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Live Music in the Orchard: Bill Collins Come sip cider and enjoy Will Collins, Alive and Pickin! "Folk, Americana, Bluegrass and Originals from the Foothills of the Blueridge Mountains"

Cider & Yoga (4/13)

Join us on April 13th, 2025 for yoga & cider, guided by Ellen Goldlust.

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!

For these colder months, our yoga classes are held indoors in our sunny Orchard Room. Later in the year, classes will be held outdoors on the flat lawn surrounded by the apple trees (weather permitting). Each ticket includes one glass of cider per guest (NA options available too)

Please bring your own yoga mat, and plan to arrive 15 minutes early (10:45 am) to get arranged for this one hour class beginning at 11am. Water and bathroom facilities are available at the location. Class sizes are small, so sign up in advance to reserve your space. Classes cost $25 per guest (discount for InCider Club Members)

Upcoming classes (all on Sunday mornings):
April 13th
May 4th
June 8th

Irish Music : Aaron Olwell & Friends 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.

Annual Cider Blossom Festival 2025

Join us as we celebrate nature, native creatures and our purrfect pets.

Enjoy the variety of award-winning sparkling ciders & find out what’s new among the range at Our 8th Annual Cider Blossom Festival.

We are fully embracing the spring feeling with family activities, plants, pets and local critters!

We welcome some of nature’s favorite people the Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary, Hummingbird Hill Native Plant Nursery, Wild Space, Blooms4good,  two wonderful adoption agencies The Cat Action Team & The FSPCA along with the Mill Creek Veterinary Clinic, promoting practices to keep your companions healthy and happy.

Already have your four-legged companion? Bring them in costume and enter them in our Pet Fashion Parade!

Don’t have a costume? We will have pet friendly vendors selling all types of adornments to get your pet looking great.

The parade is $10 to enter, and all proceeds benefit Caring for Creatures.  Click HERE to enter yourself into the competition.

Our Local food vendor  Rum Punch  will be serving authentic Jamaican cuisine. 

FREE EVENT - NO tickets required for entry. There will be for-purchase activities and experiences within the festival. Please ensure you have your pet on a leash at all times during the festival.

Live Music in the Orchard: Melissa Hansen

Come on by, Sip some cider and enjoy live music with Melissa Hansen!

Melissa Hansen's music is a blend of blues, pop, country and soul that comes from her own life experiences. Born and raised in Charlottesville, VA, her songs reflect years of musical experience and immersion.

Live Music in the Orchard: Her Checkered Past

Come sip cider and enjoy an afternoon with Her Checkered Past.

Enjoy live music by Her Checkered Past.Join Anne O'Brien and Frank Bechter in the orchard for some live music that will warm your heart. This duo will keep you humming along to popular songs. The cider will be flowing so bring a thirst, and treat yourself to a little relaxation.

Silent Book Club 4.27

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)

• 4/27/25
• 5/18/25