By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Christmas is still weeks away, but if you want to attend one of the area's most popular holiday events, you need to plan for this one-day sale soon: Virginia Railway Express (VRE) has set the date for its Santa Train ticket sales! Each year VRE hosts a series of “Santa Train” rides that serve as a public safety awareness campaign and a fun family outing. The VRE Santa Train is a very popular event Continue Reading...
Halloween night events in Northern Virginia
Halloween week is here! By now you have probably enjoyed several Halloween events and fall festivals. But if you're looking for more, don't worry, there are several Halloween night events coming up still! Yup, if you're looking for some family fun on October 31 itself, you have several good choices! Maybe your neighborhood is not the best for trick-or-treating. Maybe you prefer something earlier in the day, or indoors. Or maybe you're looking Continue Reading...
Teal Pumpkin Project: the allergy-friendly Halloween campaign
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Fun costumes, good times with friends, lots of free candy... if you celebrate Halloween, what's not to love about it? For most people who celebrate the holiday, Halloween is a carefree good time. But for some families, Halloween can be a stressful time if they're on "hyper-alert" for food allergies. While most kids are happily taking candy from trick-or-treating, others are carefully sorting out which Continue Reading...
Win passes to Leesburg Animal Park Pumpkin Village!
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Open year-round, Leesburg Animal Park is a popular site for families and animal lovers in Virginia. With dozens of animals from all over the world (mostly outside, but with a few indoor exhibits), an indoor playground, live shows, a gift shop, and more, there's plenty to do. But in the fall the fun kicks up a notch with Pumpkin Village, Leesburg Animal Park's autumn festival. The outdoor fall festival Continue Reading...
The Glow returns to Northern Virginia!
Looking for Halloween inspiration? If you want to make something unique for your jack-o-lantern this year, get inspiration from thousands of carved pumpkins at THE GLOW: A Jack O’Lantern Experience this month. The huge outdoor display, which made its Northern Virginia debut last in 2017, returns to Lake Fairfax Park for all of October. Now through October 28, 2018 (on Thursday through Sunday nights), stroll through the park to see more Continue Reading...
Halloween parades put spooky fun on display
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Celebrating Halloween these days goes beyond trick-or-treating or touring a haunted house. Many communities also host parties, festivals, and other events, including Halloween parades! These are fun ways to watch kids (and sometimes pets!) stroll by in their costumes and even see some neat floats. Below are some of the larger Halloween parades coming up soon in Northern Virginia. If big crowds are not your Continue Reading...
Meet the new Potomac Mills Chuck E. Cheese’s!
Thanks to Chuck E. Cheese’s for inviting us to the grand re-opening of the Potomac Mills restaurant! By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun If you’re familiar with the legend of the phoenix, you’ve heard the story of how it emerged from the ashes, some say better than before. Earlier this year, a fire that started outside the restaurant damaged the Chuck E. Cheese’s location in Potomac Mills, closing it over many months. Now this Chuck E. Continue Reading...
Tour Godspeed, a settlers’ ship, at Portside in Old Town fest
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun The Portside in Old Town Festival (details at the end of this article) takes place this weekend, and a special attraction is a visit by the tall ship Godspeed. This re-creation of a historic ship is usually "home" at the Jamestown Settlement living history museum, but it's making a stop in Northern Virginia after visiting Baltimore for Fleet Week. Godspeed is one of the three ships that brought Continue Reading...
Hot Wheels Legends Tour rolls into Northern Virginia
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Calling all fans of Hot Wheels: this means many kids AND their parents! If you've ever wished you had a Hot Wheels car in real life, here's your chance to at least see one -- the Hot Wheels Legends tour is coming to Northern Virginia this week! Hot Wheels launched the original “Sweet 16” die-cast cars in 1968, and now, in honor of the 50th anniversary, its Legends tour brings real-life replicas to Continue Reading...
Local fire stations host annual open house events
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com October is a perfect time to enjoy a fall festival, go apple picking, plan for the holidays -- and make sure your home is safe from fires. Each year, local fire departments host, as do many others across the country, a Fire Prevention Week Open House. This year, national Fire Prevention Week runs October 7-13, 2018. Local events related to this take place primarily on Saturdays, October 6 and October Continue Reading...
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