Falls Church Festival 2023: See Taste Menu, Road Closures

FALLS CHURCH, VA — The fall season will arrive with a bang in the Little City with the Falls Church Festival and Taste of Falls Church on Saturday, Sept. 23. Details have been announced for the Taste of Falls Church menu, live entertainment schedule and more.

The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the City Hall grounds, 300 Park Ave., Falls Church, VA. Along with the tastings from participating restaurants, the festival will have beer garden, live music, children's entertainment, and booths from local crafters, businesses, and civic organizations. Admission is free, but food, drinks and some activities have a cost. The event will be held rain or shine.

There will be 12 participating restaurants offering tasting menus, and a Beer Garden sponsored by Tori McKinney Rock Star Realty Group will return with beers from Audacious Aleworks and Solace Outpost. Taste tickets for food and beer are $3 each and will be available with cash at the outdoor ticket booths or inside the Falls Church Community Center with credit cards. There is no onsite ATM. Tickets will not be sold after 3:30 p.m.

Here are the participating restaurants and tasting menu items:

Baddpizza

Cheese Slice = 1 ticket

Pepperoni Slice = 1 ticket

Water/Soda = 1 ticket

Café Kindred

Reuben Sliders = 1 ticket

Ham on Cheddar Chive Biscuit = 1 ticket

Clare and Don's

Mini Quesadillas = 2 tickets

Guacamole and Chips = 2 tickets

Orange Crush (virgin) = 2 tickets

Just Water (Boxed) = 2 tickets

Harvey’s

Blackened Tuna Slider = 2 tickets

Deviled Eggs = 1 ticket

Hot N Juicy Crawfish

Crawfish Po’boy = 2 tickets

Crispy Pork Skins = 1 ticket

Fried Brownies = 1 ticket

One 1ea Taiwanese Cafe

Bubble Tea = 1 ticket

Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken = 1 ticket

Onigiri (Shrimp or Chicken) = 1 ticket

Grilled Chicken Rice Bowl =1 ticket

Open Road

Pulled BBQ Beef Sliders = 1 ticket

Rare Bird Coffee Roasters

Coffee (Hot, Iced or nitro) = 1 ticket

Iced Tea =1 ticket

Latte = 2 tickets

Vanilla Latte = 2 tickets

Mocha = 2 tickets

Morning Bread = 1 ticket

Molasses Cookie = 1 ticket

Blueberry Coffee Cake = 1 ticket

Taco Bamba

Bamba Ceviche = 1 ticket

Spicy Shroom = 1 ticket

El Rico Pollo = 1 ticket

Queso and Chips = 1 ticket

Taco Rock

Pollo Taco = 2 tickets

Chorizo & Potatoes Taco = 2 tickets

Blackened Salmon Taco = 2 tickets

Asada Fajita Taco = 2 tickets

Veggie Lover Taco = 2 tickets

Elote = 1 ticket

Chips and Salsa = 1 ticket

Add Guacamole = 1 ticket

Horchata = 2 tickets

Mexican Cola = 2 tickets

Jarritos = 2 tickets

Bottled Water = 2 tickets

Taim Mediterranean Kitchen

Mini Falafel Pita = 2 tickets

Mini Chicken Shawarma Pita =2 tickets

Falafel = 1 ticket

Hand Cut Fries = 1 ticket

Ginger Mint Lemonade = 1 ticket

Water = 1 ticket

Soda = 1 ticket

The Falls/Northside Social

Heirloom Tomato with Basil = 1 ticket

Red Quinoa Bowl = 1 ticket

Pulled Pork Sandwich = 2 tickets

Shrimp and Grits =2 Tickets

Caramel Apple Pop Tarts = 1 ticket

Iced Tea/Lemonade = 1 ticket

Solace Outpost

The Mechanical Music Pale Ale = 2 tickets

The Artificial Light Pilsner = 2 tickets

Audacious Aleworks

Highway to Helles Lager = 2 tickets

Summer Wheatley Hefeweizen = 2 tickets

Oktoberfest Lager = 2 tickets

Thirsty Work IPA = 2 tickets

As for entertainment, there will be a main stage for live music and a children's stage. Children's crafts, pony rides and amusments will be available between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Here is the live performance schedule:

Main Stage Sponsored by ROCK STAR Realty Group

• 10:15 a.m. – Meridian High School Rock Bands
• 11:30 a.m. – Song Riot
• 1 p.m. – Flowerbomb
• 2:30 p.m. – Lil Maceo

Children’s Stage Sponsored by KiPS Family Gymnastics

• 10 a.m. – Bach to Rock DJ
• 11:15 a.m. – 75th City Anniversary Kick Off
• 12:15 p.m. – Marsha and the Positrons
• 1:30 p.m. – Magician Drew Owen
• 2:45 p.m. - Marsha and the Positrons

The festival will prompt a closure of Little Falls Street between Park Avenue and Great Falls Street on Saturday, Sept. 23. Only festival and farmers market vendors will be able to access the street from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. From 10 a.m. to noon, Little Falls Street will reopen to traffic only from Great Falls Street. After noon, the road will reopen in both directions.

Parking will be available on sides streets and the Kaiser Permanente Garage. Festival attendees are asked not to park in private parking lots. Accessible parking will be available on Great Falls Street, and parking at City Hall will open after the Farmers Market ends at 12 p.m.

More information about the festival is available online.