Healthy, Safe Halloween Fun Planned In Fairfax City

Press release from the City of Fairfax:

10/09/2020 5:10 PM

Fairfax City Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with the Fairfax City P.O.L.I.C.E., have fun community events and activities planned to celebrate Halloween safely during the pandemic.

Questions? Email, 703-385-7858 (and click here for information on CDC Guidance for Celebrating Halloween Safely).

Great Pumpkin Carving Contest

Get your carving tools ready, and enter your pumpkin in this virtual carving contest.

Categories include Most Creative, Spookiest, Most Artistic, and Traditional Jack O’ Lantern.

Registration is required for the free contest; register online here.

Please email your contest photos to specialevents@fairfaxva.gov. Winners will be announced October 30.

Drive-By Pumpkin Patch

Check out a spooky and fun carved pumpkins on Lion Run from 6-9 p.m. October 30. One-way traffic will enter from Old Lee Highway, and donations will be accepted for non-perishable/dry goods for A Place to Stand program.

Want to participate and display your carved pumpkin? Sign up online at signupgenius.com/go/70a094cafae2da31-carved.

Trick or Treat Trail

Join the P.O.L.I.C.E. and the Parks and Recreation Department for drive-thru "trick-or-treating" from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. October 31.

Police and Parks department folks will be handing out candy and giveaways, while supplies last. Costumes encouraged!

SPOOKtacular Science Show

Little boos and ghouls can learn about the magic behind Halloween with experiments performed by Mad Science of DC.

Bubbling potions, color-changing fire and more experiments will be showcased in the spirit of Halloween at 1:30 p.m. October 31 in the Veterans Amphitherater (adjacent to City Hall).

Pre-registration is required for this free event: click here to register today.

Visit the Parks & Recreation Community Events page to stay abreast of holiday fun!

This press release was produced by the City of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.