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Join us as we honor our 2022 Virginia Lake Festival Sponsors at 7 pm. Behind Hite’s in the Clarksville Ruritans Parking lot.

Enjoy Amusement Rides & Games,   Lakefest t-shirts & Raffle at Chamber Booth,  Craft Beer is available for purchase (Friday night only), selection from BIB (Buggs Island Brewery), NEW addition is the Woodbine Winery will also be here Friday night. No coolers or outside alcohol permitted at the event. Food is provided by Off the Chain and the Cottage Barn.  

Program of Events (Click Here Program 22)

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC

Brake Tyme Band

7:30 pm-Live on Stage– Brake Tyme Band- started around 2015 playing pool parties in our neighborhood. We have 2 original members and we are a 6 piece variety band from Henderson, NC. We play country clubs, private parties, and festivals. Our website is braketymeband.com

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC

Paradise Road is a Contemporary Southern Rock band, (though not just Southern Rock) from Halifax County, VA. Starting from humble beginnings, we have been playing together for many years and bring a varied mix of music to our events. We are versed in Classic Rock, Southern Rock, Blues, and Country as well as Alternative. We are a high-energy band that aims to please. From Skynyrd to Zeppelin. From Johnny Cash to Neil Young, this band puts on a show that is guaranteed to satisfy. Ranging from hard rock hits to classic ballads, this group loves to put on a great show. After many years of playing on our namesake, Paradise Road as a weekend jam band, we have started hitting the public stage to bring a little music to anyone that will come see us. All are welcomed, as we have a little bit for everyone, and all leave satisfied. Come on out and join us!

Members of our group include Sonny Jones (Drums), Dwayne Rudder (Rhythm Guitar and Vocals), Jeremy Newton (Bass Guitar and Vocals), and Robert Jordan (Lead Guitar and Vocals). We have all lived in the area for most of our lives. All of us have been playing for many years with various other groups, but we have all found a kinship with this group.

We are available for small venues as well as larger venues from clubs to outdoor festivals and parties. Feel free to contact us if you are interested in having us perform.

JURIED ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW

We are hosting over 175 vendors ranging from Crafts, Food, Non-profits & Retail items. Vendors this year are coming not only from Virginia, but also from other states: Florida, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Maryland, & Georgia. We have lots of new & exciting booths this year, from amazing wood workings, acrylic and oil paintings, pottery, jewelry, items to be personalized on the spot, clothing, home accessories, and even homemade pet food & attire… just to name a few. VIRGINIA AVENUE FROM 9th through 2nd and Business bridge will be CLOSED ALL DAY from 4 am to 11 pm. 

FOOD & BEVERAGES

We have a full plate of food offering this year from Thai, Mediterranean, Greek, African, BBQ & Kono Pizza! For the sweet tooth, Homemade ice-cream anyone? check out the Amish booth…also it would not be a festival without funnel cakes, deep fried candy bars, & Oreos to icees, smoothies, Lemonade is great for a hot day! NEW this year is a Sober Mobile Bar which is a non-alcoholic beverage truck. There will be lots of food to temp you but nothing like the Smell and aroma of kettle corn, popcorn, cotton candy & more! All here on Saturday.

HOT AIR BALLOONS

Saturday & Sunday AM & Saturday PM. For safety of all pilots, flights only occur with select weather conditions. Should there be storms in a 60-mile radius, or winds locally greater than 10 mph–flights will be cancelled.

Pilots will meet at the Clarksville Community Center on Woodland Drive across from the Food Lion lot around 6:30 to see the location of wind to determine where they will be lifting off. Stay tuned via Facebook

FIREWORKS

We are excited to partner again with a local company from South Boston this year! The Virginia Skypainters, now owned and led by Ryan Francisco, is well known for it’s outstanding fireworks displays. For over 8 years, the Virginia Skypainters has provided fireworks displays using both professional, and consumer grade fireworks, for events and occasions all over the state of Virginia, and North Carolina. 

In 2017, Ryan founded his own fireworks company (Francisco Display Fireworks, LLC) which is a family owned and operated fireworks company located in South Boston, Virginia. Francisco Display Fireworks is now doing business as the Virginia Skypainters and is currently serving Virginia and North Carolina specializing in outdoor aerial displays consisting of shells and ground effects. Earlier this year, Virginia Skypainters was announced as a winner of the 2021 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire.  Virginia Skypainters has received this award 7 times out of the last 8 years, and has held 5-star ratings with both Wedding Wire and The Knot.

Ryan is a Certified Pyrotechnician who is dedicated to the safe and responsible use of fireworks.  Ryan is licensed with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and is also a member of the Mid Atlantic Pyrotechnics Arts Guild, Pyrotechnics Guild International, and Crackerjacks. Ryan has performed shows in Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

PARKING & SHUTTLE

We get that question a lot here in our office, and to make life a little less stressful for you & the Town of Clarksville during Lakefest we encourage you to use the shuttle service offered to you as our solution for everyone. (View the Shuttle Map here)

This service will help with the age old question of where to park? This way you don’t have to worry about being stuck on the side street with all those others trying & hoping to find a spot nearby. The side streets are really narrow and if you are new to the area, you might not know the best way to navigate around the back roads, even though there are detour signs. Even if you are familiar and live out of town, there will be fewer headaches to park your car across from the YMCA, catch the bus and ride to the drop you off at 8th street. And any time you are ready to head back to your vehicle, a bus will be there within minutes to take you back.

Festival-goers are encouraged to Park & Ride.  Parking is $5 per vehicle; there is no charge to ride the shuttles to and from the festival.  Parking will be at the Lake County Business Park, on Noblin Farm Road.  The Shuttle will run from 8 am until 6 pm. If you want to participate in the night activities you will have to catch the last ride by 6 pm to retrieve your vehicle so you can then just park closer to town after 6 pm.We are excited to announce that we are again working with the Mecklenburg County Public School division with renting two of their buses – one handicapped accessible – and hiring division bus drivers to operate them.

SAND ART

Lakefest is thrilled to announce we have John Gowdy & Laura Cimador-Gowdy from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who will be returning to the 45th Annual Virginia Lake Festival. He is a retired captain from the Atlantic City Fire Department having served 27 years, half of those years in the rank of captain. He has dedicated the rest of his life to the arts. May it be painting, sculpture, or the performance of both together.  The duo recently achieved 2nd Place Masters Duo, John, and Laura Gowdy at the annual Texas SandFest Competition (April 12, 2022) Photos by Kastle Kelley.

“My team and I have been carving sand for over 30 years professionally. I work with my lovely wife Laura. We have won many national, international, and world-class first-place awards in just about every master sand sculpture competition on the planet. Our greatest and most often won prize is “people’s choice”. We love pleasing the people who look at our sand displays and experience an emotional feeling from them.~https://www.johngowdy.com/

RIDES & SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT

For the last seven years, Paul Jackson, Helicopter Pilot, has been flying the friendly skies and giving our Lakefest visitors rides over Clarksville and the Lake. Take advantage of seeing Lake Country from the air this year, it is a memory you will never forget. Rides will be available starting Friday evening, at the Food Lion lawn area & Saturday for most of the day. It is $45 per person to ride. From Macclesfield NC, Fun Fest is a carnival that is designed to help non-profits make money and for the community to have a safe and fun time. 

Special Guests From Party Princess Productions of Raleigh, we will have Disney Characters will be here for a short time from 10:30-1:30. Sleeping Beauty & Maleficent.  Sparrow will be on stage at 10:45-11:15 and will be roaming crowds till 1 and back to stage at 1 pm. Cocomelon Island Baby & Children’s Clothing 331 Virginia Ave.

LAKEFEST RAFFLE

Local Fun & Games is this year’s Lakefest Raffle prizes. The first winner will choose between backyard games valued at $645, or local shopping, dining, and accommodations gift certificates totaling $645. or $200 in Chamber cash with a 31 Lakefest Longaberger Media Basket total valued at $245. It’s all about LAKE FEST #45, Your family will love the backyard fun & games with a Lakefest/Clarksville Cornhole set, Jenga, Connect four, Badminton Sets plus some fun lake fest accessories.

LAKEFEST T-SHIRTS

Lakefest Tee shirts and tank have arrived and are now on sale at the Chamber office and will be at the Virginia Avenue Mall later today. We tried hard to keep the prices affordable with everything going up in price and shortage issues on colors. Regular tees are $24. 2XL, 3 XL & 4 XL are $28. Youth sizes are $18. Colors vary and many are limited so hurry in for the best selection. We like to thank our four Captain Sponsors for sporting the new tees and some of the colors.

LAKEFEST CLASSIC CAR SHOW

In 2019, The Lakefest Antique Auto show celebrated 25 years, and then the pandemic hit, and Lakefest was canceled for 2020. For many years, Century 21 on the Lake helped the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber organize this attraction and since Century 21 merged and now Coldwell Banker Advantage, we needed to find a new host. The Clarksville Regional Museum stepped in and organized it at their lawn on 8th Street in 2021 and now the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber brings it back into the festival for 2022. The Pandemic has changed a lot of things for us and we are working hard to keep this attraction part of Lakefest, with that change we are updating the name and location for this year to Lakefest Classic Car Show and it will be held in the parking lot of TouchstoneBank 701 Virginia Avenue. We are thrilled to have Bob Murphy available that morning to help with placements. Each vehicle will receive a dash plaque for its entry.

Enter your Classic automobiles by filling out an application, $10 entry, and $20 day of show. You can register online  https://clarksvilleva.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/10619

or call us at the Chamber Office at 434-374-2436

Please follow any of the links below to get informed and stay updated about what’s happening at Lakefest 2021!

BE SURE TO COME AND 

• Join us as we honor our 2021 Virginia Lake Festival Sponsors at 7 pm. Behind Hite’s in the Clarksville Ruritans Parking lot
• Enjoy Amusement Rides & Games
• Lakefest t-shirts & Raffle at Chamber Booth
• Craft Beer is available for purchase (Friday night only), selection from BIB (Buggs Island Brewery) no coolers or outside alcohol permitted at the event.
• Food provided by Off the Chain and Mezquital
• 7:30 pm-Live on Stage– The Tobacco Road Band

The Tobacco Road Band

The Tobacco Road Band is privileged to be able to open the 2021 Virginia Lake Festival! Plus, we will be joined on stage by, Grammy Award Winning, Mary Frances Lee – Mama Funk (www.bootyband.com)

The Tobacco Road Band consists of four Southside Virginia musicians with roots deep in the soil, mining the music of our generation. Lead by Ronnie Newcomb (Bass & Vocals) this group is the result of years of musical collaboration. Most of the members have played together for decades. Rounding out the lineup is Barry Hughes (Drums), Bill Baker (Guitar) and our newest member Kevin Allgood (Guitar & Vocals).

Their music blends old soul & blues, country and some good southern Rock & roll to give an audience’s the rhythms and lyrics sure to bring a smile. The band is always pleased when their show turns into a full scale sing-a-long as they play the favorites of the time. In fact, most of our audiences know the lyrics better than the band does! The Tobacco Road Band lives by its motto “Music that will make you move!

WARNING! The surgeon general has determined that continuous enjoyment of this music will result in uncontrollable movement of the hips, feet and lower extremities. In most cases, symptoms often include a better attitude, smiling faces and an overall reconciliation of the day’s events into a feeling of happiness. In rare occasions, overwhelming joy has occurred. ENJOY OFTEN WITH RECKLESS ABANDONMENT!

Founded in 2005, THE KONNECTION has been tabbed as one of the East Coast’s premiere party bands, specializing in a variety of music including Top 40, Rock, Country, R & B, Beach and Oldies.

THE KONNECTION has performed for thousands, being the featured entertainment at numerous festivals and events including The Southern 500 Race Weekend Kick Off Party, The Virginia Pork Festival, The Virginia Cantelope Festival, The Colgate Country Showdown, The Virgilina Summerfest, The Smithfield Ham & Yam Festival, The Oxford Masonic Homecoming Festival, The NC Family Physicians Convention, The Virginia Lake Festival,

The NC Seafood Festival,  The NC Emergency Management Convention, numerous Alive After Five Concerts, Beuna Vista Beach Music Weekend,  The Roxboro Jaycees Beach Music Festival, and The Homecoming Concert with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery!

THE KONNECTION has shared the stage with many national and regional acts including The Charlie Daniels Band, Delbert McClinton, Travis Tritt, Colt Ford, Exile, Diamond Rio, Ray Scott, Jim Quick & Coastline, The Fantastic Shakers, Craig Woolard Band, The Chairmen of The Board, and more!

THE KONNECTION has also performed for many corporate functions and events including grand openings at Lonestar Steak Houses, Marshall Locksmith’s Customer Appreciation Parties, North Carolina Family Physicians Association Conventions, North Carolina Emergengy Management Conventions, National Pest Control Conventions, North Carolina Shriner’s Conventions, Duke Health Optics, and more!

When you want a band that can bring the party no matter the occasion, you want to make The KONNECTION! Book The KONNECTION Band for your next event today! BOOKING INFO: 919-691-0023 mikebrooksdj@nullgmail.com

Juried Arts & Crafts

We were unsure until end of May that we would be able to host this event this year pending Covid restrictions which has caused a lower vendor count this year, but we still have over 150 vendors ranging from Crafts, Food, Non-profits & Retail items. Vendors this year are coming not only from Virginia, but also other states: Florida, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Maryland, & Georgia.

We have lots of new & exciting booths this year, from amazing wood workings, acrylic and oil paintings, pottery, jewelry, items to be personalized on the spot, clothing, home accessories and even homemade pet food & attire… just to name a few.

We have a few less food and beverage vendors but there is always our usual Thai, Mediterranean, Greek, African, All-American choices & Kono Pizza! For the sweet tooth, Homemade ice-cream anyone? check out the Amish booth…also it would not be a festival without funnel cakes, deep fried candy bars, & Oreos to icees, smoothies, Lemonade is great for a hot day! NEW this year is a Sober Mobile Bar which is a non-alcoholic beverage truck. There will be lots of food to temp you but nothing like the Smell and aroma of kettle corn, popcorn, cotton candy & more! All here on Saturday.

• Saturday & Sunday AM & Saturday PM.
• For safety of all pilots, flights occur with select weather conditions.
• Should there be storms in a 60-mile radius, or winds locally greater than 10 mph–flights will be cancelled.
• Pilots will meet at the Clarksville Community Center on Woodland dr across from Food Lion  lot around 6:30 to see the location of wind to determine where they will be lifting off.
• Stay tuned via Facebook. 

We are so thrilled Lakefest is happening this year! There are some changes this year and one major change is our fireworks on July 17th!

We are excited to partner with a local company from South Boston this year! The Virginia Skypainters, now owned and led by Ryan Francisco, is well known for it’s outstanding fireworks displays. For over 8 years, the Virginia Skypainters has provided fireworks displays using both professional, and consumer grade fireworks, for events and occasions all over the state of Virginia, and North Carolina.  In 2017, Ryan founded his own fireworks company (Francisco Display Fireworks, LLC) which is a family owned and operated fireworks company located in South Boston, Virginia. Francisco Display Fireworks is now doing business as the Virginia Skypainters and is currently serving Virginia and North Carolina specializing in outdoor aerial displays consisting of shells and ground effects.

Earlier this year, Virginia Skypainters was announced as a winner of the 2021 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire.  Virginia Skypainters has received this award 7 times out of the last 8 years, and has withheld 5-star ratings with both Wedding Wire and The Knot.

Ryan is a Certified Pyrotechnician who is dedicated to the safe and responsible use of fireworks.  Ryan is licensed with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and is also a member of the Mid Atlantic Pyrotechnics Arts Guild, Pyrotechnics Guild International, and Crackerjacks. Ryan has performed in shows in Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Lakefest Tees have arrived and are available STARTING Monday, June 21st  at the Chamber office and the Virginia Avenue Mall.

As we all know 2020 Lakefest was canceled however we did sell 2020 Lakefest shirts last year as we had hoped to host the event and had already chosen the winning design in early March of 2020. So what we decided was to mirror/reuse last year’s design for 2021. We had the winner of our 2020 Lakefest Logo, Victoria Messick, do some slight changes but resembling the year that didn’t happen.

• Youth Small, Medium, Large colors are Denim & Candy Orange and are $18
• Adult Sizes for Tee’s S, M, L, XL-$23, 2XL, 3XL$25 and NEW size this year is 4xl in natural only. limited amount and colors in small & mediums
• Tee colors: Candy Orange, Heather Clay, Natural, Denim, Heather Irish Green, Yellow, Dark Heather Gray
• V-NECK Colors-Seafoam or Butter
• Ladies Tanks– Terracotta (more tanks will be available at a later time)
• Men’s Tanks– Denim or Butter
• Also pictured are our Admiral & Captain Sponsors whose logo is imprinted on the 44th Annual T-shirts

Tee Sponsors pictured Left to Right: Captain Sponsors: Greg Pipen with Clarksville Ruritans, Dennis Hudson with Food Lion. Admiral Sponsors: Jeremy Satterfield with Microsoft, From VET’S INC: Pamela Clay, Aaron Jones, Jac Wagstaf

For the last six years, Paul Jackson, Helicopter Pilot, has been flying the friendly skies and giving our Lakefest visitors rides over Clarksville and the Lake. Take advantage of seeing Lake Country from the air this year, it is a memory you will never forget. Rides will be available starting Friday evening, at the Food Lion lawn area & Saturday for most of the day. It is $40 per person to ride.

From Macclesfield NC, Fun Fest is a carnival that is designed to help nonprofits make money and for the community to have a safe and fun time.

Special Guests

From Party Princess Productions of Raleigh, we will have Disney Characters will be here for a short time from 10:30-1:30. Tinker Bell & Jack Sparrow will be on stage at 10:45-11:15 and will be roaming crowds till 1 and back to stage at 1 pm. Baby Shark at Buggs Island Baby & Children’s Clothing 331 Virginia Ave also Twisted Dog productions from Madison NC- balloon twisting and magic starting on stage at 10 am…11:30 am & and 12:30.

We are thrilled to find a new sand sculpture artist for this year. Ed Moore from Sandy Feat, who had been our sculptor for many many years has retired. So I have been busy finding a replacement and I am thrilled to announce we have John Gowdy….from Atlantic City, New Jersey. He is a retired captain from the Atlantic City Fire Department having served 27 years, half of those years in the rank of captain. He has dedicated the rest of his life to the arts. May it be, painting, sculpture, or the performance of both together.

“I have been carving sand for over 25 years professionally. I have won many national, international, and world first place awards in just about every master sand sculpture competition on the planet. My greatest and most often award is “people’s choice”. I love pleasing the people who look at my sand displays and get an emotional feeling from them. I work in locations such as: weddings, conventions, state fairs, private parties, lobbies of beautiful hotels, and yes… even on beaches around the world. I teach the art-form to large groups of children, adults, and at corporate team building events. I love what I do and I hope you will too!” ~https://www.johngowdy.com/

We get that question a lot here in our office, and to make life a little less stressful for you & the Town of Clarksville during Lakefest we encourage you to use the shuttle service offered to you as our solution for everyone. (View the Shuttle Map here)

 This service will help with the age old question of where to park? This way you don’t have to worry about being stuck on the side street with all those others trying & hoping to find a spot nearby. The side streets are really narrow and if you are new to the area, you might not know the best way to navigate around the back roads, even though there are detour signs. Even if you are familiar and live out of town, there will be fewer headaches to park your car across from the YMCA, catch the bus and ride to the drop you off at 8th street. And any time you are ready to head back to your vehicle, a bus will be there within minutes to take you back.

Parking & Shuttle Service

Festival-goers are encouraged to Park & Ride.  Parking is $5 per vehicle; there is no charge to ride the shuttles to and from the festival.  Parking will be at the Lake County Business Park, on Noblin Farm Road.  The Shuttle will run from 8 am until 6 pm. If you want to participate in the night activities you will have to catch the last ride by 6 pm to retrieve your vehicle so you can then just park closer to town after 6 pm.

We are excited to announce that we are again working with the Mecklenburg County Public School division with renting two of their buses – one handicapped accessible – and hiring division bus drivers to operate them.

It’s our Lakefest Raffle…doing something a little different this year instead of our normal bundles of prizes…this year play the LAKEFEST LOTTO for a chance to win Money, Money, Money, the top winner wins $1000.

Tickets are now available at the Chamber office and will soon be available from a Chamber board member. We will have them available opening Ceremonies near Clarksville Ruritans and Saturday the 17^th in our booth in front of Town Hall till 2 pm.

Christmas in Clarksville Open House

Make your holidays extra special by attending the Christmas in Clarksville Open House on Sunday, November 24th! Downtown merchants have made special plans to be open from 1-5 pm and help you to wrap up your holidays with one-of-a-kind special gift ideas, discounts and refreshments. In addition, Christmas music will be playing  your holiday favorites. Santa Claus will be at Santa Land located in Virginia Avenue Mall. Take a ride down Virginia Avenue in a horse drawn carriage, provide by B & W Carriage, of Buffalo Junction. Downtown Clarksville will be shining in its beautiful splendor of the holidays that take you back to Christmas of yesteryear.

Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy what Downtown Clarksville has to offer for the holidays. Remember that when you spend your money here, 1% of your tax dollars go back into our community!  SO…SHOP MECKLENBURG FIRST!

NEW EVENT!! Clarksville’s Grand Illumination Tree Lighting event. December 4^th

Come celebrate our new Christmas tree and lighting. There will be Christmas caroling, free refreshments, Santa Clause, & a whole lot of Christmas Cheer! 6pm  Downtown Clarksville.

Clarksville Christmas Parade

Kick off December by attending or participating in Clarksville’s annual Christmas Parade, December 6th at 6:30 pm. What’s more fun than marching December in with a Christmas Parade, cant think anything? Me either. So come enjoy the floats, bands, & see Santa in his sleigh!

It’s time to register for the Clarksville Christmas Parade ENTRY FORM must be received in the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber Office by Thursday, December 5th, to be eligible for the December 1st event. We are seeking participants—beauty queens, businesses, community clubs, organizations, churches, antique vehicles and others interested in making this the best parade to date.

The parade will be fun-filled with no competitions and each entry is required to adhere to the parade regulations below. The parade is hosted and sponsored by the Clarksville Chamber and the Town of Clarksville. For more info, contact the Chamber at (434) 374-2436.

RULES & REGULATIONS

• Registered entries only—deadline December 6th; NO Santa on any entry, Line-up format is provided when registering is completed.
• All entries must be decorated in a Christmas theme for the Holiday and abide with these parade rules and regulations
• No candy may be thrown from entries; walkers alongside may hand candy to the children.
• No sirens, horns or air-horns may be used.
• Drivers of all entries must have a valid driver’s license.
• No entry may halt the parade (only exception will be marching bands).
• Participants must be in line by 6:15 p.m. sharp; specific line-up location is provided with the registration form.
• The Parade Committee reserves the right to reject any and all entries for any reason before and during the parade. No inappropriate actions or displays will be tolerated.

Please be aware that Highway 58 Business will be closed to truck traffic (trucks will need to utilize the Highway 58 Bypass) from 6-8 pm. During this same time, Virginia Avenue (2nd to 9th Streets) will be closed to vehicle traffic from 6-8 pm. So parade preparations may be completed, parallel parking along the parade route will be eliminated beginning at 5 pm through the duration of the parade.

Come and celebrate the fall season the first Saturday in October at the Annual Harvest Days Festival! Saturday morning, vendors will line the streets facing the storefronts and sidewalks along Virginia Avenue offering seasonal crafts, specialty items, antiques, collectibles and antiquities (items of an era) from 9 am to 3 pm.

In addition to the vendors, the one-of-a-kind specialty shops and restaurants will offer specials throughout the downtown area, along with a host of games & crafts for the kids to participate in.

Come out and enjoy the beautiful autumn weather and the activities that are available. The event is opened to the public and there is no admission charge. This year the festival will continue into the late afternoon & evening with the Lake Country Cruise-in and last LAKE LIFE LIVE event for 2019. Steve Owens and Summertime is coming to Clarksville for the Lake Life Live: Beach & Brew Bash on October 5, 2019. “Bringing the Best of Beach Music to the Lake”, Gates open at 3:00!! This event will feature some of the best local and regional craft beers in Virginia!!  We are excited to add this element to our event!  (Check back later for a list – we promise you won’t want to miss this!) All vendors will have beverages available for purchase.