Little High Neighborhood Association
Information for and about the Little High Neighborhood in Charlottesville, VA
In recent years the Little High neighborhood has hosted a series of backyard concerts, story telling for children and adults, garden days, summer picnics, bonfires, food drives, clothing drives, trash cleanups (in the neighborhood and assisting other neighborhoods who've asked for help), purges of invasive vines, experts on various topics, assorted political candidates, and public officials.
We're always interested in hosting or supporting neighborhood events, so let us know if you have an idea for an event that would be enjoyable for the neighborhood.
The Little High neighborhood’s 5th annual summer concert series kicks off Thursday, June 12th at 7pm with Playing for Fun, a big band (8 local and area musicians!) playing folk, rock, bluegrass, country, and Celtic music. You’ll hear guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, and a mix of whistles and flutes. You’re sure to find some you know to sing or hum along with.
Location: 1011 Little High Street (near Charlottesville Day School).
Our Summer Neighborhood Picnic will be held Sunday, June 1, from 5:00 to 7:00pm in and around the Meade Park Pavilion.
The neighborhood association will provide a variety of pizzas from Vita Nova, sides, and dessert.
BYO: drink, seat, and $10 (payable in cash, check, or via Venmo) for optional annual neighborhood association dues.
Join us in meeting the Charlottesville City Council candidates (Juandiego Wade, Brian Pinkston, and Jennifer Fleisher) running in the June 17, 2025 election.
Members of CHIPP (Charlottesville Invasive Plant Partnership) will be joining us. Learn how CHIPP is collaborating with our neighborhood to help save the tree canopy.
Most importantly, our summer picnics have always been a great opportunity to get to know or reconnect with neighbors so we encourage absolutely everyone to come — and bring another neighbor!
All Little High neighborhood residents, friends, family, visitors, and persons of good will are invited to a bonfire hosted by the Little High neighborhood association on Sunday, November 10, 7-9pm in the backyard of 1201 Little High (on the corner of Little High and 12th streets). In addition to the fire, the neighborhood association will provide hot cider, s’mores-making supplies, and a few extra chairs. You should bring yourselves and maybe a folding chair in case we don’t have enough. This is a lovely opportunity to come and hang out with and get to know your neighbors. Please join us!
The neighborhood backyard concert originally scheduled for tomorrow night has been RESCHEDULED to Thursday, August 15, 7pm, in the backyard of 1011 Little High Street.
Sumner & Herb will open with a short sing along and will be followed by Playing for Fun, a group of 10 talented musicians (some of whom are professionals) who gather each week at the home of Sudi Durland. This group plays everything from traditional to country to classic rock on guitar, bass, flute, harmonica and fiddle.
This event is FREE and open to the public. As always, we will pass the hat for donations to help support the Haven, the multi-resource day shelter downtown (112 West Market Street).
Our neighborhood raised $678 (not bad!) at our first two concerts of the summer. We have a chance to surpass any of our previous summer concert efforts (begun in 2020) if we can keep this momentum going.
The Little High Neighborhood Association is hosting a backyard neighborhood concert TOMORROW (Thursday, July 11) at 7pm in the backyard of 1107 East Jefferson Street.
This event is FREE.
EVERYONE in or out of the neighborhood is invited. Passports, birth certificates, photo ID, and major credit cards are NOT required. The turnstiles will be open starting at 6:30pm. The music will start promptly at 7pm. The lights at all our concerts run on solar power — i.e., we have to wrap up when the sun goes down which is why we don’t host jam bands.
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