Street Painting Fest, Airshow, Clarendon Day: Top DC, NoVA Weekend Events

VIRGINIA — As September wraps up, there's plenty of family fun for the whole family to enjoy this weekend around Northern Virginia and D.C.

Fall festivities are underway, as well as early Halloween haunts. A few of the fall festivals and Halloween attractions to check out include Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park, Cox Farms Fall Festival, Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Festival, Braehead Farm Fall Festival, Belvedere Plantation Fall Harvest Festival, Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch, Great Country Farms Corn Maze and Apple Harvest, Cox Farms Fields of Fear and Haunted Hollow.

Other top events in the region this weekend are Occoquan Fall Arts & Crafts Show, Mosaic Fall Festival, Virginia Beer Festival, Leesburg Airshow, Via Colori Stafford Street Painting Festival, Smithsonian Craft2Wear, Manassas Latino Festival, Clarendon Day, and Brentsville Day.

Be sure to check the weather forecast and event status with organizers. Some outdoor events have already announced cancellations on Friday due to the forecast as Tropical Storm Helene brings rain. In D.C. National Weather Service expects showers to continue mainly after 3 p.m. as well as showers and thunderstorms overnight. On Saturday, rain will give way to partly sunny conditions with a high in the 80s and low below 70. A chance of scattered showers returns Saturday night mainly after 8 p.m., and showers could happen Sunday after 2 p.m. and at night.

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Below is a full roundup of local events from Friday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Sept. 29.

Friday, Sept. 27

• Old Town Cocktail Week, Alexandria (through Oct. 6)
• Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park, Leesburg (select days through Nov. 5)
• Circus Vazquez, Tysons (through Oct. 6)
• Smithsonian Craft2Wear, Washington, DC (through Sept. 29)
• Rock The Block, Fairfax
• Theatre Week, Washington, DC (through Oct. 13)
• Summer Concert Series at Nationals Park: Lady A, Washington, DC
• Oktoberfest, Falls Church
• Oktoberfest at Dirt Farm, Bluemont
• ValeArts Fall 2024 Art Show And Sale, Oakton
• Haunted Hollow, Warrenton (weekends only through Oct. 26)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert, Washington, DC (through Sept. 28)
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch, Leesburg (through Oct. 31)
• Great Country Farms Corn Maze and Apple Harvest, Bluemont (through Sept. 30)

Saturday, Sept. 28

• Occoquan Fall Arts & Crafts Show, Occoquan (through Sept. 29)
• Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Festival opens (weekends through Oct. 27)
• Mosaic Fall Festival, Merrifield (through Sept. 29)
• Braehead Farm Fall Festival opens, Fredericksburg (select days through Oct. 27)
• Cox Farms Fall Festival, Centreville (select days through Nov. 5, closed on Sept. 27)
• Cox Farms Fields of Fear, Centreville (select days through Nov. 2, closed on Sept. 27)
• Belvedere Plantation Fall Harvest Festival, Fredericksburg (select days through Nov. 2, closed on Nov. 27)
• Virginia Beer Festival, Arlington
• Leesburg Airshow, Leesburg
• Clarendon Day, Arlington
• Manassas Latino Festival, Manassas
• Oktoberfest at John Carlyle Square, Alexandria
• National Landing Oktoberfest, Arlington
• Brentsville Day, Bristow
• Via Colori Stafford Street Painting Festival, Fredericksburg
• McLean Community Center's Harvest Happenings, McLean
• Motts 50th Anniversary Celebration, Fredericksburg
• Irish Folk Festival, Herndon
• Dulles 5K/10K, Chantilly
• Reston Association's 85-Family Community Yard Sale, Reston
• Saint Ann Fall Festival, Arlington
• Oktoberfest at Bunnyman Brewing Cafe, Lorton
• Strangefest Music and Arts Festival, Fredericksburg
• Pimmit Hills Day, Falls Church
• Free Admission For National Public Lands Day, Great Falls Park
• George Mason Space Day, Fairfax
• Bug Fest, Springfield
• Food for Others Tysons 5K & Fun Run, Tysons
• DOGTOBERFEST, Tysons
• Run Geek Run, Alexandria
• Community Block Party at Historic Kenmore, Fredericksburg
• Northern Alexandria Native Plant Sale, Alexandria

Sunday, Sept. 29

• Walk to End Alzheimer's, Reston
• The Haunted Wine Tours, Centreville (select days through Oct. 31)
• End of Summer Bark Bash: Free Outdoor Dog Event, Arlington