The unofficial end to summer is coming soon, and the Town of Herndon will wrap up the season with its annual food, drink, and music festival. The Herndon Labor Day Festival, this year on Monday, September 2, 2019, is the biggest event in our area for that holiday. The outdoor celebration on the Town Green, at 777 Lynn Street downtown, features music, a craft show, food vendors, and samplings from Virginia wineries and local micro Continue Reading...
Animals, trucks, rides, and more fun at the Fairfax 4-H Fair
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com The annual Fairfax County 4-H Fair and Carnival is coming up soon! The annual event at Fairfax County's Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon takes place August 2-5, 2018. Over four days, guests can enjoy 4-H exhibits, music, food, a touch-a-truck, carnival rides, a tractor pull, community vendors, and more. Admission is free, and parking is free the first two days. The 4-H component alone has lots to see, Continue Reading...
Explore the outdoors at Herndon’s nature festival
Back-to-school time means back to classroom learning, but all year long we have our "outdoor classrooms." You can learn much about flora and fauna at the upcoming NatureFest that the Town of Herndon hosts annually. This nature festival is a free community event, this year on Sunday, September 24, 2017, from 1 pm to 5 pm at Runnymede Park, 195 Herndon Parkway. The event is for all ages but is geared to children, with special nature stations Continue Reading...
Herndon Festival: music, midway, fireworks, fun, and more
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com One of the area's best community festivals is coming up: the Herndon Festival! This four-day event, now in its 36th year, is part carnival, part music festival, and 100 percent fun for all ages. The Herndon Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, June 2-5, 2016, in downtown Herndon. Here you can enjoy carnival rides, see live entertainment, let the kids experience hands-on art in the Kids's Alley, Continue Reading...
Review: Snow White at NextStop Theatre
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Damsel in distress? Not quite. You (and your kids) may associate Snow White as a young girl who ends up lost in the woods, poisoned by her evil stepmother, and brought back from a spell by a prince. That story, based on an 1812 Brothers Grimm tale and featured classic Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (can you believe the movie turns 70 years old next year?), is not what you’ll find in Snow Continue Reading...
NextStop Theatre presents new spin on Snow White
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com NextStop Theatre is a gem in community theatre, and as many locals know, throughout the year this professional company in Herndon produces plays and musicals that delight adults and children alike. Its next production for young audiences is Snow White, April 9-24, 2016. In this new twist on the Brothers Grimm story, Snow White is a feisty heroine who defies the path set before her. NextStop says "this Continue Reading...
Review: Seussical the Musical at NextStop Theatre
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Colorful, wacky, funny, and fun, the classic stories by Dr. Seuss have delighted generations of readers. Bring some of those stories and overlap them in a stage production, and what you get is a vibrant show that brings back great memories. Seussical the Musical, playing now through December 20, 2015, at NextStop Theatre in Herndon, is based on the Broadway musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Continue Reading...
NextStop Theatre presents ‘Seussical the Musical’
NextStop Theatre in Herndon (originally known as Elden Street Players) has been entertaining audiences of all ages for year. Along with regular productions geared toward children, the professional theatre company features a holiday production each year that has proven to be a popular annual tradition with area families. This year's production is bound to be another hit: NextStop presents Seussical the Musical, based on popular works by Dr. Continue Reading...
Bradley Farm Haunted House to close after 2016 season
UPDATE Oct. 23, 2016: Event organizers have reconfirmed that this is the last year for the Bradley Farm Haunted House. This year's dates are Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, 6-10 pm. On Saturday from 1 pm to 5 pm will be the non-scary version of the haunted house for kids. By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com We have bad news and good news: The bad news is that Bradley Farm Haunted House, a community event in Herndon that has Continue Reading...
Winter is sweet with three upcoming chocolate festivals!
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.comWinter is sweet in Northern Virginia with at least three chocolate festivals coming up! These day-long events feature lots of scrumptious chocolate and family-friendly activities. They also benefit local small businesses and community organizations, so by indulging in chocolaty treats, you're also doing a good thing! Still, three festivals... can't keep track of them all? Look no further: we've Continue Reading...
