Salubria Oktoberfest and History Faire
The Germanna Foundation opens historic Salubria for living history demonstrations, colonial dancing, and period games, crafts, and archaeology activities for kids.
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The Germanna Foundation opens historic Salubria for living history demonstrations, colonial dancing, and period games, crafts, and archaeology activities for kids.
Hop on a hayride tour of Kinloch Farm, meet the animals, and visit learning stations about regenerative farming.
RappArts turns the porches and front yards around Marye and Littlepage Streets into pop-up stages for a day of live music, community, and creativity.
A downtown block party built around a people's choice barbecue competition, with live music, artisan vendors, and family activities all afternoon.
Step into a day of chivalry and cheer with a maypole dance, jousting, live music, sword fighting, and blacksmithing demos.
Riverside Center's Children's Theatre programming brings Shrek the Musical to the stage! Dress up in your Halloween costume* and join the fairytale creatures…
A free fall festival on the river with carnival rides, fall activities, vendors, live music, and food.
Stay after Quacktoberfest for a Darkwing Duck episode followed by Hocus Pocus on the big screen along the Rappahannock.
Take a 75-minute guided walk through downtown Culpeper and hear how this small town became a crossroads of American history, from early settlement through the Revolution and Civil War.
A Sunday afternoon archery session designed for parents and kids to learn together at Veterans Memorial Park.
Riverside Center's Children's Theatre programming brings Shrek the Musical to the stage! Dress up in your Halloween costume* and join the fairytale creatures…
Trick-or-treat your way around the entire stadium concourse, then hit the bounce houses, photo booth, barrel train on the warning track, and DJ dance party.
Dress up, grab your treat bags, and visit the participating trick-or-treat spots around Spotsylvania Towne Centre, including Success Space, JD Sports, Planet Novak, Arhaus, Pace 'n Grace, Scrub's, Helzberg, and Perfumania.
Stroll Center Street in costume and trick-or-treat at participating downtown shops during this annual Historic Manassas tradition.
Take a wagon ride through the forest, then explore the Potomac shoreline collecting treasures and learning about the geology under your feet.
Free fall festival with games, crafts, a petting zoo, bounce house, hayrides, caramel apples, popcorn, and food vendors.
Leesylvania's annual fall festival brings hayrides, crafts, trunk or treat, and vendors to the shore of the Potomac.
A full day of pickle and grilled cheese fun at the fairgrounds, with pickle tastings, vendors, food trucks, and a pickle mocktail and cocktail bar.
FAME Allstars Stafford teams up with The Social FXBG for a Trunk or Treat Festival.
Riverside Center's Children's Theatre programming brings Shrek the Musical to the stage! Dress up in your Halloween costume* and join the fairytale creatures…