Fabulous Friday: NovemBear
The library's Fabulous Friday series goes bear-themed for November with games, activities, and more for grades K-6.
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Looking for fun things to do in Fredericksburg, VA with kids? Our event calendar is your guide for family-friendly events, local activities, and community happenings in Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania. From festivals and outdoor concerts to library storytimes and weekend events, there’s always something happening. Check back often because we’re constantly updating with new local events for families!
The library's Fabulous Friday series goes bear-themed for November with games, activities, and more for grades K-6.
Free live music at Market Square on First Friday evening in downtown Fredericksburg.
Santa settles into Center Court for photos all season long, from November 7 through Christmas Eve.
An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast with eggs, bacon, and biscuits and gravy for just $5, and families are welcome.
Gather your family, scout troop or church group and help Keep Spotsylvania Beautiful with a morning of roadside litter pick-up.
The Fredericksburg SPCA's Animal Rescue Festival fills Hurkamp Park with rescue organizations, local vendors, music, family activities, and adoptable animals.
Families can honor veterans and Marines by placing an American flag in Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Veterans Day.
Join a Virginia Master Naturalist for a gentle, guided walk of about three-tenths of a mile on the Sensory Explorers' Trail.
Meet local author BreAnne C. Tews, a leadership life coach, as she signs her children's book about Korlie, a girl who discovers she has been a leader all along.
Bring your pets for a photo with Santa Paws at Old Dominion Humane Society.
A community day with a car, truck and bike show plus family activities, a DJ, food trucks and raffles.
A family day at the library with crafts, story time with local community heroes and free giveaways.
This annual rain-or-shine festival offers free food and drinks, a moon bounce, hayrides, face painting, games and music.
Kids can make challenge coins and thank-you letters for veterans, get their faces painted and pose for caricatures at this free family day.
Little train fans can watch holiday model trains roll through the mall food court.
The 18th annual Northern Virginia Veterans Parade honors all service members past, present, and future.
Step back in time with tours of the 1840s Mount Bleak House, hearth cooking and blacksmithing demonstrations, and a farm animal feeding at 1 p.m.
Kick off the holidays with ice skating, face painting, snowball fights, a candy cane pull, cotton candy and a magic show.
The evening starts with a half-hour Junior Astronomer program for kids, followed by a talk on dark skies and space news from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Ambassadors.
Explore what life was like after dark in the 1700s at Historic Kenmore.