Chocolate And Coffee Festival, Holiday Craft Shows: DC, NoVA Weekend Events

VIRGINIA — Mid-November is here, gradually introducing more holiday events on the weekends in Northern Virginia and D.C.

If you want to get in the holiday spirit, check out the Holiday Kick-Off Celebration at Tysons Corner Center and Tree Lighting Festival in Leesburg.

It's not too early to start holiday shopping. Some of the notable events this weekend are the Cherrydale Holiday Market in Arlington, The Closet's Annual Everything Christmas Sale in Herndon, Holiday Sip and Shop in Occoquan, Holiday Craft & Gift Show in Manassas, Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge FALL Flea Market-Arts & Crafts Fair in Fort Hunt, Holiday Market at Segra Field in Leesburg, Broad Run High School Band Holiday Market in Ashburn, A Vintage Affair at Canal Center in Alexandria and more.

Holiday lights are ongoing attractions that residents can enjoy throughout the season. The Ice and Lights at Cameron Run Regional Park, Bull Run Festival of Lights, Meadowlark Winter Walk of Lights and Winter Lantern Festival are open for the season.

Other notable events include DMV Chocolate And Coffee Festival in Chantilly, Washington, DC Dessert Festival in D.C., Astronomy Festival at Turner Farm in Great Falls and NVA Thai Street Food & Culture Festival in Manassas.

Below is a full roundup of local events from Friday, Nov. 15 to Sunday, Nov. 17.

Friday, Nov. 15

• Holiday Kick-Off Celebration at Tysons Corner Center, Tysons
• Over the River and Through the Woods Flower Show, Washington, DC (through Nov. 16)
• Statesmen Theatre "Metamorphoses," Falls Church (through Nov. 17)
• Friendsgiving at Lost Boy Cider, Alexandria
• The Closet's Annual Everything Christmas Sale, Herndon (through Nov. 16)
• Umbrella Art Fair, Washington, DC (through Nov. 17)
• Moonlight Monument Walk on the Mount Vernon Trail, Arlington
• Holiday Sip and Shop, Occoquan
• Loudoun Symphony Orchestra Presents Classical Odysseys, Ashburn (through Nov. 16)
• Encore Stage & Studio's production of Disney's The Lion King Jr., Arlington (through Nov. 24)
• Dino Fest, Bluemont (select dates through Nov. 24)
• Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience, Leesburg (select dates)
• Santa Photos at Tysons Corner Center, Tysons (through Dec. 24)
• Photos with Santa at Dulles Town Center, Sterling, (through Dec. 24)
• Santa Photos at Fair Oaks Mall, Springfield (through Dec. 24)
• Santa Photos at Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, Arlington (through Dec. 24)
• Photos with Santa at Springfield Town Center, Springfield (through Dec. 24)
• Santa Photos at Spotsylvania Towne Centre, Fredericksburg (through Dec. 24)
• Ice and Lights at Cameron Run Regional Park, Alexandria (through Jan. 5)
• Bull Run Festival of Lights, Centreville (through Jan. 5)
• Meadowlark Winter Walk of Lights, Vienna (through Jan. 5)
• Winter Lantern Festival, Tysons (through Jan. 12)
• Disney's Encanto X CAMP, Tysons (through Jan. 5)
• Reston Town Center Ice Skating Pavilion, Reston (through March 9)

Saturday, Nov. 16

• Tree Lighting Festival, Leesburg
• DMV Chocolate And Coffee Festival, Chantilly
• Washington, DC Dessert Festival, Washington, DC (through Nov. 17)
• Catoctin Holiday Art Tour, Lovettsville (through Nov. 17)
• Holiday Craft & Gift Show, Manassas
• WICKED "Welcome to OZ!" Washington, DC
• 2024 Fall Run for the Wounded 5k, 10k, & Half, Triangle
• Exoticon Manassas, Manassas
• Cherrydale Holiday Market, Arlington
• Alexandria Citizens Bans Swing Band Fall Concert, Alexandria
• Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge FALL Flea Market-Arts & Crafts Fair, Fort Hunt
• 2024 Pumpkin Smash — Hope & Serenity Farm Sanctuary, Nokesville
• Holiday Bazaar Craft Fair, King George
• Astronomy Festival, Great Falls
• Rotary Club of Herndon-Reston's Patriotic Pancake Breakfast for our Herndon and Reston Veterans, Herndon
• Fairfax City Holiday Craft Show, Fairfax
• 14th Annual Christmas Market, Lorton
• Santa's Workshop, Sterling
• Holiday Entertainments, Mount Vernon (select dates)
• Fall Festival at Shipgarten, Tysons
• Broad Run High School Band Holiday Market, Ashburn
• SIX - The Musical: Teen Edition, Arlington
• A Vintage Affair at Canal Center, Alexandria
• Vienna Moose Lodge Tribute Feast, Vienna
• Ghost Doctors' Ghost Hunting Tour in Historic Old Town Manassas, Manassas

Sunday, Nov. 17

• NVA Thai Street Food & Culture Festival, Manassas
• Holiday Market at Segra Field, Leesburg
• Light Pollution Awareness & Dark Skies Day, Vienna
• Frozen Brunch in Arendelle with the Snow Sisters, Occoquan
• 6th Annual Tysons Rotary 5K Turkey Trot, Tysons
• DISNEY IN CONCERT: A Dream Is A Wish, Tysons
• Spiderman And Elsa Host Kids And Family Festival, Tysons