Yorktown Market Days Pirate Invasion
2025-04-26 08:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
331 Market Street, Yorktown, VA 23692

Yorktown Market Days – Pirate Invasion Market

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Enjoy a plunderful day of shopping for fresh produce and pastries at Yorktown Market Days’ Pirate Invasion Market. However, beware because those swashbucklers and scallywags may be roaming Riverwalk Landing during this special extended two-day market.

You’ll love starting off your Saturday browsing delicious baked goods, fresh-cut flowers, handmade soaps and candles, impressive artwork, and much more. As part of the pirate invasion, explore an encampment, sing along to sea shanties, take part in a town-wide treasure hunt, witness blacksmith demonstrations, and other shenanigans.
The Tidewater Blacksmiths Guild will be there demonstrating. Come out and visit us.
The free, accessible Yorktown Trolley will be running from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. during this event.

Hampton Mosaic Festival
2025-04-26 10:00 - 17:00
Mill Point Park and Downtown Streets in Hampton, VA 23669
The Tidewater Blacksmith Guild will be there doing demonstrations. Come out and visit us. Good times.

April General Meeting
2025-05-18 13:00 - 16:00
17910 Stage Road, Barhamsville, VA 23011
. Our May meeting will be at Keith Hicks’ shop in Barhamsville, VA. Demonstration to be announced. Some food and drinks will be provided. Please feel free to bring a side dish or snack item. Bring something to sit on. We will have our usual Iron in the Hat raffle. Tickets are $1 or eleven for $10. Bring an item to donate to the raffle if you can. Most anything is acceptable, but we like items you made or tools. You can join the Guild at the meeting. Annual Dues are $40. See you there.

August General Meeting
2025-08-17 13:00 - 16:00
3300 Benefit Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23322 August 17 from 1Pm until 4PM
Our August meeting will be at Scott Hill’s shop in Chesapeake. Some food and drinks will be provided. Feel free to bring a side dish or snack item. We will have our usual Iron in the Hat raffle. Please bring something to donate, if you can. Something you made is preferrable, but most anything is acceptable.
There will be a blacksmithing demo TBA. Dues may be paid, and new members can sign up. Please bring a chair for yourself.
We hope to see you there.

Whitehurst Buffington House Fall Festival. (copy)
2025-09-13 09:00 - 17:00
2441 North Landing Rd,VirginiaBeach,VA 23456
The Tidewater Blacksmiths Guild will be there.

Whitehurst Buffington House Fall Festival.
2025-09-13 09:00 - 17:00

September General Meeting
2025-09-21 13:00 - 16:00
Our September meeting will be at the Village Blacksmith in Gloucester, VA. 6641 Gloucester St, Gloucester VA 23061.
Our Host, George Cramer will be demonstrating a blacksmith project to be announced. Some food and drinks will be provided, and guests are encouraged to bring a side dish or snack item. We will have our usual Iron in the Hat raffle. Tickets are $1 each or 11 tickets for $10. Please try to bring an item to donate to the raffle. A forged item is preferred, but most any blacksmith related item will do.
New folks are encouraged to attend and may join the Guild at the meeting if they wish to do so. Dues are $40 per year.
We hope to see you there.

The TBG Gathering of the Blacksmiths 2025
2025-10-25 09:00 - 2025-10-26 12:00 | Scott Hill’s property, 3300 Benefit Road, Chesapeake, Virgina, 23322, United States
3300 Benefit Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23322

Our annual Gathering will be at Scott Hill’s place this year. The public is invited. Bring your friends and family. The event will start at 9 AM on Saturday with a Ring of Fire (several blacksmiths working on several different forges). No camping on Friday, but you may bring items and do some set-up if you wish. There will be limited camping available on Saturday night.

This is a public event. Come on out and bring your friends and family. A port-o-potty will be on site.

`We will have our usual Iron in the Hat drawing. If you’re participating in the Ring of Fire, we hope you’ll make something for the raffle table. Otherwise please bring an item to donate if you can. The Guild forges will be set up for those who don’t have their own forge or aren’t able to bring one. Remember to wear safety glasses/goggles when smithing. Raffle tickets for the drawing are $1 or eleven tickets for $10. Put as many tickets as you wish into the cup next to an item you wish to win.

The Guild will provide soft drinks, water, and other food TBA. Additional food items are welcome.

Coal will be available for sale to members.

We hope to see you there.

Beginners Class for November
2025-11-01 08:00 - 2025-11-02 16:00
Behind Unit 11 at 801 Butler Street, Chesapeake, VA 23323.
If there are at least three students, it will be a two-day class. From 8 AM thru 4 PM each day. Evening instruction is also available. Contact Scottie Seward for details.
Price $150
You must be a dues-paid member of the Guild. ($40)
You may pay your dues at the same time you sign up for class if you’re new.
To sign up for this class, please text Scottie Seward at (757) 759-0586 or e-mail him at ma1seward@HOTMAIL.COM
Projects are

S hook
Wall hook
Drive hook
Leaf
Gate Latch and staples
Note: If you have joined the Guild and are already a practiced smith, you may “challenge” the class by merely turning in five each of the projects without actually taking the class. Once a member has their Beginners Certificate, that allows them to take any of the more advanced classes.

Open Forge (copy)
2025-11-12 18:00 - 21:00
Behind Unit 11 at 801 Butler St. Chesapeake, VA 23323
Open Forge happens the second Wednesday of each month. 6 to 9 PM. Practice, learn, forge, work on projects. Don’t forget your safety glasses and steel to work on. October Open Forge is postponed one day due to rain. Open on 10/9/2025.

Francis Land House Community Day & Grand Reopening
2025-11-16
Francis Land House is a colonial era plantation house built in 1804. Tidewater Blacksmiths will be there demonstrating period blacksmith skills. 3131 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452

November Meeting
2025-11-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Vincent-Deale Blacksmith Shop, 202 N. Fourth Street, Murfreesboro, NC, 27855, United States
202 N. Fourth St., Murfreesboro, NC 27855 1 PM until 5 PM.
Our November Meeting will be in Historic Murfreesboro, NC at the Vincent-Deale Blacksmith Shop.We will have our usual Iron in the Hat Raffle, and there will be a demonstration by one of our blacksmiths.Please bring a chair or something to sit on.Hot dogs and drinks will be provided. You may bring another dish or snack/side item if you wish.Some of the nearby workshops may do tours. All withing walking distance.Historic Murfreesboro is a great place to visit. you might want to make a weekend out of it. An excellent family outing. We hope to see you there

December Meeting and Christmas Gala
2025-12-14 12:00 - 17:00
This is our December meeting and Christmas Party. This is our biggest open event of the year. New members are encouraged to come out and bring their family. 4028 Bunch Walnuts Rd. Chesapeake, VA 23322 at the Wallaceton Ruritan Club Some food and drinks will be provided (TBA), plus our folks are encouraged to bring additional dishes, desserts, and snacks.
We will have a big Iron in the Hat raffle. Please bring an item to donate.
We will also be holding a separate auction of donated items to raise money for the Guild.
As always, dues ($40) may be paid at the event, and new folks can join and pay as well.
John Elliot from Blacksmith Supply will be there with a table full of goodies. He’ll be selling and taking orders.

Good times! We hope to see you there.

January General Meeting
2026-01-18 13:00 - 16:00
3300 Benefit Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23322 January 18th from 1Pm until 4PM
Our January meeting will be at Scott Hill’s shop in Chesapeake. Some food TBA and drinks will be provided. Feel free to bring a side dish or snack item. We will have our usual Iron in the Hat raffle. Please bring something to donate, if you can. Something you made is preferrable, but most anything is acceptable. There will be a blacksmithing demo TBA. Dues ($40) may be paid, and new members can sign up. Please bring a chair for yourself.
We hope to see you there.

Beginners Class for February
2026-02-07 08:00 - 2026-02-08 16:00

Open Forge Night.
2026-02-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-03-11 18:00 - 21:00
Behind Unit 11 at 801 Butler St. Chesapeake, VA 23323
Open Forge happens the second Wednesday of each month. 6 to 9 PM. Practice, learn, forge, work on projects. Don’t forget your safety glasses and steel to work on.

February General Meeting
2026-02-15 13:00 - 16:00
112 Delaware Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504. February 15th from 1Pm until 4PM
Our February meeting will be at Dianne DeBeixedon’s shop. There will be a demonstration of a rolling mill. Some food and drinks will be provided, and folks are encouraged to bring a side dish, snacks, or a dessert as well. We will have our usual Iron in the Hat raffle where donated items can be won. Tickets are $1 each or 11 for $10. Please bring an item to donate if you can. Forged items are preferred, but most anything will be fine, tools, accessories, etc. New folks are welcome. If you’re joining our Guild, dues are $40 per year. We hope to see you there.

Beginners Class for March
2026-03-07 08:00 - 2026-03-08 16:00
