Events Calendar

Don't be a SCROOGE! Come to the Christmas Spirits Tavern Tea! We will serve a variety of traditional savories & sweets, along with a selection of hot teas, mulled wine, and a special Christmas cocktail (your first wine/cocktail is included in your ticket price!). As usual, we will have a custom, themed tea basket raffle, prize… Continue reading Christmas Spirits! Holiday Tavern Tea

Seatings from 4pm - 8pm. Reservations required. 804-537-5050. Click for Full Menu: NYE Dinner Menu 2023

Just in time for Poe’s birthday, author Sharon Pajka discusses her new book, “The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe; Graves of His Family, Friends and Foes”. This a free event, but a $5 donation is suggested. Reserve your seat: https://app.gopassage.com/events/speaker-series-poe

Whether you've joined us at the Hanover Tavern before, or this will be your first time exploring this beautiful building, welcome to the Hanover Tavern ParaCon! ​We're going to have a jam-packed weekend of Paranormal fun and learning. You'll be among some of the most selfless and knowledgeable individuals, groups, teams, and organizations within the… Continue reading Hanover Tavern 2024 Paracon

Make your plans to attend the Hanover Tavern Wedding Open House! Have a cocktail and a nibble while you tour our venue and meet with a great group of wedding vendors! Please RSVP to 2024 Wedding Open House We look forward to helping you start your history by becoming part of ours!

"How the Barksdale Theatre Founders Changed Our World...And We Changed Theirs" Bruce Miller, former Founding Artistic Director of Theater IV/Virginia Repertory Theatre for 41 years, will recount stories of courage and chutzpah he learned at the feet of Muriel McAuley and Pete Kilgore, about how the Barksdale Founders changed Virginia, and how Hanovarians quickly earned… Continue reading Speaker Series: The Integration of Barksdale Theatre

Do you ever wonder about the unseen areas within the Tavern?  Curious about the spaces that are “Not Open to the Public” or for “Staff Only”? Are there secrets?  Are there mysteries?  Are there features that cannot be seen on a normal tour?  Of course, there are! Explore the inadmissible, hidden spaces with David Deal,… Continue reading Up the Back Staircase: A Special Behind the Scenes Tour

Reservations Required. 804-537-5050 Click for Menu: Heart of Hearts Menu

Get your tickets: https://app.gopassage.com/events/haunted-hanover-tavern-tours-feb2024

The Hanover Tavern Foundation and the living historians of the Virginia Line invite you to attend a unique and exciting Living History Event of the American War for Independence on Saturday, February 17th, 2024, on the grounds of the Hanover Tavern. This year, the Virginia Line is shifting focus to cover the Loyalist side of… Continue reading The American War for Independence: The Loyalists

Hanover Tavern Foundation is pleased to host this special event as part of the Virginia 250th Commemoration. Featuring a discussion on black contributions to American culture and history by Alphine Jefferson, PhD., Professor Emeritus of Black Studies and History at Randolph Macon College and a musical presentation and artwork display by Local Recording Musician &… Continue reading “Working Hands Create a New America”: Black Contributions to American Culture & History