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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Norfolk Festevents Announces 2023 Season of Events Tickets on sale now at Festevents.org Release Date: Monday, January 9, 2023 Tickets: bit.ly/FesteventsTix Norfolk, VA – Norfolk Festevents has officially unveiled its 2023 Season of Events, marking the organization’s 41st season of dynamic waterfront festivals, events, and celebrations. The action-packed slate begins in early May with the 15th Annual Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival (May 6 & 7), followed by the 33rd Annual Bayou Boogaloo Cajun Music & Food Festival (May 19-21). Tickets for both festivals, as well as for additional ticketed events, are on sale now at bit.ly/FesteventsTix. The 47th Annual Norfolk Harborfest: Music, Food & Maritime Festival (June 9-11), the nation’s longest-running, free maritime festival, takes over the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront in early June with the Parade of Sail, live music, a fireworks show, family programming,…

Media Contact: Jordan Lett Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-441-2345   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   Celebrate Juneteenth in the Park on Saturday, June 18 at Town Point Park   Date: Monday, June 13, 2022 Website: bit.ly/JuneteenthPark2022   Norfolk, VA – The 2nd Annual Juneteenth in the Park Celebration will be held Saturday, June 18, from noon to 5pm at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront.   The event is free & open to the public and will feature on-site job interviews, health & financial wellness & career education, complimentary lunch, music, presentations, thousands of dollars in prizes, and much more. Visit bit.ly/JuneteenthPark2022 for more information.   “The best way to celebrate this American holiday is to provide resources that can lead to economic empowerment,” said event organizer and Bibbs Firm CEO Mary Bibbs. “This year we chose to add a…

Media Contact: Jordan Lett Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-441-2345   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   Norfolk Harborfest Makes Grand Return to Downtown Norfolk Waterfront June 10-12   Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022 Website: bit.ly/Harborfest2022   Norfolk, VA – The 46th Annual Norfolk Harborfest: Music, Food & Maritime Festival makes its grand return to Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront Friday-Sunday, June 10-12, 2022.   America’s largest, longest-running, free maritime festival, Harborfest celebrates & encapsulates all of the unique elements that make Norfolk & Hampton Roads a historic maritime & Naval community. On both land and sea, thrilling activities and live music take center stage at Harborfest, including the annual Parade of Sail featuring tall ships, one of the largest fireworks shows on the East Coast, a mesmerizing drone show, interactive family games & activities, Navy exhibits and demonstrations, artisan foods…

PRESS RELEASE Release date: May 24, 2022 For more information: Allie Wood, Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Nauticus (757) 664-1046 [email protected] Iconic Racing Vessel Docks at Nauticus Memorial Day Weekend Meet the crew and tour the record-breaking Maiden.   Norfolk, Va. (May 24, 2022) — The world-famous British yacht Maiden will arrive at Nauticus’ pier on May 27, 2022, as part of her world tour raising awareness for girls’ education in STEM fields. Maiden’s crew was the first all-female team to participate in the Whitbread Round the World Race and today are global ambassadors for the empowerment of women and girls in education. Throughout the weekend, Maiden will be available for tours. On May 27 and 28, Nauticus will screen the Maiden documentary in the Living Sea Landing Theater at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The award-winning documentary follows the original crew as…

MEDIA RELEASE Release date: May 12, 2022 For more information: Rehn West, Development Director, Nauticus (757) 228-2796 [email protected] Largest Cruise Ship to Sail from Norfolk Arrives Sunday Carnival resumes operations with 4,000-passenger vessel   Norfolk, Va. (May 12, 2022) — Mid-Atlantic cruisers will have their first chance to sail from Norfolk since 2019 as the 4,000-passenger Carnival Magic arrives at Nauticus on Sunday, May 15, 2022. This marks the first embarkation from the mermaid city since the COVID-19 pandemic began; the Carnival Magic is the largest cruise ship ever to sail from Virginia. “We’re ready to welcome back our partners at Carnival and roll out the red carpet for these passengers,” said Nauticus’ executive director, Stephen E. Kirkland. “This particular ship is just massive, and the downtown skyline will look dramatically different when it arrives.” Carnival Cruise Line officials will join the Nauticus…

Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Celebrate the Battleship Wisconsin’s 78th on April 16 at Nauticus One Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510 | www.nauticus.org | (757) 664-1000 PRESS RELEASE Release date: April 4, 2022 For more information: Allie Wood, Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Nauticus 757) 664-1046 (O) (757) 284-5529 (C) [email protected] MEDIA RELEASE: Celebrate the Battleship Wisconsin’s 78th on April 16   Norfolk, Va. (April 14, 2022) — Join Nauticus for the Battleship Wisconsin’s 78th birthday! On April 16, 2022, enjoy live entertainment and performances, meet Wisconsin veterans and tour newly interpreted spaces, like Senior Officer’s Country! Additionally, guided tours such as Life in the Engine Room are now available for the first time since 2020. Visitors can grab a snack or treat in our front loop with Cast Iron Catering and Rita’s Italian Ice food trucks.   Battleship Birthday Programming Includes: Newly interpreted interior spaces,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: USCGC EAGLE Returns to Norfolk for First Tall Ship Visit of 2022 Date: Monday, March 7, 2022 Website: Festevents.org/events/2022/eagle/ Norfolk, VA – The 295-foot USCGC EAGLE, the flagship of the U.S. Coast Guard, has announced its grand return to the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront from Friday, March 18, 2022, to Monday, March 21, 2022, marking the first tall ship visit to the Mermaid City of 2022. The USCGC EAGLE is a three-masted barque used as a training vessel for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. Known as “America’s Tall Ship,” the majestic EAGLE is the largest tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service, and one of only two commissioned sailing vessels, along with the USS Constitution. The EAGLE will arrive in Norfolk at approximately 10am on Friday,…

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returns from deployment Sunday By DAVE RESS DAILY PRESS | JUL 16, 2021 AT 9:30 AM The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is set to arrive back home in Norfolk on Sunday after its second deployment in a year — an unusually quick return to sea and one that saw the carrier play a central role in winding down two decades of war in Afghanistan. It was a deployment that started with a focus on exercising with allied and friendly navies in and around the maritime chokepoints of Europe and the Middle East, operating with ships from Morocco, Greece, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The cruisers and destroyers of the Eisenhower’s strike ranged even farther afield, joining Romanian-led exercises in the Black Sea. Three months in, the Eisenhower got its first major change in direction…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NORFOLK FESTEVENTS UNVEILS 2021 SEASON OF EVENTS Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Website URL: bit.ly/Festevents2021 Ticket Page URL: bit.ly/FesteventsTix Norfolk, VA – Following a nearly two-year hiatus of large-scale festivals due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Norfolk Festevents, in partnership with the City of Norfolk, is thrilled to announce its 2021 Season of Events, featuring a diverse blend of family-friendly entertainment at both Town Point Park, Ocean View Beach Park, and TowneBank Fountain Park. “We are excited to host the region’s diverse communities together and in person at the peoples’ parks, Town Point Park and Ocean View Beach Park for some traditional favorites and new programming,” said Festevents CEO Ted Baroody. TOWN POINT PARK 2021 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS EVENT DATES Juneteenth in the Park Saturday, June 19 Fourth Of July Great American Picnic & Fireworks…

Norfolk-based Navy cruiser seizes weapons in Arabian Sea that were likely bound for Yemen By JON GAMBRELL ASSOCIATED PRESS | MAY 09, 2021 AT 12:49 PM DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea, apparently bound for Yemen to support the country’s Houthi rebels. An American defense official told The Associated Press the Navy’s initial investigation found the vessel came from Iran, again tying the Islamic Republic to arming the Houthis despite a United Nations arms embargo. Iran’s mission to the U.N. did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though Tehran has denied in the past giving the rebels weapons. The seizure, one of several amid the yearslong war in Yemen, comes as the…

News Release U.S. Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic Contact: 5th District Public Affairs Office: (757) 398-6272 After Hours: (757) 295-8435 5th District online newsroom Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns home after 50 day counter-narcotics deployment PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned to its homeport at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, after a seven week counter-narcotic patrol in the Central Caribbean on Thursday. The crew of the Legare was deployed in support of Operation Unified Resolve/Martillo under the tactical control of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) and the Seventh Coast Guard District. The Legare crew patrolled over 8,000 nautical miles throughout the Central Caribbean where they worked in conjunction with Customs and Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Navy, and other partner agencies. While on patrol, the Legare provided surface support…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Norfolk Festevents Announces Bayou Bon Vivant: A Cajun Music, Food & Arts Celebration Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Website URL: bit.ly/Bayou2021 Reservations URL: bit.ly/TixBayou Norfolk, VA – Norfolk Festevents is excited to announce Bayou Bon Vivant: A Cajun Music, Food & Arts Celebration on Friday & Saturday, May 14 & 15, 2021, at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront. The event runs from 4-9pm on Friday and 12-9pm on Saturday. The French term Bon Vivant translates to “a person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink” and the Bayou Bon Vivant: Cajun Music, Food & Arts Celebration brings the iconic tastes, tunes, and traditions of New Orleans to right here in Downtown Norfolk. From juicy handfuls of crawfish to the sounds of blues, jazz, zydeco, and brass, the Bayou Bon…