Farm Fest: Fall Edition at Gardening Gays Farm
A fall weekend festival at a 27-acre King George farm with local vendors and on-site food trucks.
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A fall weekend festival at a 27-acre King George farm with local vendors and on-site food trucks.
It is the final market of the regular season, and vendors will have treats for little princesses and ghouls to celebrate Halloween.
Bring the family dog for a Halloween themed, ranger-led hike on the Smoot Trail.
The Fredericksburg Farmers Market goes full Halloween with family games, crafts, a spooky maze, and trick-or-treating among the vendor stalls.
East Coast Card Shows brings more than 300 vendor tables of Pokemon cards, sports cards, sealed products, and collectibles to the Fredericksburg Field House.
Bring your preschooler (ages 3-5) out to Motts Run weekly, with monthly field trips to Alum Spring, to explore, play, and embrace the…
Gather at 8:30 am for pre-stroll fun, then parade down Caroline Street in costume starting at 9:30.
Start Halloween with a morning of archery at C.M. Crockett Park, open to first timers and returning archers.
Line up at 9:45 am near Great Harvest, then parade down Main Street to the Courthouse with kids and pets in costume.
The city's FXBGO! bus gets a kid-friendly haunted makeover parked at Market Square.
The mayor leads a costume parade down Mill Street to River Mill Park, where judges pick the cutest, scariest, funniest, and most original costumes.
Participating downtown shops hand out treats and surprises to costumed kids on Halloween morning.
Goolrick's, the historic downtown lunch counter and soda fountain that reopened this summer after a four-year restoration, joins Treats on the Streets on Halloween morning with costumed staff handing out candy.
Goolrick's, the historic downtown lunch counter and soda fountain that reopened this summer after a four-year restoration, joins Treats on the Streets on Halloween morning with costumed staff handing out candy.
Aquia Harbour Preschool hosts a costume-optional run and walk through the neighborhood with photo booths, trick-or-treating stops, dancing, and games.
A spooktacular day on the Manassas Museum Lawn with arts and crafts, Halloween-themed treats, kids' games, fall activities, and entertainment for the whole family.
Historic aircraft, exhibits, food vendors, and aviation-style trick-or-treating with candy drops for kids 12 and under in costume.
The museum opens its doors for a free, family-friendly Halloween Open House on Halloween day.
After the morning costume parade, kids can trick-or-treat their way back through the shops of historic Occoquan starting at 11 am.
A family-friendly Halloween 5K on a rolling course through Vint Hill, benefiting Finley's Green Leap Forward.
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