Events, Hiking, Performances, Teas & Talks on the scenic Cumberland Plateau
Historic Rugby hosts a series of hikes, outdoor events, performances, teas, galas, lectures and other events. Find your niche of interest below! Our schedule (all times Eastern) is below but subject to updates, so check back often.
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Grill Rugby
Grill Rugby
Unique Cooking Demonstration and Al Fresco Dinner on the Lawn, Silent Auction, Specialty Cocktail, Labor Day Weekend! Join us for food and festivities at the picturesque Uffington House. Proceeds to benefit HistoricRugby: $69 per person. RESERVE HERE. Two nights available, Sat. Sept. 3 & Sun. Sept. 4. Grill Rugby is an all-inclusive fixed dinner and spirits menu. Special…
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Cemetery Lantern Tour
Cemetery Lantern Tour
The Lantern Tour in Rugby’s Laurel Dale Cemetery allows you to meet 9 or 10 former Rugby residents who tell their stories, all true. The accounts come from letters, diaries and other materials in the Historic Rugby Archives. A small group of local singers help set the mood. The Lantern Tour marks its 13th year…
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Paint and Sip Workshop
Paint and Sip Workshop
What could be more fun than joining a small group for a painting class while enjoying a glass of wine? Maybe having it in beautiful Historic Rugby’s newly renovated Hester Hall! Instructor Freeman Davenport offers three dates with different themes for this workshop, all Saturdays: July 23 for dandelions, and Sept. 17 for fall color. Times…
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Founders’ Day Celebration & Michaelmas Tea
Founders’ Day Celebration & Michaelmas Tea
Help celebrate 15 decades + since Rugby’s founding on the Cumberland Plateau in 1880, our 142nd Anniversary. ALSO this year will mark to the month the 200th anniversary of our founder Thomas Hughes’ birth, Oct. 20,1822! A special program will be included. Hours are 10-5 EDT (9-4 Central). FREE. Take time to and enjoy arts, crafts, food, and music (at…