By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun It's almost time for the Fourth of July! That means food, family and friends, and fireworks! As far as your pets are concerned, they probably love food and like (or at least tolerate!) your friends and family, but when it comes to fireworks, most pets are NOT fans. Every year around this time plenty of articles with Fourth of July pet safety tips spring up, and with good reason, too: According to Petfinder, Continue Reading...
2020 Independence Day in DC and NoVa
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Let freedom ring! As much as possible, anyway! To say that the year 2020 is unusual would be a great understatement. In late winter, when the COVID-19 coronavirus began spreading in the United States, no one imagined than keeping social distance and quarantining for a few weeks would become months, with not just spring but summer activities cancelled. And here we are, right before the Fourth of July. What Continue Reading...
Fourth of July Fireworks & Festivals in Northern Virginia & DC
Celebrate Independence Day in Northern Virginia and DC! We're lucky to live so close to Washington DC, and being in DC for the big National Fourth of July parade and A Capitol Fourth concert and fireworks is something you definitely need to experience at least a few times. But if you want to be "closer to home," we also have many fun options for Fourth of July celebrations in Fairfax County or right on the border to us. From huge daylong Continue Reading...
Kick off the season at the Wolf Trap Summer Blast-off!
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Summer is almost here, and that means many of us will be enjoying fun concerts and other shows at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. On Sunday, May 26, 2019, you can kick off summer at Wolf Trap's annual Summer Blast-off, a FREE community event that includes music and fireworks! The annual tradition takes place every Sunday before Memorial Day. Since the following Monday is a Continue Reading...
Celebrate Fairfax kicks off summer
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com It won't be summer officially for a couple more weeks, but for many people in Fairfax, it sure feels like summer has formally begun when Celebrate Fairfax arrives. The three-day celebration, taking place June 8-10, 2018, is Northern Virginia's largest community festival. This all-ages event features dozens of concerts (from national headlining acts, local bands, and community performers), plus other live 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...
Alexandria fireworks: music, fun, and birthday cake!
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com If the rain yesterday put a damper on your fireworks show, you still have this Saturday to look forward to. The City of Alexandria in Virginia hosts an annual "Alexandria and USA Birthday" celebration with music, birthday cake, and one of the very best fireworks shows in the area. Each year, on the Saturday following the fourth of July, the City of Alexandria puts on this fun, free community event to Continue Reading...
Celebrate Fairfax: we’re sending two families for free!
The three-day Celebrate Fairfax, coming up June 9-11, 2017, is already a great deal: when you buy your tickets (for one day or more) you get: A 25-acre playground of sorts for all ages with amazing concerts, family programs, carnival rides, community exhibits, and more More than 130 performances on eight stages, with an exceptional line-up of national, regional and local artists, including headliners Bush and Everclear with special Continue Reading...
Happy Birthday, Alexandria and USA
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Happy birthday, Alexandria and USA! Every year the City of Alexandria in Virginia celebrates its birthday shortly after our country celebrates Independence Day. The Alexandria and USA birthday celebration always takes place after the big Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC, so it's a good opportunity to celebrate all over again or to "catch up" if you traveled out of town Continue Reading...
Post-Fourth of July Independence Day fireworks shows
Independence Day in the nation's capital was a wet, breezy, and cloudy one in 2016, but the skies cleared up just enough to see most local fireworks show go on as planned that evening, even if they weren't the best, causing a big network to improvise on its broadcast. Even so, there are a few more opportunities coming up so see big fireworks shows, so if you "sat out" any of the other festivals or just want to see another fireworks display in Continue Reading...
