Arts & Culture

Hermitage Museum's handmade festival includes more than 90 artisans, food and more

WHRO | By Staff Report

Published September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT

The Hermitage Museum & Gardens Handmade Festival has become its largest community event. This year, the festival will feature more than 90 local artisans and six food trucks. — The Hermitage Museum & Gardens Handmade Festival has become its largest community event. This year, the festival will feature more than 90 artisans and six food trucks.

The Norfolk museum's annual festival, which highlights the work of local artists and artisans, has grown in its 10 years. It will offer free shuttle service from four nearby sites.

The Hermitage Museum & Gardens’ annual Hermitage Handmade Festival returns Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will have more than 90 artists and artisans.

In addition, eventgoers can experience Walker Babington’s interactive “Burden of the Beast” exhibition, which ends on Oct. 12. The festival, in Norfolk's Lochhaven neighborhood, will have several food trucks, children’s activities, a museum scavenger hunt and more.

The event has grown during the years and will offer complimentary shuttle service; a limited number of accessible parking spots will be available across from the gardens’ front gate. The museum's address is 7637 North Shore Road.

Shuttle sites are:

The Larchmont Library, 6525 Hampton Blvd.
Second Presbyterian Church, 7305 Hampton Blvd.
WHRO Public Media/Old Dominion University lot, 5200 Hampton Blvd.
Good Shepherd Church, 7400 Hampton Blvd.

Visit thehermitagemuseum.org for more information.