Check out that Neptune’s 8k Race swag! 
Neptune's 8k Race is 90% SOLD OUT! Register today to run with us virtually next weekend and receive food and beverage vouchers on your race bib and the only Neptune Festival t-shirt printed in 2020! 
Who remembers the incredible detail of this 1st Place winning sculpture? Created by Karen Fralich (Canada) during the 2017 Neptune's International Sandsculpting Championship, this sculpture was entitled "Dragons". Photos by @jsheaphoto22 
Attention Neptune's 8k Race Runners! Though we had to cancel the 47th Annual Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend, we are happy to offer a chance to participate in Neptune's 8k Race...we are going virtual this year, and hope you will join us! The race will take place as planned, on Saturday, September 26, 2020. If you cannot run on that day, you will have until Sunday, October 4th to complete an 8k and upload your results to our leaderboard. With your race packet, you will receive instructions on how to upload your results, as well as how to create your own post-race party! Each Race Bib will include vouchers for two free beers at participating local breweries (@smartmouthbeer Pilot House, @newrealmbrewing_va, and @wasserhundbrew), and one food voucher to be redeemed at participating @ynotitalian locations. We have a limited number of spots left for registrations, so grab your friends for a socially distant 8k run, and celebrate by supporting a local business or two! Each runner will be mailed the following to arrive before 9/26: - Neptune Festival Limited Edition T-Shirt (This is the only t-shirt we will print and offer this year, so you will have exclusive access to a collector's item!) - Neptune's 8k Race Finisher Medal - Neptune's 8k Race Bib ***NEXT STEPS*** If you have already registered for Neptune's 8k Race, and you would like to run virtually with us, you do not need to do anything! We will use the information provided to mail your packet to you in September. If you have already registered for Neptune's 8k Race, and you choose not to run virtually this year, we are happy to offer a free deferral to 2021. You will have until August 17th to defer your registration. After that time, your registration will default to the virtual option. An email has been sent to you with information on how to defer your registration. 
We are in the business of bringing 400,000+ citizens and visitors to the oceanfront to celebrate the beach life. A typical Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend consists of 3 days of 250+ artists on the boardwalk, 35+ musical acts on 3 concert stages, a Grand Parade featuring over 100 marching units and floats, an 8k Race with over 1,000 runners and spectators, an International Sandsculpting Championship that brings in 32 sculptors from 11 countries around the world, an Atlantic Regatta, a Volleyball Tournament, a Beach Yoga and Fitness Experience, a Youth Art Show, food vendors, exhibitors, and so much more. We want to bring you all of that and more, but we cannot, in good conscience, proceed with a Festival of that magnitude during this time. Therefore, it is with great reluctance, that we have decided to cancel the 47th Annual Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend scheduled for September 25-27, 2020. Losing a beloved weekend tradition for so many is more than disappointing - not only for those who attend and participate, but for our corporate sponsors and the many local businesses, restaurants, and hotels who benefit from our annual Neptune Festival celebration. As the Official Celebration of the City of Virginia Beach, it is devastating to us that we cannot fulfill our mission as we have done since 1974. We look forward to planning a spectacular Festival next year as we "Take Back The Beach" together in 2021! *** If you have purchased tickets to cancelled events or were accepted as a food/non-food vendor, exhibitor, or artist, the Neptune Festival office will contact you with more information. Please be patient as we reach out to each person and company individually.*** For the full text of our press release and important information on specific events, click here > https://bit.ly/3fhYyoi 
We are counting down the days until we can host our Neptune Festival events, but want to extend our thanks to the hardworking health care workers all around the world in the meantime! This sandsculpture was created and built by a longtime competitor and friend of Neptune's International Sandsculpting Championship - John Gowdy. 
Thank you to our Neptune Festival Princesses, who stepped up to volunteer at the Eastern Shore Episcopal Church Chapel Pantry in Virginia Beach! The Chapel Pantry is a walk-in pantry that serves local families and individuals in need of food assistance. For more information on the Chapel Pantry, visit: https://easternshorechapel.org/chapel-pantry/ @escepiscopalvb 
The artists and the athletes; the volunteers and the patrons; the mothers, the daughters, and the sisters; the bosses and the coworkers, and everyone in between...we salute all of the women who make up our beautiful city and beyond! #InternationalWomensDay 
Raise a glass and give a toast, for we have a full season of Neptune Festival events to look forward to! 🍇🍷🍾🌴 . . . . . . #nationaldrinkwineday #wine #winefestival #neptunewinefest #winefest #wino #vistvabeach #visitvirginia #virginiabeach #neptunefestival