Featured Events in Hampton in July, 2025 (July Updated)

Kids’ Painting Workshop Colour, Texture, Creativity! Date: 30th May Time: 10 - 11.45 Location: Happy Owls Pottery Come join us for a fun and interactive painting workshop where kids can unleash their creativity! They will learn about colour mixing, texture techniques, and more. This in-person event is perfect for budding young artists eager to explore their artistic side. Don't miss out on this opportunity to create beautiful masterpieces! Information Source: Happy Owls Pottery Twickenham | eventbrite

Riverstone Books and Mystery Lovers Bookshop are thrilled to welcome author Shari Lapena back to Pittsburgh to talk about her new book, She Didn't See it Coming. Joining her is conversation is local author Annette Dashofy. Following the talk, there will be time for Q&A with the audience and book signing. Details to note: General admission tickets do not include a copy of the book.Every VIP ticket includes one signed copy of the book.Tickets are non-refundable starting one week before the event (7/23 and later).If you are unable to attend the event and your ticket includes a book, we will hold the book for up to four weeks. After that, the book will be taken off hold and shelved. We will reach out to confirm which location you would like to pick up your book at or if you would like to have it shipped for $5.95.About the book: The new gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it's too late? Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple. Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden – working from home that day – has failed to collect their daughter from daycare. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall. Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out. How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all? With every minute that passes – and as questions swirl around their community – Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbors and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . . About the author: ShariLapena is the internationally bestselling author of the thrillers The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, Someone We Know, The End of Her, Not a Happy Family, Everyone Here Is Lying, and What Have You Done? which have all been New York Times and The Sunday Times (London) bestsellers. Her books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives on a farm outside Toronto. She Didn’t See It Coming, her ninth thriller, is forthcoming. About the conversation partner: USA Today best-selling author Annette Dashofy has spent her entire life in rural Pennsylvania surrounded by cattle and horses. When she wasn’t roaming the family’s farm or playing in the barn, she could be found reading or writing. After high school, she spent five years as an EMT on the local ambulance service, dealing with everything from drunks passing out on the sidewalk to mangled bodies in car accidents. These days, she, her husband, and their spoiled cat, Kensi, live on property that was once part of her grandfather’s dairy. Information Source: Riverstone Books | eventbrite

The 29th Annual Hampton Roads All-Star Football Camp is set to take place at Armstrong Stadium in Hampton on July 12, 2025. This prestigious event will bring together top high school football players from the region to showcase their skills and compete against one another. The camp offers a unique opportunity for young athletes to receive coaching and guidance from experienced professionals in the field. Admission to the camp is free of charge, making it accessible to all aspiring football players in the area. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to witness the future stars of the gridiron in action at the Hampton Roads All-Star Football Camp.

Kickstart your fitness journey and enjoy a scenic run along the beautiful Buckroe Beach! Whether you're a seasoned runner or just looking for a fun way to stay active, this race is the perfect mix of health and entertainment. Feel the ocean breeze, challenge yourself, and celerate at the finish line with an exciting community event. Don't miss out- grab your registration now and make every step count! Information Source: Edmond Events | eventbrite

Yeo Yat-Soon - Harpsichord An illustration of the inspirations and connections between music and visual arts over several centuries. All are welcome to enjoy this concert of historical music, providing they are willing and able to listen. Advance booking is recommended as capacity is linited and tickets are cheaper. Information Source: Loki Music | eventbrite

Experience the electrifying beats of Jantsen at the highly anticipated event, "HACHI presents: Jantsen," taking place at Wally's in Hampton. The venue is located at 144 Ashworth Avenue, NH, 03842. Mark your calendars for this unforgettable evening on July 10, 2025. Get ready to immerse yourself in an incredible performance by Jantsen, known for his unique blend of dubstep and bass music. Don't miss out on this one-of-a-kind event that promises to leave you speechless.

Riverstone and Mystery Lovers Bookshop are thrilled to welcome best-selling author, Chris Whitaker, to Pittsburgh for the paperback release of All The Colors of the Dark! Following the talk, there will be time for Q&A with the audience and book signing. Details to note: General admission tickets do not include a copy of the book.Every VIP ticket includes one signed copy of the book.Stay tuned for details on book signing!Tickets are non-refundable starting one week before the event (7/4 and later).If you are unable to attend the event and your ticket includes a book, we will hold the book for up to four weeks. After that, the book will be taken off hold and shelved. We will reach out to confirm which location you would like to pick up your book at or if you would like to have it shipped for $5.95.About the book: An Instant New York Times Bestseller • More Than Half A Million Copies Sold “Kept me frantically turning the pages and somehow made me cry at the end . . . Brava!”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women An epic, soaring coming-of-age story. . . . In 1975 in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, there are the haves and the have-nots. Patch and Saint are two adolescents who are definitely in the have-nots. Patch was born with one eye, and is being raised by a single mother, though often it seems like he is raising her. Saint’s sole parent is her grandmother, a woman the other kids make fun of because she has short hair and is a bus driver. Patch has his stories about pirates to keep him company, and Saint has her bees. When the two of them meet, it is clear they have found their person. But their love means different things to each of them, and over the course of their lifetimes one will gain strength from it, the other heartbreak. When Patch saves the daughter of a wealthy family from being kidnapped, an unlikely hero emerges. And in that one moment the lives of everyone around him will be altered, never to be the same again. Chris Whitaker has written a novel that has been hailed as a masterpiece—and rightfully so. All the Colors of the Dark shows the cost of keeping things hidden, how love can grow stronger over the years, about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope. About the author: Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls, and the New York Times bestseller We Begin at the End. Chris lives in the UK. Information Source: Riverstone Books | eventbrite

Experience the ultimate tribute to Nirvana with Nirvani at Wally's in Hampton. Get ready to immerse yourself in the iconic grunge sound of Nirvana on July 12, 2025. Located at 144 Ashworth Avenue, NH, 03842, Wally's provides the perfect setting for this unforgettable event. Don't miss this opportunity to relive the music and energy of one of rock's most legendary bands.

All kinds of artists, writers included, are invited to join Kate and Sally for Examining and Expanding your ART Practice workshops, where we talk about what practice is, how to make one, how to change one, how to let go of fear, and how to stop asking if the work is good enough. Practice can be a powerful thing. It drives creative expression. It can feel distant and undefinable. Kate and their partner in practice, Sally will share what they have learned about life in the generative. They will explain how everyone, even with no training, can build a framework to support the urge and impulse to make and use inspiration and reference to find the individual generative which leads to the new. In this workshop we will ask the questions: What is it to BE an artist?What IS practice?Considering WHY and HOW we make and looking at the steps that can be taken to build and expand an individual sustainable practice.Our workshops are appropriate for artists at any stage of their development, (you don’t need to be formally trained), but involve a rigorous, transparent, honest conversation about life in the generative. We are here to help you build (or re-examine and re-build) a supportive framework for your creative practice. Open to artists, musicians, writers, all who have or want to further their relationship to creative and acrobatic thinking. Every session is bespoke to the artists who join us, so if you’ve come to a previous session, keep coming back and the conversation will evolve with you. Bring hard questions and an open mind and let's get to work! Information Source: RuptureXIBIT London | eventbrite