NoVA, DC Weekend Events: Clifton Day, Art On The Avenue, Farm Day

VIRGINIA — As October continues, so does the fall and Halloween fun around Northern Virginia and DC.

There are numerous haunts to enjoy, like Haunt: Game Over, Frights At Height, Cox Farms Fields of Fear and ScreamLoco. For not-so-scary fun, check out fall festivals like Cox Farms Fall Festival, Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park, Corn Maze & Apple Harvest, Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch And Sunflower Fields, Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Fest and Braehead Farm Fall Festival. You can also enjoy limited-day events like the 79th Waterford Fair, Celebrate Purcellville Finale, Clifton Day, Farm Day, Brambleton Fall Fest, Fredtoberfest and SterlingFest.

Other major events include Art on the Avenue, Mount Vernon Fall Wine Festival & Sunset Tour, DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival, Vienna Oktoberfest, Smithsonian Craft2Wear

Below is a full roundup of local events from Friday, Oct. 6 to Sunday, Oct. 8.

Friday, Oct. 6

• 79th Waterford Fair, Waterford
• Mount Vernon Fall Wine Festival & Sunset Tour, Mount Vernon (through Oct. 8)
• Theatre Week, Washington, DC (through Oct. 8)
• Smithsonian Craft2Wear, Washington, DC (through Oct. 8)
• Pumpkin Handbuilding Workshop, Lorton
• A Taste of the Vine, Fairfax
• Family Fun Carnival, Fairfax (through Oct. 6)
• Oktoberfest '23, Fairfax
• 2023 Saint Katherine Greek Festival, Falls Church (through Oct. 8)
• FredVends Artisan Market at Hurkamp Park, Fredericksburg
• Prince William Little Theatre presents: The Westing Game, Manassas (through Oct. 15)
• Alexandria Colonial Tours Ghost and Graveyard Tours, Alexandria (select dates through Oct. 31)
• Cirque Du Soleil Presents The U.S. Premiere Of "ECHO," Tysons (through Oct. 22)
• Frights At Height, Springfield (select days through Oct. 28)
• Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Fest, Reston (select dates through Oct. 29)
• Braehead Farm Fall Festival, Fredericksburg (select dates through Oct. 29)
• Haunt: Game Over, Lorton (through Oct. 31)
• Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival, Bluemont (through Oct. 31)
• Old Town Haunt - Fairfax City Ghost Tour, Fairfax (through Oct. 31)
• Brick-Or-Treat: Monster Party Kid’s Halloween Event at LEGO Discovery Center Washington, D.C., Springfield (through Oct. 31)
• Cox Farms Fall Festival, Centreville (select days through Nov. 7)
• Cox Farms Fields of Fear, Centreville (select days through Nov. 4)
• ScreamLoco, Dulles (select days through Nov. 4)
• Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park, Leesburg (through Nov. 7)

Saturday, Oct. 7

• Art on the Avenue, Alexandria
• DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival, Chantilly
• Vienna Oktoberfest, Vienna
• Fall Artisan Market - Fairfax Corner, Fairfax
• Brambleton Fall Fest, Brambleton
• Fredtoberfest, Fredericksburg
• SterlingFest, Sterling
• FXBG Festival Herencia Latina, Fredericksburg
• 38th Annual Country Fair & Auctions, Bristow
• Farm Day, Falls Church
• Christ Church Annual Car Show, Spotsylvania Courthouse
• Historic Plant and Garden Sale, Mount Vernon
• Civitan Flea Market and Food Drive, Arlington
• McLean 5k, McLean
• Goblin Golf At Burke Lake Park, Fairfax Station (through Oct. 22)
• Dogtoberfest, Alexandria
• Family Fall Fest, Reston
• 2023 Power of Pink Breast Cancer Walk, Fredericksburg
• Birchwood at Brambleton Bazaar & Craft Show, Brambleton
• Fredericksburg Fairy and Dragon Festival, Spotsylvania Courthouse
• Fairy House Festival, Woodlawn
• Fall Loopapalooza, Arlington
• ParktoberFest, Chantilly
• Shakespeare Everywhere Festival, Washington, DC (through Dec. 31)
• Braehead Farm Fall Festival, Fredericksburg (weekends in October)
• 457th Annual Fredericksburg Troll Market, Fredericksburg
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch And Sunflower Fields, Leesburg (select days through Oct. 31)
• Prince William Art Society Fall Art Show in Lake Ridge, Lake Ridge
• Historic Garden Opening Event, Lorton
• Native Plant Sale, Herndon

Sunday, Oct. 8

• Celebrate Purcellville Finale, Purcellville
• Clifton Day, Clifton
• The Haunted Wine Tour, Centreville (select days through Nov. 2)
• Huge Community Yard Sale, Leesburg
• Loudoun Community Cat Coalition's Pints 4 Paws, Leesburg
• Personal Best Quest 5 Miler Run, Powered by The St. James, Reston
• Helping Hearts Through the Arts 10th Autumn Remembrance Day Arts Festival, Nokesville

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