Spotsy Fall Classic Car Show at Spotsylvania Courthouse Village
A community day with a car, truck and bike show plus family activities, a DJ, food trucks and raffles.
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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!
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.
Celebrate the Marine Corps' 251st birthday at one of two cake-cutting ceremonies, at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m.
Bring the whole family to create art and compete for a trophy, with the winner picked by attendee votes.
The musical version of the Dickens classic, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, follows Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts who visit him on Christmas Eve.
Bring the family to the Snow Branch for a showing of Disney's Hocus Pocus 2 (rated PG).
The Prince William Model Railroad Crew sets up a modular HO scale layout where kids can watch a variety of trains chug down the tracks and chat with model train fans.
Culpeper County Parks and Recreation hosts a once-a-month evening for families to connect, play, and create, and November's theme is a no-bake take on Chopped.
Throw on your favorite flannel and roll into the harvest season at this city skate night.
Young local performers take the stage in Elf Jr., the junior version of the Broadway musical based on the beloved movie.
Run, walk or jog a winter-themed course full of icy surprises, frosty decorations and family-friendly entertainment, with a costume contest too.
Downtown Fredericksburg kicks off the holiday season with Holiday Open House Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15, from 9 am to 7 pm.