American Girl Program: Featuring Isabelle Palmer

Suffolk Wedding Showcase

Please join the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts and Big Top Entertainment for our very first Suffolk Wedding Showcase event on Sunday, January 26, 2020, from 12 – 4pm. We are your one stop shop for newly engaged couples. A variety of wedding pr...

7th Annual Paws for the Arts Gala

The Suffolk Humane Society and Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront will host the 7th Annual Paws for the Arts, a semi-formal gala, on Saturday, February 1, 2020, from 6:30-10pm. This is a great event for both animal and art enthusiasts to attend. The eve...

Masters of Soul

Don’t miss your chance to step back in time and feel the magic when Masters of Soul (formerly Masters of Motown) returns to Suffolk Center on Saturday, February 1, 2020, beginning at 8pm. Masters of Soul is a celebration of the legendary songs and perform...

Family Movies at the Center: The Princess and the Frog

Nansemond River Pilot Club's Valentine's Ball

The Nansemond River Pilot Club’s newest event will have you dancing the night away with your sweetie! Live DJ, dancing, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar guarantee maximum fun for everyone. The evening kicks off at 7pm. Limited tick...

37th Annual Antique Show & Sale

The 37th Annual Antique Show and Sale will take place Saturday-Sunday, February 22-23, 2020, at King's Fork Middle School. Hours on Saturday are 10am-5pm, and Sunday, 12-4pm. Tickets are only $6 per person. The event will feature approximately 40 antiques...

Mardi Gras: Arts in the Big Easy - Suffolk Center Annual Fundraiser

Preparations are underway for the Suffolk Center’s annual fundraiser!  This year we will host a magnificent Mardi Gras Gala which will benefit the Suffolk Center’s arts education programs for our community.  This Fat “Twos Day” will be h...

Suffolk Restaurant Week

Indulge Yourself!From Suffolk’s best-kept culinary secrets to national award winning restaurants, Suffolk Restaurant Week promises a savory blend of the city’s signature flavors. The 2020 Suffolk Restaurant Week is slated for March 14-...

The Great Dismal Swamp

The Great Dismal Swamp is anything but dismal.

Despite its foreboding moniker, the Great Dismal Swamp is one of few remaining American wildernesses. It is the largest intact remnant of a vast habitat that once covered more than one million acres ...

Suffolk Art Gallery

Nestled among Victorian and Colonial architecture, you'll find a former library constructed in the early 1960s and repurposed as the Suffolk Art Gallery in the 1980s. The Gallery hosts a variety of exhibits and through a partnership with the Suffolk Art L...

Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts

As Suffolk's premier visual and performing arts venue for Suffolk, the Suffolk Center boasts a year-round schedule featuring musical performances, theatrical productions, ballet, art exhibits, lectures and galas. The classic Greek-Revival structure was bu...

Riddick's Folly House Museum & Gift Shop

In early 1837, a fire ravaged dozens of homes and outbuildings at the north end of Main Street in Suffolk. Out of the ashes of that fire, Mr. Mills Riddick built the home that is known today as Riddick’s Folly. Mills Riddick was a member of a large and pr...

Seaboard Station Railroad Museum

This restored Main Street station displays a two-room HO-scale model of Suffolk in 1907 that was built by the Tidewater Division of the National Model Railroad Association. The station was built in 1885 and has remained basically unchanged over the years....

Suffolk Waterways

Suffolk has over 8,000 acres of lakes and miles of river shoreline. Here are just a few highlights:

Lone Star Lake:- 12 lakes total (1172-acre park)- Freshwater fishing and pier- Four-mile horse trail- Archery range and model airplane flying field- Grills ...