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...
MLK Day holiday weekend events
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day is next Monday, January 15, 2018, and it's a federal holiday and day off from school for the kids. Below is our annual list for ways to enjoy the day off with your family, whether you're honoring Dr. King's legacy, spending quality time with the kids, or doing both! Our list below for local 2018 MLK Day activities and events includes: MLK remembrance Continue Reading...
ETAP kicks Christmas into high gear with new musical
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun UPDATE 12/13: We are giving away four tickets to one family to see this great show this weekend! See details at the end of this post! Every holiday season Northern Virginia families are treated to some great entertainment right here at home, by local students: it's time for the annual Christmas show by Encore Theatrical Arts Productions (ETAP)! For more than 20 years, ETAP has produced Continue Reading...
Wolf Trap Holiday Singalong: great night of free family fun!
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun What better way to get into the holiday spirit than through song? And what better place to do that than at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, the National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna? This hugely popular park and concert venue may be best known for its summer shows, but each winter it also hosts a fun and free community singalong. The Wolf Trap holiday singalong this year is on Saturday, December 2, Continue Reading...
10 reasons to love Wintergreen Resort in summer
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Wintergreen Resort: Quick, what comes to mind? If it’s images of skiing and other winter sports, that’s understandable. As one of the most popular ski resorts in Virginia, Wintergreen offers all kinds of winter fun that includes great skiing and snowboarding trails plus sliding down the state’s longest snow-tubing park. We ourselves have experienced Wintergreen during the ski season and recommend it Continue Reading...
City of Fairfax Band Association hosts children’s concert
UPDATE 7-13-2017: BECAUSE OF HEAT ADVISORIES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED INDOORS TO THE SHERWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER. By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com A fun and free summer tradition is coming up this week: the annual City of Fairfax Band Association Children's Concert! Each year, this organization hosts a fun community event to celebrate summer and keep kids interested in music. The 2017 concert takes place on Thursday, July 13, at 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...
Lake Anne Plaza debuts Roots Music, a new festival
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Calling all music lovers! Lake Anne Plaza in Reston, the site of several free concerts each year, is introducing a "roots music" festival this weekend. The waterfront residential, retail, and entertainment complex is hosting the first ever Lake Anne Roots Music Festival on the plaza on Saturday, July 8, 2017, noon to 6 pm. The free festival will offer a full day of "modern roots" performances Continue Reading...
Children’s Science Museum hosts ‘Summer of Science’
The Lab of the Children's Science Center at Fair Oaks Mall is turning two years old! We remember well when this fun place first opened (see our first photo tour and later updates!). To celebrate its second anniversary, the center is hosting a Summer of Science celebration on Saturday, June 17, 2017, with two-for-one admission at the Lab to enjoy the full museum, and a free Summer of Science celebration in the mall's Grand Court. The Summer of Continue Reading...
Encore Theatrical Arts Project presents ‘That’s Life’
A true gem in the Northern Virginia, Encore Theatrical Arts Project (ETAP) produces high-caliber musicals featuring talented youth from the community. Each Christmas season and each spring, dozens of young dancers and actors from elementary through high school tap, spin, and dance their way into our hearts. This weekend, the group presents its 21st original Broadway-style spring musical, THAT’S LIFE. The song and dance musical is about Continue Reading...
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