Friday, May 8th

3:00PM-6:30PM - Winchester Civil War Weekend 2026 Kickoff Programs at The Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum

3:00PM - ‘At Home With Shot & Shell: Rifles of the Civil War in the Valley’ by Cody Boyce

3:30PM - ‘The Civil War Service of Hunter McGuire’ by Nico Dipilla

4:00 PM - ‘The Stonewall Brigade in the Battles of Winchester’ by Michael Gionfriddo

4:30PM - ‘Sheridan Scouts in the Valley’ by Jim Goecker

5:00PM - ‘Overview on the First Battle of Winchester’ by Peter Dalton

5:30PM - ‘Domestic Subversion: Women in the Shenandoah Valley During Civil War’ by Trish Ridgeway

• Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum: 20 N. Loudoun St, Winchester VA

7:00PM -9:00PM - Battlefields & Bourbon Podcast Live with Jack Owens & Elijah Filbert

• Village Square Restaurant: 103 N. Loudoun St, Winchester, VA

Saturday May 9th

7:00AM - 7:30AM- Sunrise tour of the Stonewall Cemetery led by Kate Schindler & Jim Coots 

• Meets at Mt. Hebron Cemetery Entrance: 305 E. Boscawen St, Winchester, VA

9:00AM - 9:30AM - Tour of Star Fort led by Michael Gionfriddo

• Star Fort: 503 Fortress Dr, Winchester, VA

10AM - 11AM - ‘The Civil War Service of Lt. Col. Lewis T. Moore’ 

• Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum: 415 N. Braddock St, Winchester, VA

11:30AM - 12:45PM - Kernstown Battlefield Programs:

‘Civil War Artillery, Ordnance & Fuses’ led by Larry Turner 

‘Civil War Era Medicine, Surgeries & Herbal Remedies’ led by Susi Weston

• Kernstown Battlefield: 610 Battle Park Drive, Winchester, VA 

1:30PM - 2:30PM - Guided Tours of  Fort Collier & Stine House 

• Fort Collier Civil War Center: 922 Martinsburg Pike, Winchester, VA

3:00PM-4:30PM - Downtown Winchester tour led by Mike Robinson

• Meets in front of The Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum: 20 N. Loudoun St, Winchester, VA

5PM - 6PM - Tabletop wargaming night led by Peter Dalton

• Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum: 20 N. Loudoun St, Winchester VA

7PM - 8PM - Shenandoah Valley Civil War Trivia Night

• Broken Window Brewing: 14 W Bocsawen St, Winchester VA

All Day May 9th -

Artillery Demonstrations at the Third Winchester Battlefield Park

• 541 Redbud Rd, Winchester VA

Registration and Admission Varies Per Event