‘Arts All Over’ Neighborhood Performing Arts Event Series Returns in Spring 2025

The second season of Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs’ Arts All Over community event series launches April 12 with the return of Sounds Like Home, a favorite live cabaret from the 2024 schedule, re-imagined for more venues.  

In partnership with Roūge VA, Arts All Over is a small-scale program designed to bring performing arts of all genres to people in their neighborhoods. In addition to Sounds Like Home, a new three-part theater experience, The Road, presents electrifying music, movement and poetry. 

The Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs Department designed the art series to support the City of Virginia Beach’s FY24-25 Focused Action Plan, including the City Council’s initiative to enhance the reach and distribution of arts throughout the city.  

This exciting, free performing arts series is designed to bring the cultural arts to residents throughout the city to foster an inspiring and vibrant environment, where people feel safe and have access to amenities and services that support a high quality of life.

2025 Arts All Over Schedule 

All performances are free and open to the public. 

Sounds Like Home 
What does HOME sound like? In this exhilarating cabaret, embark on a joyful journey through the sounds of the people, places and things that define home. This lively sonic extravaganza complete with a live band and dynamic performers will have you moving and grooving. Conceived and directed by Leila Stephanie, a Newport News native who developed her passion for theatre as a performer in Hampton Roads who currently serves as director of artistic programming for ROŪGE: Theater Reinvented and is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University.

• April 12, 2 p.m., Virginia Beach Farmers Market
• April 26, 3 p.m., Military Aviation Museum
• May 30, 7:30 p.m., Lynnhaven Colony Congressional United Church of Christ
• June 27, 7 p.m., College Park Elementary School

The Road 
This site-specific pop-up performance series featuring three distinct shows, each unfolding its own unique location. A powerhouse ensemble presents an immersive, interdisciplinary, multicultural journey combining electrifying music, movement, dance and poetry. Each performance stands alone while contributing to the larger narrative. Whether you’re chasing a dream, wandering through uncertainty, or finding your way back home, The Road will take you on an unforgettable ride. Conceived and directed by Leila Stephanie. 

• The Road to Somewhere: May 24, 2 p.m., Owl Creek Landing – Nautilus Observation Tower
• The Road Within: May 31, 3 p.m., Joint-Use Library at Tidewater Community College
• The Road Home: June 26, 7 p.m., Parks After Dark at Williams Farm Recreation Center

For more details, and to register for free tickets to these and all other Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs Department events, visit Culture.VirginiaBeach.gov/Events, or email artsinfo@vbgov.com.