Celebrate Purcellville starts Oct. 4 through 10

The Town of Purcellville and its Parks and Recreation Advisory Board invite you join us for a week-long, town-wide event called Celebrate Purcellville from Oct. 4 through 10. 

Use the Celebrate Purcellville Passport to visit participating businesses and organizations for special offers and a chance to win prizes. In addition to shopping and savoring local food and beverage options in Town, you will be able to enjoy a variety of other fun activities that are part of Celebrate Purcellville. Visit the Celebrate Purcellville web page for details.

Celebrate Purcellville Passport

The Celebrate Purcellville Passport will include a list of the businesses and organizations that are participating in the week-long event and provide details about the specials they are offering to those who present the passport to be stamped from Oct. 4 – 10.

The passport will also include information about additional activities going on during the week. The Celebrate Purcellville Passport will be available beginning Oct. 3 to download and print from the Celebrate Purcellville web page.

 Copies of the passport will also be available at Town Hall (221 S. Nursery Ave), the Bush Tabernacle (250 S. Nursery Ave), and the Purcellville Library (220 E Main Street). Passports with a minimum of 10 stamps can be turned in by Oct. 10 for a chance to win prizes that have been donated by participating businesses. Winners will be announced on Sunday, Oct. 10 during the event finale in Dillon’s Woods.  Though winners don’t need to be present to win, it would be great to have those who participated in the Celebrate Purcellville Passport there.

Celebrate Purcellville Activities

Discover Purcellville’s art project this year is Words on a Fence. The Town, the Purcellville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, the Purcellville Arts Council, and Discover Purcellville are jointly hosting a word search and story contest based on this community art project.

Thirty Words on a Fence painted by local artists have been placed in different spots throughout Purcellville. The Celebrate Purcellville Passport will include a page for people to write down the Words on a Fence they find during the week of Oct. 4 -10. The next step is a story writing contest. Elementary, middle, and high school students can use the words to write and submit a story for a chance to win prizes. Get more information on the Great Purcellville Word Search page of the Town website.

On Friday, Oct. 8, the Bush Tabernacle and the Purcellville Library are partnering to host a Scooby Doo movie and trivia night at the Bush Tabernacle Skating Rink at 250 S. Nursery Ave.

The trivia game will start at 7 p.m. and the movie, Scooby Doo, The Sword and the Scoob, will start at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Masks are encouraged and social distancing protocols will be followed.

As part of the town’s Celebrate Purcellville festivities, the Purcellville Library is hosting a Scooby-Doo mystery weekend. You can go help Scooby-Doo and the gang find out who is causing trouble at the library. Solve the mystery through escape room activities and a tabletop game.

On Saturday, Oct. 9, listen to Dave Mininberg from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Purcellville Pub.

From noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, join the Purcellville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for live music and a variety of games and activities in Dillon’s Woods – part of the Fireman’s Field complex.

Featured performers include: Rick Reaves Jazz Combo, Ben Demase, Sidetracked, Loudounettes from the Dance Academy of Loudoun, The Retrones, Bach to Rock, and The Darby Brothers.

The Purcellville Arts Council will continue their community art project for decorating tiles to create a display. A variety of games will also be set up. Beverages will be sold by American Legion Post 293, and food will be available for purchase.

People may also bring their own picnics and come enjoy a fun day in the park. Those who obtained at least 10 stamps in their Celebrate Purcellville Passport and turned it in will be entered into random drawings for prizes that have been donated by businesses that are participating in Celebrate Purcellville.

Purcellville Tag Sale

In addition to the activities that are part of Celebrate Purcellville, visitors and residents will also be able to enjoy the Purcellville Tag Sale on Saturday, Oct. 9. This separate but complimentary event will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.purcellvillevatagsale.com.

Celebrate Purcellville is hosted by the Town of Purcellville and the Purcellville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and sponsored by the Bank of Clarke County, Bayside Professional Services, Bush Tabernacle, Discover Purcellville, Longhouse Architects, Loudoun County Economic Development, Purcellville Business Association, Valley Energy, and ReLove It.

For more information, visit the Celebrate Purcellville page of the Town website at www.PurcellvilleVa.gov/Celebrate-Purcellville.