2025 Northern VA Fall Fun Guide: Fall Festivals, Parades, More

The autumnal equinox on Monday, Sept. 22, signals the official arrival of fall, but the season is already in full swing in Northern Virginia with events such as corn mazes, hay rides, fall festivals and harvest events.

Sunny days and crisp evenings are perfect for outdoor fun. One can’t-miss event is Cox Farms Fall Festival and its accompanying Halloween haunt Cox Farms Fields of Fear.

But that’s just the beginning of fun activities taking place over the next couple of months.

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Festivals

• Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Fall Fest: Sept. 20-Nov. 4
• Patawomeck Fall Festival: Sept. 20
• Dumfries Fall Festival: Sept. 20
• Reston Farms Fall Festival: weekends, Sept. 27-Oct. 27
• Occoquan Fall Arts & Crafts Show: Sept. 27-28
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch and Sunflower Fields: Sept. 27-Nov. 2
• Clarendon Day: Sept. 27
• Wilderness Fall Festival: Sept. 28, Oct. 19
• Fall Festival at Fair Oaks Mall: Oct. 4
• Rosslyn Fall Fest: Oct. 4
• Art on the Avenue: Oct. 4
• Manassas Fall Jubilee: Oct. 4
• 18th Annual MPAartfest: Oct. 5
• Fall Wine Festival at Mount Vernon: Oct. 10-12
• 49th Annual City of Fairfax Fall Festival: Oct. 11
• Celebrate Purcellville Fall Festival: Oct. 11
• Ethiopian Fall Festival: Oct. 12
• Farm Harvest Festival At Frying Pan Farm Park: Oct. 17
• Centreville Day: Oct. 18
• Fall Harvest Family Days at Mount Vernon: Oct. 18-19
• Alexandria Fall-O-Ween: Nov. 1

Corn Mazes and Hayrides

• Belvedere Plantation Fall Festival: Sept. 13-Nov. 1, Thursdays to Sundays
• Great Country Farms Pumpkin Picking and Corn Maze, Sept. 19-Oct. 31
• Great Country Farms Family Flashlight Corn Maze Nights: Sept. 20 and 27
• Cox Farms Fall Festival: Sept. 20-Nov. 9, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• Braehead Farm Fall Festival: weekends Sept. 27-Oct. 26
• Great Country Farms Adult Corn Maze Night: Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25

Running events (marathons, 5K)

• Food for Others Tysons 5K & Fun Run: Sept. 27
• Run Geek Run: Sept. 28
• 6th Annual Live4Lane Mental Health Awareness 2.5K/5K Walk & Run: Oct. 4
• Grand African Run: Oct. 11
• The Braden James 5K Rainbow Run/Walk: Oct. 18
• Marine Corps Marathon: Oct. 26
• Vienna Turkey Trot: Nov. 23
• Alexandria Turkey Trot: Nov. 27

Halloween events/haunted houses

• Cox Farms Fields of Fear: Sept. 26-Nov. 8, Fridays and Saturdays and Sunday, Oct. 12
• Madhaunter's Madhouse: Sept. 27-Nov. 1, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays except Sept. 28
• Milltown Haunt: Oct. 3-31, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays except Oct. 5
• Workhouse Haunt: Apokalypse – Kingdom Of Shadows: Oct. 10-Nov. 1, Fridays through Sundays
• Halls of Hysteria: Oct. 10-Nov. 1, Fridays and Saturdays and Thursday, Oct. 30
• Hauntings at Loudoun Museum: Oct. 16-18
• Factory of Fear, The Horror Hotel: Oct. 17-18, 24-25
• Trick-or-Treating at Mount Vernon: Oct. 25
• Patawomeck Halloween Festival: Oct. 25
• Air & Scare: Oct. 25
• Manassas Haunted Happenings: Oct. 25
• The Annandale Parade: Oct. 25
• Occoquan Costume Parade and Contest: Oct. 25
• Falls Church Halloween Carnival: Oct. 25
• Clifton Haunted Trail: Oct. 25
• 29th Annual Del Ray Halloween Parade: Oct. 26
• Old Town Manassas Fall-O-Ween: Oct. 26
• Reston Trick Or Treat On Market Street: Oct. 26
• Vienna Halloween Parade: Oct. 29
• Leesburg Halloween Parade: Oct. 30
• The Official Halloween Bar Crawl Alexandria: Oct. 31
• Halloween At The PARC: Oct. 31
• Lake Anne Trick Or Treat: Oct. 31