The Southern Women’s Show in Richmond makes its return March 16 – 18, 2018 to the Richmond Raceway Complex, bringing with it an array of celebrity appearances, fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, and the latest in health, fitness, and beauty, plus hundreds of vendors and boutiques filled with spring styles, trendy jewelry, home décor, gourmet treats, and lots more!
Here are the highlights of the 2018 Southern Women’s Show:
• Nationally known designer, author and TV host Vern Yip, best known from HGTV and TLC’s “Trading Spaces,” appears on the James River Air Fashion & Entertainment Stage March 17(1PM) to share design advice and stylish living inspiration! The revived version of “Trading Spaces” featuring Yip premieres on TLC April 7.
• CEO Magazine presents a “CEO of Design” fashion show March 17 (3PM) coordinated by local fashion stylist Jon Copeland, highlighting stylish, professional looks curated from Dress for Success Central Virginia’s donated attire! DFS’s mission is to empower women in Central Virginia to achieve economic independence.
• March 16 (6PM) and March 17 (5PM), the Virginia State Firefighters Association struts the stage in their bunker gear for charity! All donations go to support the Virginia State Fire & EMS Association Educational Financial Grant.
• March 17 (2PM), VCU’s Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry hosts “Seeing Double: A Contest for Twins of All Types” look-a-like show, open to twins of all zygosity.
• Evidential psychic medium Tamara Caulder Richardson – the “Southern Belle Medium” – offers healing messages from loved ones who have crossed over with “Messages From Heaven,” twice daily on stage.
• 12 y.o. Claire Hollingsworth of Powhatan County, Food Network’s youngest “Chopped Junior” champion and founder of Claire’s Cooking Lab, showcases her love of science and cooking, plus her new patent pending invention, “No Fear Oven Mitt Sleeves.”
• March 16 (11AM) and March 18 (12PM), author Dwayna Litz shares insights from her book “Happiness, No Man Required: 50 Tips for Single Women to be Happy …With or Without a Man” to inspire women to feel complete, with or without a man’s affirmation.
• All weekend, join Food Lion’s chefs, including local chef Bruce Rowland of Rowland Restaurant in the Fan District, at the Food Lion Kitchen Stage as they prepare recipes using the freshest ingredients and products from the Food Lion family of brands!
• March 17 (12PM), All Dog Adventures hosts a pet tricks fashion show, “All Dog Adventures’ Trick Stars,” featuring human models as well as dogs dressed to perfection and performing their best tricks!
• Experience a variety of free health screenings and advice at the show! You can also visit the team of experts at The Women’s Hospital at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, or join in on an on-stage Zumba or Jazzercise dance-workout.
• Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Richmond performs a dance demonstration on stage March 18 (3PM), and will have pro dance instructors in their exhibit, where guests can spin a wheel to win prizes, including a free lesson.
• Dillard’s will be back with the Dillard’s Pavilion – beauty experts will be on hand and on stage all weekend to demonstrate how to wear the latest makeup and skincare products, just in time for spring.
• This year, we are celebrating women in education – all school teachers, staffers, and administrators get free admission with valid ID at the Box Office for the entire show, as do women military veterans (with valid ID)!
• Girls Night Out is March 16 (5-8PM), with admission only $5 after 5PM. Mother-Daughter Day is March 17, when we invite you to bring the women in your life to enjoy a day of makeovers, pampering, shopping and fun!
• Of course, the show also features SHOPPING! More than 300 exhibitors and boutiques will be there from the Dillard’s Pavilion and Virginia’s Finest Pavilion, to local specialty merchants like Let’s Talk Towels (Peshtamel Turkish towels, robes, blankets), Bungalow Décor (indoor/outdoor décor), Room Escape USA (Richmond’s only European-inspired escape room), and Po River Apiary (honey extracted from all-natural hive management). We’ll have fashion designer Nashona (African clothing, accessories), Organic Hemp Botanicals (essential oils + beauty products), Fab Brows (organic eyebrow cosmetics), JJ King’s Secret Sauce (apple cider vinegar sauces crafted in Colonial Heights, Va.), and Color Street Nail Art (salon quality manicure nail polish strips), TO NAME JUST A FEW.
ABOUT THE SOUTHERN WOMEN’S SHOW – RICHMOND
Shop, sample and share the fun at Richmond’s favorite event for women – the Southern Women’s Show. Discover hundreds of boutiques filled with the latest fashions, trendy jewelry, gourmet treats, health and beauty, and so much more. Enjoy fashion shows, top chefs, and celebrity guests. Bring your mom, sister, and best friend and spend the day doing everything you love! Happening
March 16-18, 2018 at the Richmond Raceway Complex. 2018 show sponsors are Chevrolet, Food Lion, Walgreens and Richmond Times-Dispatch. Visit
southernshows.com/wrior
facebook.com/SouthernWomensShowRichmond for show updates.
What: 27th Annual Southern Women’s Show – Richmond
When: Friday, March 16, 2018 – Sunday, March 18, 2018
Adults: $12.00 at the door; $15 for a Three-Day Pass
Youth (6-12): $6.00 at the door (children under age six FREE with paying adult)
Walgreen’s Advance: Discount tickets available at Walgreens – $8.00 for Adults / $6.00 Youth (Ages 6-12)
Online Advance: $10.00 each / Youth: $6.00 each
Group: (10 or more; advance ONLY) $8.00 each
Re-Admission: Tickets for 2nd day admission can be purchased for $6.00 during your initial visit (with your ticket stub) at the Show Office.
$5 After 5:00pm: Attendees enjoy $5 admission Friday, March 16 after 5pm.
Hours:
Friday: 10am – 8pm
Saturday: 10am-7pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm
