The last Saturday in April will be full of fun in Suffolk, as a number of organizations are hosting events throughout the city designed to entertain, raise money and bring attention to good causes. Here are a few things to put on your calendar. Schedule wisely, and you may be able to get to all of them.

Train station to host craft show

The Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum will have fun for all ages this Saturday.

The museum, located at 326 N. Main St., will have a spring arts and crafts show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists and crafters will sell their wares, and live music will be held on the front porch. In addition, the gift shop and museum will be open for visitors to browse.

“There’s a wide variety of things they’re going to be selling,” said Marie Carmean, director of the museum, which is owned by the Suffolk Nansemond Historical Society.

Artists will offer a range of items including glass art, gourd art, cloth items, paintings, wooden toys, jewelry, soap and candles.

Entertainment will include guitar player and singer Linda Ziegenfus in the morning, acoustic trio Dancing with Dragons in the early afternoon, and the Suffolk Children’s Chorus rounding out the day’s entertainment.

“It will be very informal,” Carmean said. “People can come and go. I think they’ll really be pleased.”

For more information on the event, call 923-4750.

Fly-in comes to Suffolk

The Virginia Regional Festival of Flight will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Suffolk Executive Airport.

“A lot of people find aviation pretty exciting,” said DeWitt Whittington, the public relations chairman for the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight. “The big thing about this event is just to learn a lot more about aviation, and especially private aviation.”

A variety of aircraft, from powered parachutes to home-built planes, will be on display. The “Spirit of Freedom,” a flying museum commemorating the Berlin Airlift operations that kept the people of Soviet-controlled East Berlin alive for 15 months in 1948 and 1949, also will be in attendance.

The event includes workshops and forums, educational displays, hands-on activities and even free flights for children ages 8 to 17 on Sunday, with a parent’s signature.

The fly-in lasts from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Parking is free, but there is an entrance fee of $10 for people age 14 and older. For more information, call 804-358-4333 beforehand, or 757-514-4410 during the Festival of Flight. You can also visit www.VirginiaFlyIn.org.

March of Dimes hosts March for Babies

The March of Dimes is gearing up for its Suffolk March for Babies. The event supports the March of Dimes, which funds research to prevent birth defects, premature birth, infertility and other problems affecting babies and new parents.

“We can truly see where the money is going to research and the research is making a difference,” said Tara Moore, walk chair for the Suffolk March for Babies. “Bringing a healthy baby into the world gives them that extra push to be on track when they get into school.”

For more information on the March for Babies, visit www.marchofdimes.com/Virginia.

Master Gardeners bring plant sale

The Suffolk Master Gardeners Association will hold its annual spring plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the National Guard Armory on Godwin Boulevard. The sale offers perennials from nurseries and from private gardens, such as rosemary bushes, black-eyed Susans, shasta daisies, coneflowers, day lilies, herbs and more.

“Some of the stuff we buy from a wholesale nursery, but the majority of it is from our own gardens,” said Wanda Gerard, association president.

The money will be used to fund community projects the Master Gardeners support, such as the children’s garden at Sleepy Hole Park and landscaping for a Habitat for Humanity house.

Driver hosts shindig

The Driver Retail Merchants’ Association, Driver Ruritan Club and Berea Christian Church will sponsor a chili cook-off, cornhole tournament and used recreational vehicle sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The events will include craft sales, food vendors and entertainment and take place in the little village of Driver.

The event will include a Driver chili contest at the Harmony House. Entrants register for $15 to bring a pot of their favorite red or white chili to sell and to be judged. The first-place winner will receive a cash award. Second- and third-place winners will receive trophies. The chili cook-off will benefit the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

For the cornhole tournament, the registration fee is $20 per team. Competitors have the chance to win cash prizes. Open play is available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The used recreational vehicle sale will benefit the Driver Ruritan Club and Berea Christian Church. For a $10 fee, anyone can sell used watercrafts, campers, all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, dirt bikes and similar equipment.

In addition to the main events, there will be local artists providing live music, an antique car show, special sales in the stores and more. For more information, call 771-8595 or 538-2488.