Viva Vienna Returns With Rides, Vendors, Entertainment: See Schedule

VIENNA, VA — Every Memorial Day weekend, Vienna welcomes the summer season with its biggest festival of the year over three days. For the 41st year, Viva Vienna will return from Saturday, May 24 to Monday, May 26.

Viva Vienna dates back to May 27, 1984, when it started as a hometown celebration to celebrate Vienna businesses and organizations. The Rotary Club of Vienna organizes the festival each year, with proceeds supporting its funds provided to charities, educational causes and other community groups.

The festival is held in the area around Church, Dominion and Mill Streets and includes rides, live entertainment, food vendors, festival vendors, a Memorial Day tribute, and Brewfest. Attendance is free, but there is a cost for festival rides, food and drinks.

Attendees can view a map of the festival on its website.

Schedule

On Saturday, the festival will open with rides, entertainment and food court starting at 10 a.m. The food court will close at 8 p.m., while rides and entertainment continue until 10 p.m.

Sunday and Monday bring the addition of booths from artisans, retail, political parties and candidates, professional groups and community organizations. Church Street will be closed to traffic from Lawyers Road to Mill Street on Sunday and Monday to allow room for booths. See a full vendor map online.

On Sunday, rides, entertainment, food vendors and booths will open at 10 a.m. Booths will close at 6 p.m., followed by food vendors at 8 p.m. and rides and entertainment at 10 p.m.

Monday will have festival booths, rides entertainment and food vendors open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A Memorial Day tribute is planned at 1 p.m. on the Town Green main stage.

Live entertainment will be held on the Town Green and Lawyers Road stages. See full schedules of performances on the Viva Vienna website.

Brewfest will return to the festival on Mill Street on Sunday and Monday, offering beers from local breweries like Caboose Brewing Company and Bear Chase Brewery and wines from Vienna Vintner. Tickets are required to enter and provide three drink tickets each for one glass of beer or glass of wine. Hours are 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.

Tickets for unlimited one-day and three-day ride wristbands are also available in advance online. Ride tickets will also be sold in person at the festival.

Streets will reopen to traffic around 9 p.m. Monday following the festival's conclusion.

How to Get to Viva Vienna

Parking will be limited near the festival. Handicap parking will be provided at 221 Mill St. NE to 227 Mill St. NE.

Festival attendees are encouraged to park at the Vienna Metro station (north side off Virginia Center Boulevard) or Madison High School. Shuttles will drop off at 215 Mill Street NE on Saturday, Sunday and Monday as well as 200 Lawyers Road on Sunday and Monday. Shuttles will run on festival days from 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 p.m.

For more information about the Viva Vienna festival, visit vivavienna.org.

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