take with them off the mat, and most of all having fun! Please bring your own yoga mat. Water and bathroom facilities are available at the location. Class sizes are small, so sign up in advance to reserve your space Tickets for the December 8th class can be found here
live Music In The Orchard: Irish Musiclive Music In The Orchard: Irish Music
Enjoy this energetic and eclectic Irish jam session every 2nd Sunday of the month. Patrick & Aaron Olwell and friends play their fine renditions of traditional tunes all afternoon. - Light bites and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or flight.
- Outside food is welcome; feel free to bring a picnic!
- ABC laws prohibit the consumption of outside alcoholic beverages
*Musicians will setup in the Orchard Room during inclement weather
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Cidery Cinema - The Nightmare Before ChristmasCidery Cinema - The Nightmare Before Christmas
"What's this? What's this?" Join us in the Orchard for a most fearful and festive love story, in our Cidery night of fun screening Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! All are welcome. Light bites, movie snacks, and cider will be available for purchase. but once the seats are gone, they're gone. Indoor seating will be provided, all with an excellent view of the screen. The doors open at 6pm with the film beginning promptly at 7 pm on Friday, the 13th of December and runs ~ 1 hour and 16 Minutes. Feel free to come early for a glass of Cider and to share your excitement for the film. Tickets are available on our website and at the door until they sell out! Admission: $10 and includes popcorn. "You’re jokin’, you’re jokin’! I can’t believe my ears! Would someone shut this fella up? I’m drowning in my tears!"
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Dry Cider & Potato Chip Pairing!Dry Cider & Potato Chip Pairing!
On Saturday, December 14th, we're pairing our ciders with Rt. 11 chips. All the staff at Albemarle Ciderworks are giddy over this pairing. During the chilly season all you want to do is sit in with some snacks, we got you! Come and try our cider flight paired with our local Virginia chip vendors and relax with some snacks either under the mistletoe or next to the fire. You will also find our Advent wall to inspire you with some Christmas movies celebrating our 12 days of Christmas cases, filled with 12 ciders and christmas goodies for you to enjoy. Our Cider & chip flight will be available from 11am - 5pm, for one day only.
Live Music in the Orchard: Mojo pieLive Music in the Orchard: Mojo pie
Grab a glass and join us for live music by Mojo Pie! Mojo Pie was created when Susan Munson invited Frank Bechter to a songwriter's workshop, and they've been bringing harmonies to wineries, restaurants and events in Central Virginia ever since. Both have been featured artists in Charlottesville's First Night Virginia and Jason Burke's Six-Pack Songwriter Series. Together they make up 2/3 of the acoustic trio Oh Wow, Boy! Susan also rocks many a stage with Alligator, Jeebus, and Mama Tried, as does Frank with Das Homage, The Good Guys, and Her Checkered Past
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2024 Albemarle CiderWorks 5k & 10k2024 Albemarle CiderWorks 5k & 10k
Warm up this winter with our first 5K or 10k run, taking place on Sunday December 15th 2024, starting at 1.30pm! This run will take you all around our beautiful Ciderworks estate, hosted by “Bishop Events” and raising money for our local “Rockfish wildlife Sanctuary”, helping to improve our environment through wildlife rehabilitation and raising awareness in our community about the importance of our native species. Join us in celebrating comradery, community and promoting fitness. Whether you are visiting to support our runners or conquer our course, everyone is welcome. There will be race day registration. Participants will need to arrive approximately one hour before the race to register for the event. T-shirt sizes cannot be guaranteed for race day registers. ***Price will increase on race morning by $5 for each distance. To sign up prior to the race and for more information on the run please click HERE. Offerings from Albemarle Ciderworks. Live Music from 2.30pm until 4.30pm with Jelly Street Jazz. Enjoy some low-down dirty blues, straight-ahead ballads and hard-swinging jazz! - 18 different ciders including dry single varietals, blends and small artisanal batches.
- Fight paddles and seasonal sangrias are also available for purchase.
- Non- Alcoholic Cider (freshly pressed juice)
- Warm Mulled Cider
- Our tasing room serves warm Marie Bette baguettes with butter.
- Cured meats and locally sourced cheeses from “Monastery Country Cheese” and “Caromont Farm”.
- Chips, crackers, jams, bruschetta and C’ville chocolate cider pops.
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Trivia Night - Musical MayhemTrivia Night - Musical Mayhem
Every third Wednesday is Trivia Night at Albemarle Ciderworks, for this month's trivia, in honor of the release of the new Wicked movie, we are theming or quiz around - Musicals, plays and pantomimes "Oh my"! Do you Know your buttons from your widow twankey? Can you tell a good witch from a fairy god mother? It's time for you to "try defying gravity"! Costumes are encouraged! Starting at 6pm in the Orchard Room we host a night of fun, with three questions rounds and a picture round. Keep up to date with us on social media to find out the Names of the rounds and the get clues of which Musicals, plays and pantomimes will be in the quiz. All are welcome, come by and play with up to a six-person team. Light bites, snacks, and cider will be available for purchase. Doors Open from 5 pm. The quiz will begin promptly at 6 pm. Feel free to come early for a glass of cider. Free Admission, with winnable prizes.
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Live Music in the Orchard: The PollocksLive Music in the Orchard: The Pollocks
The Pollocks are led by Jason Pollock, former guitarist, and songwriter for Seven Mary Three. In the mid-1990s, Jason penned such hits as "Cumbersome" and "Water's Edge", sold a few million albums, and toured extensively. Jason's new band was formed in 2014 when a friend told him that he needed to get back into the game. The music can best be described as American rock, with the right amount of soul: The Rolling Stones meets Jefferson Airplane. There's some Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and Neil Young thrown in for good measure. - Light bites and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or flight.
- Outside food is welcome; feel free to bring a picnic!
- ABC laws prohibit the consumption of outside alcoholic beverages
*Musicians will set up in the Orchard Room during inclement weather and the winter season
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Live Music with Caroline VainLive Music with Caroline Vain
Come Join us in the Orchard room for Music & Cider Caroline Vain is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Richmond, VA. Caroline combines her experience as a fiddle player with indie rock elements to create a unique sound that is enticing to both listen to and watch.
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Silent Book Club 12/29Silent Book Club 12/29
Sip cider and read in quiet camaraderie. No assigned reading, no obligations. Bring your own book of choice. This is a free social event hosted in our Orchard Room. We are excited to be Charlottesville's second chapter of Silent Book Club, an international organization bringing bibliophiles together. From the official website of Silent Book Club: "At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books... it's BYOBook. Our events are free and support local businesses. Friends and strangers gather at a set time and location, order food or drinks, share what they're reading, and settle in for an hour of silent, sustained reading. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not! We started Silent Book Club because reading with friends enriches our lives and makes us happy. We love hearing about what people are reading (often in their other book clubs) and we think it's important to put down our phones and be social."
Schedule:
12:30 Arrive early to order food/ drinks/ chat
1-2pm Reading
Afterwards: Mingle (or keep reading) You can read about the experience in Cville Weekly's "Tried it in Cville Column" thanks to talented local journalist Kristie We also have a Goodreads and a Facebook page for the group, if you'd like to connect! Upcoming dates (all are Sundays) - 12/29/24
- 1/26/25
- 2/23/25
- 3/30/25
- 4/27/25
- 5/18/25
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