Falls Church Festival 2022: Restaurants, Vendors, Performers Announced

FALLS CHURCH, VA — As fall approaches, Falls Church welcomes the season with the annual Falls Church Festival. The event this coming Saturday includes the Taste of Falls Church, a beer garden, live music, fair rides, entertainment, and vendors.

The Falls Church Festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on City Hall and Community Center grounds, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA. It coincides with the Falls Church Farmers Market, which runs from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the City Hall parking lot. The event is rain or shine. Admission is free, but purchases of food, beer, and amusement rides require the purchase of tickets.

See information for food, entertainment and more below.

Taste of Falls Church

A returning highlight of the festival is the Taste of Falls Church, which features participating restaurants offering tastes to win judge's choice and people's choice awards. Tickets cost $3 each or $25 for 10. Tickets for tastes can be purchased by cash at ticket booths or by credit card inside the Community Center. Tickets may also be bought in advance at the Community Center during business hours with exact cash, check or credit card.

Voting for the people's choice award will be available by scanning a QR code.

Here are the participating restaurants and their tastes:

Cafe Kindred

• Brunch Poutine: 2 tickets
• Curry Chips (vegetarian): 2 tickets
• Cornbread & Chili: 2 tickets

Island Fin Poke

• Mini Tuna Poké Bowl: 1 ticket
• Mini Spicy Tuna Poké Bowl: 1 ticket
• Mini Chicken Bowl: 1 ticket
• Dole® Pineapple Soft Serve: 1 ticket
• Bottle Water: 1 ticket
• Dirty Chips: 1 ticket

Open Road

• Pulled Beef Mustard BBQ Slider: 1 ticket

One 1ea Taiwanese Cafe

• Bubble Tea: 1 ticket
• Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken: 1 ticket
• Onigiri (Shrimp or Chicken): 1 ticket

Taco Rock

Pollo Taco: 2 tickets
El Gringo Taco: 2 tickets
Baja Shrimp Taco: 2 tickets
Carne Asada Taco: 2 tickets
Veggie Taco: 2 tickets
Elote (vegetarian): 1 ticket
Chips and Salsa: 1 ticket
Add Guacamole: 1 ticket
Jarritos: 2 tickets
Bottle of Water: 1 ticket
Mexican Cola: 2 tickets

Hot N Juicy Crawfish

Crawfish Po’boy: 2 tickets
Crispy Pork Skins: 1 ticket
Fried Brownies (vegetarian): 1 ticket

Clare and Don's

• Cheese Quesadilla: 2 tickets
• Shredded Chicken: 1 ticket
• Zero Proof Orange Crush: 2 tickets

Lazy Mike's

• French Fries: 2 tickets
• Ice Cream: 2 tickets

Thompson Italian

• Olive Oil Cake: 1 ticket

Harvey's

Deviled Eggs: 1 ticket
IPA Honey Braised Brisket Slider: 2 tickets
King Oyster Mushroom “Pulled Pork” Slider: 2 tickets
Soda = 1 ticket
Water = 1 ticket

Baddpizza

Cheese Slice: 1 ticket
Pepperoni Slice: 1 ticket

Nothing Bundt Cakes

• Lemon Bundt Bundlet (vegetarian): 2 tickets
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bundtlet: (vegetarian): 2 tickets
• Red Velvet Bundtlet (vegetarian): 2 tickets
• White Chocolate Raspberry Bundtlet (vegetarian): 2 tickets

Mark's Pub

• Grandma’s Pot Roast Slider & Baked Beans: 2 tickets
• Hot Dog & Country Beans: 2 tickets
• Hot Dog: 1 ticket

Audacious Aleworks

• Oktoberfest Lager (alcohol): 2 tickets
• Summer Wheatley Hefeweizen (alcohol): 2 tickets
• Thirsty Work IPA (alcohol): 2 tickets

Solace Outpost

• Artificial Light (alcohol): 2 tickets
• Rocket Surgery (alcohol): 2 tickets

Live Entertainment

There will be two stages for entertainment. Here is the schedule:

Main Stage (In Beer Garden by Tennis Courts)

10 a.m.: Welcoming Falls Church
11 a.m.: Ocho De Bastos
12:15 p.m.: Big Tow
1:30 p.m.: All You Need Is Beatles
2:45 p.m.: Lil Maceo

Children's Stage (By Barn in Cherry Hill Park)

11 a.m.: Mr. Gabe
12:15 p.m.: Magician Drew Owen
1:30 p.m.: Rocknoceros
2:45 p.m.: Bach to Rock

More information

A map of Taste of Falls Church restaurants, the beer garden, entertainment stages, rides and vendors is available here. Masks are welcome but not required. There will be hand sanitizer stations on the festival grounds.

Entertainment and the beer garden are sponsored by Rock Star Realty Group, and the beer garden beneficiary is Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation. Children's entertainment is sponsored by Aqua Tots- Falls Church, and the children's craft tent is sponsored by Communkids. Other event sponsors include babycito, Falls Church News-Press, Goldfish Swim School- Falls Church, Heartland Foods, Patient First, Power Home Remodeling, Prince William Home Improvement and The Kensington Falls Church.