Our Mission
To inspire creativity and community by providing a place where the
cultural, civic and economic vitality of Amherst County is encouraged.
To inspire creativity and community by providing a place where the
cultural, civic and economic vitality of Amherst County is encouraged.
This is IT! Today is #GivingTuesday! Learn more HERE.
See our full Event Calendar HERE
What's better than a Christmas Parade?
A free Christmas Parade after party! 
Did you join us for Swing's the Rage @ Second Stage last year? Great news, the event is returning December 28th! 17 piece classic swing band, a delicious buffet, signature cocktail, and the opportunity to celebrate the New Year a little early! Last year's event sold out - so get your tickets from Lynchburg Tickets now!
Did you miss our Holiday Market?
Second Stage's Second Helping Program was a huge success!
A special THANK YOU to the Centra Foundation, Ruth Maragni, and our local farmers for making the program so successful! The Centra Foundation Grant allowed us to purchase $5,472.00 worth of fresh, local food, to feed some food-insecure neighbors in Amherst County through local organizations: Blue Ledge Meals on Wheels, Neighbors Helping Neighbors and the Pleasant View Food Bank. We hope to continue the Second Helping program next year.
Artisans & Craftsmen
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As you continue your holiday shopping, we'd like to invite you to donate to Second Stage | Amherst with every purchase you make from Amazon (at no extra charge to you!)! Click below to check out Amazon Smile and give while you shop!
Second Stage Amherst is proud to have earned GuideStar's Silver Seal!
Please consider a donation to Second Stage - the heART of Amherst County!
A new writers' group is meeting at Second Stage.There will be critiques, writing prompts, speakers, discussions, and maybe an occasional contest! For more information, visit
https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-pprwgMke/ 
Second Stage Amherst Receives $10,000 from Centra Foundation for New Outreach Program
The Centra Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Second Stage Amherst to fund a new outreach program, Second Helping.
The money will be used to purchase fresh foods from vendors at the Second Street Farmers’ Market at the end of each market on Thursday afternoons. The food will then be distributed to people who would otherwise not be able to access fresh foods through partnerships with Blue Ledge Meals on Wheels, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, and the Pleasant View Food Pantry. Suny Monk, President of the Second Stage Board of Directors, is delighted with the grant. “Second Stage has always been about building a stronger, better community. The funding we’ve received from the Centra Foundation will add a new dimension to the ways in which we’re able to collaborate with other hardworking groups to help our neighbors.” In celebration of this new program, Second Stage has renamed the weekly farmers’ market to Market @ Second Stage. Second Stage Amherst named Non-profit of the Year by Amherst County Chamber of Commerce!We're thrilled to have been voted the Non-profit of the Year. Many thanks to all who are helping make our mission more than just words - it's what we live each and every day.
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Second Stage | Amherst is partially supported by
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts,
the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, The Charlottesville Area Community Fund, the Andrew W. Easley and Anne O. Easley Charitable Trust, the Centra Foundation,
and many area businesses and benefactors.
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts,
the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, The Charlottesville Area Community Fund, the Andrew W. Easley and Anne O. Easley Charitable Trust, the Centra Foundation,
and many area businesses and benefactors.
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Second Stage | Amherst is at the corner of 2nd & Washington in Downtown Amherst
194 2nd St. | P. O. Box 342 | Amherst, VA 24521 | contact@secondstageamherst.org
194 2nd St. | P. O. Box 342 | Amherst, VA 24521 | contact@secondstageamherst.org
