NoVA, DC Weekend Events: Boo At The Zoo, Fall Harvest Festival, Haunts

VIRGINIA — As Halloween approaches, there are plenty of seasonal events to enjoy around Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.

If you're in for a scare, check out haunts like Haunt: Game Over, Frights At Height, Cox Farms Fields of Fear, Haunted Historic House & Cemetery Tour and ScreamLoco. For not-so-scary fun, visit fall festivals like Cox Farms Fall Festival, Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park, Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival, Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch And Sunflower Fields, Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Fest and Braehead Farm Fall Festival.

This weekend only, top seasonal events include Boo at the Zoo, Old Town Alexandria Oktoberfest, Fall Harvest Festival, Old Town Fairfax Fall Crawl, Reston Home Tour, Loudoun Latino Festival, Cathedral Commons Fall Festival, FXBG Pet Palooza, Stadiumlinks at Nationals Park, Pride of Baltimore Tall Ship visit and Springfield Town Center Fall Fest.

Below is a full roundup of local events from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday, Oct. 22.

Friday, Oct. 20

• Boo at the Zoo, Washington, DC (through Oct. 22)
• Stadiumlinks at Nationals Park, Washington, DC (through Oct. 22)
• Deep Sky Opens at the Airbus IMAX Theater, Chantilly
• Fridays at the Fountain, Arlington
• Pride of Baltimore Tall Ship visit, Alexandria (through Oct. 22)
• Wright At Twilight, Woodlawn
• Middleburg Film Festival, Middleburg
• Old Town Oyster Week, Alexandria (through Oct. 22)
• DC's LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Reel Affirmations, Washington, DC (select days through Oct. 29)
• 2023 Fall Symposium | Army Leadership: From Washington To Powell, Fort Belvoir
• Brick-Or-Treat Monster Party At LEGO® Discovery Center, Springfield
• Fall Book Sale at Centreville Regional Library, Centreville
• Great Falls Studio Tour, Great Falls (through Oct. 22)
• Cirque Du Soleil Presents The U.S. Premiere Of "ECHO," Tysons (through Oct. 22)
• Frights At Height, Springfield (select days through Oct. 28)
• Haunted Historic House & Cemetery Tour, Dumfries (through Oct. 28)
• Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Fest, Reston (select dates through Oct. 29)
• Braehead Farm Fall Festival, Fredericksburg (select dates through Oct. 29)
• Haunt: Game Over, Lorton (through Oct. 31)
• “Sights and Sounds of Early Herndon,” Herndon (through Oct. 31)
• Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival, Bluemont (through Oct. 31)
• Old Town Haunt - Fairfax City Ghost Tour, Fairfax (through Oct. 31)
• Brick-Or-Treat: Monster Party Kid’s Halloween Event at LEGO Discovery Center Washington, D.C., Springfield (through Oct. 31)
• Cox Farms Fall Festival, Centreville (select days through Nov. 7)
• Cox Farms Fields of Fear, Centreville (select days through Nov. 4)
• ScreamLoco, Dulles (select days through Nov. 4)
• Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park, Leesburg (through Nov. 7)

Saturday, Oct. 21

• Old Town Alexandria Oktoberfest at John Carlyle Square, Alexandria
• Washington DC Out of the Darkness Walk, Washington, DC
• Fall Harvest Festival, Mount Vernon (through Oct. 22)
• 2023 4th Annual Race to End Vet Suicide & Heroes Fest -IGY6, Fredericksburg
• Reston Home Tour, Reston
• FXBG Pet Palooza, Fredericksburg (through Oct. 22)
• Old Town Fairfax Fall Crawl, Fairfax
• Potomac Music's Second Annual Fall Fest, Lorton
• Spirits of Brentsville Haunted History Trail, Bristow
• Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge Fall Flea Market-Arts & Crafts Fair, Fort Hunt
• Del Ray Vintage & Flea MINI MARKET, Alexandria
• Chalk Walk, Alexandria
• Fall Festival, Tysons
• Colorful Pumpkins at Sully Historic Site, Chantilly
• 3rd Annual Beer & Wine Festival at Bear Chase Brewing Company, Bluemont
• Rock the Park DC WKNDR 2023 / Free Music Festival, Washington, DC
• Community Fall Festival, McLean
• Goat Yoga Halloween, Nokesville
• Fall Festival At Pender Village, Fairfax
• Fall Eclectic Music Festival, Ashburn
• Royals Run 10K & 5K Run/Walk, Fairfax Station
• Springfield Town Center Fall Fest, Springfield
• HFNA Community Yard Sale, Fairfax
• Bristow Center Trick-or-Treat Event, Bristow
• Spooky Mad Science Expo, Alexandria
• Dreaming Out Loud 6th Annual Fall Festival, Washington, DC
• Fall Festival, Fredericksburg
• Mason Trunk Or Treat, Fairfax
• Flocking PINK on the Potomac 5K for Breast Cancer Awareness, King George
• SHERO Community Walk, Washington, DC
• Trunk or Treat, Ashburn
• Church Yard Sale, Woodbridge
• Halloween Movies in the Park, Fredericksburg
• VolunteerFest: Food Drive for Britepaths, Fairfax
• Fall Festival, Stafford
• Ghost Doctors' Ghost Hunting Adventure in Historic Old Town Manassas, Manassas
• Goblin Golf At Burke Lake Park, Fairfax Station (through Oct. 22)
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch And Sunflower Fields, Leesburg (select days through Oct. 31)

Sunday, Oct. 22

• Loudoun Latino Festival, Leesburg
• Cathedral Commons Fall Festival, Washington, DC
• Trunk or Treat & Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Vienna
• Cathedral Brass Concert, Vienna
• The Fairfax Choral Society Presents "To Thee All Angels Cry Aloud," Clifton
• Aslin Oysterfest, Herndon
• Free Movie Screening & Turkish Coffee Tasting Event, Reston
• Trunk or Treat and Pet Blessings, Sterling
• Petting Zoo Hosts Oktoberfest For Kids, Tysons

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