Get Out Loudoun for March 2023

50 West Vineyards’s 2020 Petit Manseng was one of only a dozen wines from across Virginia to earn a spot in this year’s Governor’s Cup Case.

Starship featuring Mickey Thomas—an iteration of the 80s/90s rock band Jefferson Starship—is coming to Ion International Training Center on April 15. The concert kicks off the first of many in Ion Arena this year as it grows into its role as the area’s largest indoor concert venue. 

Industry statistics put the median life of a restaurant at under three years; less than half will still be in business a decade after opening their doors. Leesburg restauranteur Fabian Saeidi certainly has beaten those odds, celebrating 50 years of serving diners on King Street.

Every wine lover remembers the bottle that changed their life. For Loudoun entrepreneur Renee Ventrice, it was a German Riesling at a Florida sushi restaurant in 1998.

For nearly 50 years, the tiny village of Lucketts has hosted the biggest names in bluegrass—and helped launch the careers of a new generation of traditional musicians.