Pick: Albemarle County Fair

Step right up: Get your pies and pickles ready, it’s Albemarle County Fair time. The three-day pastoral affair features a food truck lineup and live music from Baby Jo’s, Black Hollow Band, and The Virginia Ramblers. Virginia makers compete for blue ribbons in agricultural categories that include fruit and vegetable recipes, homebrews, wine, honey, and other home arts. Fairgoers are treated to historic demonstrations, craft exhibits, and a livestock showcase from Albemarle and surrounding counties that flaunts well-raised cows, bunnies, goats, and more.

Thursday 8/4–Saturday 8/6 . $5, all day, James Monroe’s Highland, 2050 James Monroe Pkwy. albemarlecountyfair.com