Programs, lectures and events related to decorative arts and folk art are given at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and Kimball Theatre and include Working Wood in the 18th Century, Antiques Forum, Williamsburg Film Festival, and Garden Symposium. There are many art galleries in the Colonial Williamsburg’s area that aimed at art lovers and collectors such as the Arcade Gallery, This Century Art Gallery, Nancy Thomas Gallery, Prince George Graphics, Art & Glass Studio, and the American Images Press. The Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall at the William and Marry College offers seasonal concerts, plays, ballet and celebrity musicians.

Popular annual artistic events include the Fiber Arts Fair, Quilt Festival, Art on the Square and Occasion for the Arts at Market Square, Wearable Art Festival, the Grand Illumination, and the Foods & Feasts of Colonial Williamsburg.