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Come Join us in the Orchard room for Music & Cider

The sounds of New Orleans make their way to the North Garden. Staunton's favorite traditional jazz group, The Queen City Porch Swingers, takes you back in time with the infectious melodies of songs from the 1910s through the 1940s.
Influenced by musicians from Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald to Irving Berlin, sit back and enjoy some classic tunes you forgot you loved that are seldom heard outside of a record needle.

We are open 9/2 from 11 to 5 for Labor Day.

Grab a glass and join us for live music by Anmara!

Annabeth is the ethereal force behind Anmara, a project merging organic synth-pop, dream folk, and “post new-age” into pure sonic catharsis. Echoing strains of Enya and Florence & The Machine, she invites us on a journey of enchantment and emotional exploration.

Inspired by both inner and outer landscapes, her latest album, 'Make Belief', offers riveting escapist fantasies. With her music, she beckons us not just to listen, but to dive deep and fall in love with life anew.

Prepare to be enchanted!

https://www.annabethsings.com/

Enjoy this energetic and eclectic Irish jam session every 2nd Sunday of the month. Patrick & Aaron Olwell and friends play their fine renditions of traditional tunes all afternoon.

• Light bites and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or flight.
• Outside food is welcome; feel free to bring a picnic!
• ABC laws prohibit the consumption of outside alcoholic beverages

*Musicians will setup in the Orchard Room during inclement weather

Yoga in the Orchard is returning to the CiderWorks on September 15th! Join us once a month for classes guided by Ellen Goldlust for yoga in an idyllic setting.

Ellen is an RYT-200 Yoga Alliance–certified instructor who has been teaching yoga since 2016 and practicing for much longer. The class will be beginner-friendly (no experience required!) and appropriate for all levels of fitness, with lots of modifications offered to make the practice more or less challenging. We’ll focus on releasing tension, creating an inner calm that yogis can take with them off the mat, and most of all having fun!

Weather permitting, classes will be held outdoors on the flat lawn surrounded by the apple trees (we will relocate indoors to the Orchard Room if the weather is poor).

Please bring your own yoga mat. Water and bathroom facilities are available at the location. Class sizes are small, so purchase your ticket in advance.

Tickets for September 15th at 11am can be found here

October 13th

November 10th

December 8th

Future dates (all Sundays @ 11am) : 10/13, 11/10, 12/8

Join us in the Orchard room for the songs you know and love.

Jon will be entertaining Cider lovers with his special blend of original songs, oldies, folk, acoustic blues, fancy fingerpicking and more.

Sip cider and read in quiet camaraderie. No assigned reading, no obligations. Bring your own book of choice. This is a free social event hosted in our Orchard Room.

We are excited to be Charlottesville's second chapter of Silent Book Club, an international organization bringing bibliophiles together.

From the official website of Silent Book Club:

"At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books... it's BYOBook. Our events are free and support local businesses. Friends and strangers gather at a set time and location, order food or drinks, share what they're reading, and settle in for an hour of silent, sustained reading. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not! 

We started Silent Book Club because reading with friends enriches our lives and makes us happy. We love hearing about what people are reading (often in their other book clubs) and we think it's important to put down our phones and be social."

Schedule:
12:30 Arrive early to order food/ drinks/ chat
1-2pm Reading
2-3pm Mingle (or keep reading)

You can read about the experience in Cville Weekly's "Tried it in Cville Column" thanks to talented local journalist Kristie

We also have a Goodreads and a Facebook page for the group, if you'd like to connect!

It's back!

Mise En Place is offering a culinary excursion at Albemarle Ciderworks with the Blue Ridge Mycological Society. Tickets include a guided foraging walk hosted by the Blue Ridge Mycological Society, a “foraging” cider flight, a muslin foraging bag and some delicious mushroom snacks of Wild Mushroom Soup with Mushroom Rarebit Toasts, to go with the cider.

This event is rain or shine, so please dress weather-appropriate and with proper footwear. Also we will be in wooded areas and bright colored clothing is suggested. This event requires a moderate level of physical activity walking uphill and on uneven terrain.

Click here to link to the ticket page.

We will meet at at 2:30PM. and begin our walk promptly at 3:00PM.

Albemarle Ciderworks,
2545 Rural Ridge Ln,
North Garden, VA 22959

This event has been moved to our rain day on the 5th of October 2024.

Follow the link to review the event on the rescheduled date.

Thank you for your understanding,

The Albemarle Ciderworks Team.