Thanks to LightUP Fest for inviting us on a media preview! By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun LightUP Fest, the largest lights festival on the East Coast, is brightening the holiday season at One Loudoun in Ashburn, Virginia. The season-long festival brings dozens of installations, with more than one million lights, to One Loudoun in Loudoun County November 8, 2018 through January 2, 2019. The culture-rich lights exhibit that 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...
Community fun at the Fall for Fairfax KidsFest
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com One of the most fun traditions in our area each autumn is the Fall for Fairfax KidsFest! This two-day event is a celebration of the changing of the seasons and an opportunity for local children to enjoy non-stop fun. The event features midway rides, live performances, plenty of games and attractions, crafting stations, community vendors, and more. Think of it like the big annual Celebrate Fairfax festival Continue Reading...
Virginia Indian Festival honors Native American culture
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com September will soon be here, and while many are thinking of back-to-school time, this month also means the return of the The Virginia Indian Festival, which this year takes place on Saturday, September 8, 2018. This Native American festival that Fairfax County Park Authority hosts is one of our favorite events and one that each year we try not to miss. Our son loves Native American culture and we all get Continue Reading...
Herndon Festival: Four days of free fun
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com One of Northern Virginia's biggest community festivals is this weekend: the Herndon Festival! This four-day event, celebrating its 38th year, combines a carnival with music, art, fireworks, and more. The Herndon Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, May 31-June 3, 2018, in downtown Herndon. The festival includes carnival rides, live entertainment on multiple stages, an arts and crafts show, Continue Reading...
Celebrate Black History Month at local events
February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada, a time to remember important people and events in African-American history. Here are some celebrations and special events taking place in or near Fairfax County and Washington, DC, in 2018. Sat., February 3 (exhibit through March 2) – Manassas, VA Ayeye: A Retrospective of Black History Month To commemorate Black History Month, the Center for the Arts has scheduled an Continue Reading...
Amazing Halloween Art: Carved Pumpkins in Centreville
Originally published in 2015; updated in 2017. By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com It's a ritual well-known to many families: lay out newspapers for a work area, grab a big knife, cut, clean out the "guts," and carve away. What starts as a pumpkin ends up as a jack-o-lantern: sometimes basic, sometimes more elaborate. But for one Centerville family, creating jack-o-lanterns goes beyond a quick Halloween activity -- it is a passion and a Continue Reading...
Celebrate Fairfax brings back favorites, adds new features
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com It's almost here: Northern Virginia's largest community festival, a three-day celebration with an incredible amount of fun! The Celebrate Fairfax Festival, June 9-11, 2017, features dozens of concerts with local and celebrity bands, dancing and other live entertainment, kids' activities, unique fun, animals to pet and watch perform, nightly fireworks, and more. The event, celebrating its 36 year, takes Continue Reading...
Kennedy Center Open House celebrates JFK’s 100th birthday
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun This coming Memorial Day Monday, May 29, President John F. Kennedy would have turned 100 years old. To celebrate him, his namesake concert venue is opening its doors to the community for a completely free and full day of fun. The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, is hosting an open house this Saturday, May 27, with a wide variety of performances inside and out. The event will feature live music, art, Continue Reading...
Family travel: Three days in Manchester, Vermont
This post is part of our series highlighting family travel in Manchester, Vermont. Also see our post on the Wilburton Inn and historic Hildene. By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun There's never enough time. If you travel as we do -- wanting to see as much of an area as possible -- there is just never enough time to see it all. Even if you are highly organized. Even if the place you are visiting was supposed to be a relatively quiet little Continue Reading...
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