Clarendon Day, Other Local Festivals Coming To Arlington This Weekend

ARLINGTON, VA — Clarendon Day, one of Arlington’s largest street festivals, is returning Sept. 24 after getting canceled the previous two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The festival, which will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, will have a central music stage, a large Kidszone, arts and crafts vendors, business and nonprofit exhibitors, plenty of great food from local and regional restaurants, craft beers, and Virginia wines.

Road closures in the Clarendon area will start at 3 a.m. Saturday and last until 10 a.m. for the Clarendon Day event. The road closures include:

• Wilson Boulevard, from N. Highland Street to Washington Boulevard
• Clarendon Boulevard, from Washington Boulevard to N. Garfield Street
• N. Highland Street, from 11th Street N. to Wilson Boulevard
• N. Herndon Street, from Wilson Boulevard to alleyway behind CVS
• N. Hudson Street, from Wilson Boulevard to alleyway behind CVS
• Southbound N. Highland Street, from N. Hartford Street to Wilson Boulevard

Also on Saturday, the 2022 Prio Bangla Multicultural Street Festival will take place in the Arlington Heights neighborhood and will begin at 11 a.m. To accommodate the event, 9th Street S., from S. Highland Street to S. Walter Reed Drive, will be closed from about 6 a.m. on Saturday to midnight.

The 2022 Beckett’s Celtic Festival will take place in the Shirlington neighborhood on Saturday and will begin at noon. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Campbell Avenue, from S. Randolph Street to 28th Street S. (alleyway to Harris Teeter), will be closed to accommodate the event.

On Sunday, the 2022 Valley Fest will take place near Four Mile Run Drive and will begin at noon. S. Oakland Street, from S. Four Mile Run Drive to S. Nelson Street, will closed from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday to accommodate the event.