The Sail Yorktown Festival is a three-day waterfront celebration coming to Historic Yorktown, June 12–14, 2026.

Come out each day for free swag & activities all day long, all weekend long!

Meet your favorite WHRO Public Media Radio Personalities from 11am-3pm each day, featuring:

FRIDAY: Nick McNamara
Nick is a general assignment reporter focused on the cities of Williamsburg and Suffolk. He joined WHRO in 2024 after moving to Virginia. Originally from Los Angeles County, Nick previously covered city government in Manhattan, KS, for News Radio KMAN. You've heard his reports on "Weekly Edition" and various other local news programs on WHRV 89.5FM

SATURDAY: Lisa Godley
Lisa Godley is an Emmy Award-Winning Director and a seven-time Emmy Award-Winning Television Producer and Show Host. Lisa also produces the highly acclaimed show Another View on WHRV 89.5FM. At WHRO Public Media, Lisa wears many hats. As Director, Equity Production and Outreach, Lisa is responsible for insuring that locally produced videos, documentaries, feature stories and television specials reflect the various races, backgrounds, ethnicities and genders that makeup this area’s population.

SUNDAY: Raymond Jones
Raymond Jones originally came to WHRO in 1983 as an announcer. In 1990, he became a Special Program Consultant to the Vice President of Public Radio Services, and in 1993 was named Vice President of Public Radio Services, as such Station Manager for 89.5 WHRV FM and 90.3 WHRO FM. Raymond now serves as the Cultural Resource Manager for WHRO and and is now the host of "Evening Classics" and "A Local Touch" on WHRO 90.3FM.

Visitors can also enjoy free deck tours, a spectacular Parade of Sail, live entertainment, living history demonstrations, military drills, reenactments, storytelling, food vendors, and family-friendly activities throughout the weekend.

Special performances include concerts by the Tiki Bar Band, Karissa Ella, Broadway singer Lexi Lawson, and the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra at the Yorktown Victory Monument.