Suffolk Farmers' Market

The Suffolk Farmers’ Market season is open now through November 23, 2019, in the Suffolk Visitor Center Pavilion at 524 North Main Street. The weekly market is enjoyed by locals and visitors searching for fresh locally grown fruits and vegetable...

"Beauty Beneath The Bark" Exhibit by the Tidewater Turners of Virginia

Tidewater Turners is a non-profit organization, a local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners, located in Norfolk. The purpose of the organization is to promote the advancement of woodturning skills for members and other interested persons th...

Friday Night Frights at the Center: The Amityville Horror

The Suffolk Division of Tourism wants to give you the fright of your life as they present a series of classic horror films at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. On Friday, October 18, 2019, join us for The Amityville Horror, based on the "true sto...

The Hurrah Players present The Little Mermaid

Drive In Movie in the Park: Beetlejuice

It’s time for the Fall Drive In! On Saturday, October 19, 2019, Bennett’s Creek Park will transform into a Drive-In Movie Theater, complete with two screens. Stay comfy in your car or bring your lawn chairs and blankets and get the bes...

Friday Night Frights at the Center: The Exorcist

The Suffolk Division of Tourism wants to give you the fright of your life as they present a series of classic horror films at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. On Friday, October 25, 2019, the 1973 film that some call the "scariest movie ever.&qu...

Celebrating Autumn & Winter: Exquisite Decorating for the Season

Join the Nansemond River Garden Club for "Southern Seasonal Sensations: Floral Designs by Buffy Hargett," on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at the Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront. The event begins at 9:30am with coffee and vendor shopping, foll...

Downtstairs at the Center: Ferg Ferguson & Music by Keycentric

Join in the fun on Friday, November 1, 2019, for Downstairs at the Center, with dinner and jazz music by Keycentric, followed by the comedy stylings of Lamont "Ferg" Ferguson. Tickets are $17 for general admission; all tickets are $5 more day of...

Love Local! Red, White & Brews

Come out and join the fun on Saturday, November 16, 2019, for Love Local: Red, White & Brews! Enjoy a beer tasting by local favorite, MoMac Brewing, and watch your favorite local bands, including Stolen, Cool Tones, and Just Us. Tickets are $20 & ...

The Great Dismal Swamp

The Great Dismal Swamp is anything but dismal.

Despite its foreboding moniker, the Great Dismal Swamp is one of few remaining American wildernesses. It is the largest intact remnant of a vast habitat that once covered more than one million acres ...

Suffolk Art Gallery

Nestled among Victorian and Colonial architecture, you'll find a former library constructed in the early 1960s and repurposed as the Suffolk Art Gallery in the 1980s. The Gallery hosts a variety of exhibits and through a partnership with the Suffolk Art L...

Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts

As Suffolk's premier visual and performing arts venue for Suffolk, the Suffolk Center boasts a year-round schedule featuring musical performances, theatrical productions, ballet, art exhibits, lectures and galas. The classic Greek-Revival structure was bu...

Riddick's Folly House Museum & Gift Shop

In early 1837, a fire ravaged dozens of homes and outbuildings at the north end of Main Street in Suffolk. Out of the ashes of that fire, Mr. Mills Riddick built the home that is known today as Riddick’s Folly. Mills Riddick was a member of a large and pr...

Seaboard Station Railroad Museum

This restored Main Street station displays a two-room HO-scale model of Suffolk in 1907 that was built by the Tidewater Division of the National Model Railroad Association. The station was built in 1885 and has remained basically unchanged over the years....

Suffolk Waterways

Suffolk has over 8,000 acres of lakes and miles of river shoreline. Here are just a few highlights:

Lone Star Lake:- 12 lakes total (1172-acre park)- Freshwater fishing and pier- Four-mile horse trail- Archery range and model airplane flying field- Grills ...