Our very own Albemarle County fair will be held from July 29th until August 3rd! Come on out for great food, rides and live music. Family friendly contests include bubblegum blowing, watermelon seed spitting and a pet show. This year, AlbemarleFamily is the sponsor of the small animal kingdom.Click here for details.

Your family won't want to miss this incredible evening of magic and illusion for all ages at the Paramount Theater on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall. Mark is the winner of the world juggling championships and comedy entertainer of the year and uts on a truly memorable performance that everyone in the family will enjoy. The performance has recently been moved to August 23rd.

Pack your summer with fun using Charlottesville's ultimate parent resource! Pick up a copy of our July Magazine for our popular annual 4th of July Calendar, great cook-out recipes, Outer Banks pirate adventures and our annual Holistic Family Guide. Find out the inside scoop on green home resources in our community too - everything from builders to housecleaners and home decor too! You'll also find out all the inside scoop and local family news you expect from AlbemarleFamily! Click here to find a copy near you.

Our handy family phone book is the ultimate tool for the in-the-know Charlottesville mom who wants important numbers and dates at her fingertips. In one compact booklet, we give you the names and numbers of hundreds of local businesses who seek to serve families, as well as our exclusive planner, already printed with local school holidays and the major festivals. At AlbemarleFamily we're dedicated to Making Parenting Easier & Growing Up Fun! Copies are available at the libraries or our AF office.

The AlbemarleFamily Let's Go! Guide to daytrips is here and just in time to plan your best Summer EVER! We have teamed up with Z95.1 and will be giving away free copies each week of summer to lucky readers of our AF e-Newsletter so be sure to sign up below. Watch for exclusive content about readers favorite outings both online and on-air each week of summer! And if you don't want to take any chances on the best summer fun ever - buy your copy now! The book is 352 pages of fun outing ideas, and with over $5000 in coupon savings on top of that, it's an awesome value at only $19.95! The book has a wealth of insider tips that reflect the ten years of work we've done unearthing hundreds of fun and family-friendly things to do in Central Virginia. Click here to purchase your copy today.

Now available at the following retailers: Shenanigans • Peace Frogs Travel Outfitters • Oakley's Gently Used Books • New Dominion Bookshop • The New Body Mind Spirit • Nature's Child • Lazy Daisy Ceramics • Monticello Gift Store • Ash Lawn-Highland • Chimney Corner • The Virginia Shop • Barnes & Noble.

For families planning an overnight trip to the Williamsburg area, the Great Wolf Lodge is the ideal place to stay. Designed to rekindle the atmosphere and adventure of the north woods, this four-story, log-sided resort is the home of the Bear Track Landing - a gigantic indoor water park that is open year round to guests of the lodge. Inside the 55,000 sq. ft. water park you'll find eight water slides, including the twisting Alberta Falls and the four-person raft River Canyon Run; six pools including Beaver Tail Lake Wave Pool, a 4.5 ft. recreation pool, a zero-depth leisure pool and adult and family whirlpools; Fort Mackenzie - a $1 million tree house water fort with more than 60 guest-activated water effects including a 48-ft. tall tipping bucket that regularly douses 1,000 gallons of water onto guests below; the Raccoon Lagoon, an outdoor swimming pool with a zero-depth entry to four feet and kiddie activities with floor geysers and spray features. After the kids dry off, turn them loose in the arcade featuring more than 100 games. Click here for more information.

AlbemarleFamily is proud to sponsor this delightful family musical! Come sing and laugh with Tootsie the tap dancing Triceratops, Big Bad Baby Rex, and many more dinosaur friends. Click here for details.

Come enjoy the barn at Ivy Creek Natural Area on a rare day when it's open to the public. Click here for details.

Give your flip-flops a makeover - we'll provide string, flowers, beads, and ribbon to transform those flips from faded to fabulous. Click here for details.

Kids are encouraged to rehearse and then perform this quirky, delectable children's treat. Click here for details.

AlbemarleFamily is pleased to be a sponsor again for this popular annual summer event in Charlottesville! Starting June 17th, beat the heat and cool off this summer every Tuesday & Wednesday at 10am for a fun family feature film. Pick up the July issue of AlbemarleFamily for movie schedules or click here for the schedule online in our AF calendar. Click here for details

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