2024 Vienna Fall Fun Guide: Halloween Parade, Fall Festivals, More

VIENNA, VA — The autumnal equinox on Sunday, Sept. 22, signals the official arrival of fall, but the season is in full swing in the Vienna area with everything from fall festivals and hayrides to corn mazes and other harvest events.

Sunny days and crisp evenings are perfect for outdoor fun. One can’t-miss event is the 78th annual Vienna Halloween Parade on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. along Maple Avenue. This year's theme is "Party Like it's 1999," and the grand marshal is the Vienna Teen Foundation.

But that’s just the beginning of fun activities taking place over the next couple of months. Below, find the 2024 Patch Guide to Fall Fun in the Vienna area:

Festivals

• Chillin' on Church: Sept. 20
• Vienna Oktoberfest: Oct. 5
• Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Open House: Oct. 12
• Falls Church Festival: Sept. 14
• Tysons Corner Center Fall Festival: Sept. 14
• Capital One Center Perchfest: Sept. 20 to 21
• Reston Multicultural Festival: Sept. 21
• Mosaic Fall Festival: Sept. 28 to 29
• McLean Community Center's Harvest Happenings: Sept. 28
• Falls Church Farm Day: Oct. 5
• City of Fairfax Fall Festival: Oct. 12

Fall Festivals/Corn Mazes

• Cox Farms Fall Festival: Sept. 14 to Nov. 5
• Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park: Sept. 21 to Nov. 5
• Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Festival: Sept. 28 to Oct. 27
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch: Sept. 28 to Oct. 31
• Great Country Farms Corn Maze and Apple Harvest: Aug. 31 to Sept. 30
• Great Country Farms Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival: Oct. 1 to 31

Hayrides

• Krop's Crops
• Cox Farms Fall Festival
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch
• Great Country Farms Corn Maze and Apple Harvest
• Great Country Farms Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival
• Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park

Running events (marathons, 5K)

• McLean 5K: Oct. 5
• Vienna Cops and Kids Fun Run: Oct. 13
• Vienna Turkey Trot: Nov. 24

Halloween events/haunted houses

• Cox Farms Fields of Fear: Sept. 20 to Nov. 2
• Workhouse Haunt: Twisted Tales of Terror: Oct. 4 to Nov. 2
• Madhunter's Madhouse: Oct. 1 to Nov. 2
• Halloween on the Green: Oct. 12
• Markoff's Haunted Forest: Sept. 27 to Nov. 2
• Meadowlark's Halloween Scavenger Hunt: Oct. 12 to 31
• Old Firehouse’s Festival of Frights & Trunk or Treat: Oct. 26
• Falls Church Halloween Carnival: Oct. 26