NoVA, DC Weekend: Pride Parade, Taste Of Peru, Music Festival

VIRGINIA — The second weekend of June brings numerous festivals, continuing Pride celebrations and plenty of other events around Northern Virginia and D.C.

Pride Month, a month-long celebration to promote LGBTQ+ culture and rights, continues throughout June. Some notable events this weekend include Capital Pride Parade, Capital Pride Block Party, Washington Blade Pride on the Pier and Fireworks Show and Capital Pride Festival & Concert.

There are plenty of big festivals to attend such as the Tinner Hill Music Festival in Falls Church, Taste of Woodbridge in Woodbridge, Army Birthday Festival in Fort Belvoir, Manassas Arts and Musical Festival in Manassas, Mount Vernon Summerfest, Mount Vernon and Taste of Peru.

Always double-check with event organizers to confirm events are proceeding as planned when posted on Patch. Some events may be affected by the air quality forecast.

Below is a full roundup of events from Friday, June 9, to Sunday, June 11:

Friday, June 9

• Capital Jewish Museum Opening, Washington, DC
• Capital Pride, Washington, DC (through June 11)
• Ms. Lauryn Hill at Wolf Trap, Vienna
• Stonebridge Summer Concert Featuring Groovalicious, Woodbridge
• ARTECHOUSE PIXELBLOOM: Timeless Butterflies, Washington, DC (through June 11)
• Fredericksburg's Improv Team Presents: Drink Up Me Hearties, Fredericksburg (through June 10)
• Summer Luau at Tysons West, Tysons
• Plaza Party, Leesburg (multiple dates over summer)
• 5 Year Anniversary Carnival, Yorkshire (through June 10)
• Jazz in the Garden, Washington, DC (multiple dates over the summer)
• Vienna Summer on the Green concerts, Vienna (select Fridays over the summer)
• Herndon Friday Night Live, Herndon (select Fridays over the summer)
• Fab Fridays Live Music, Reston (select Fridays over the summer)
• Summer Party at Lost Boy Cider, Alexandria
• Falls Church Arts Opens All Member Show L-Z, Falls Church (through June 25)
• Brick City at National Building Museum, Washington (ongoing)
• The Dr. Seuss Experience, Tysons (through June 30)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fredericksburg (through July 9)

Saturday, June 10

• Capital Pride Parade, Washington, DC
• Tinner Hill Music Festival, Falls Church
• Taste of Woodbridge, Woodbridge
• Army Birthday Festival, Fort Belvoir
• Manassas Arts and Musical Festival, Manassas
• Mount Vernon Summerfest, Mount Vernon
• Washington Blade Pride on the Pier and Fireworks Show, Washington, DC
• Appalachian Trail Festival in the Gap, Purcellville
• Capital Pride Block Party, Washington, DC
• Bark in Boro Park, Tysons
• Declaration Day at Gunston Hall, Lorton
• My Natural Me 5K Run/Walk, Manassas
• Sophia Street Pottery Throwdown, Fredericksburg
• Fredericksburg Area Black Arts Festival- Revisited, Fredericksburg
• Loudoun Symphony and ION Present Ice on Fire, Leesburg
• International Liquor & Beer Festival, Tysons
• June Edition of the Del Ray Vintage & Flea Market, Alexandria
• Rose Wine Festival, Leesburg
• Kidz Korner in Old Town Square, Fairfax
• SPARC 2nd Annual Pancake Breakfast, Vienna
• Second Saturdays, Reston
• Lorton Luau at Fair Winds, Lorton
• The McLean Symphony's Juneteenth Concert, Tysons
• Children’s Summer Reading Festival, Lorton
• Richard Wright's Annual Sundresses, Sneakers, & Stogies, Washington, DC
• ARTfactory Presents Manassas’ 150th Queen’s Jubilee Ball Fundraiser, Manassas
• BBQ and Blooms Summer Bash, Arlington
• Daryl Davis at Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton
• Dulin Church Yard Sale, Falls Church
• Great Annual Cherrydale Yard Sale, Arlington
• CALAMITY: The Show at Arts Herndon, Herndon
• Community Market, Lorton
• Songs from Around the World, Potomac Falls
• Ghost Doctors' UFO Tour Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly
• Cars & Coffee - Community Car Show, Ashburn
• Huge Yard Sale, Burke
• Live Musician Tom Saputo Presents the History of the Beatles, Vienna
• Wild Summer: Movies and Events Under The Stars - Zootopia, Reston
• Reston Concerts on the Town presents Black Masala, Reston
• Shakespeare on the Lawn at Historic Kenmore, Fredericksburg

Sunday, June 11

• Family Fun Fest, Manassas
• Capital Pride Festival & Concert, Washington, DC
• National Children's Day Festival, Tysons
• Taste of Peru, Washington, DC
• Buddy Guy | Damn Right Farewell at Wolf Trap, Vienna
• Music In The Gardens, Vienna
• STEM-A-Thon, Arlington
• Rescue Run, Fredericksburg
• Yoga & Mimosas, Alexandria
• Pride Flow & Celebration at Lakeside Park, Fairfax
• SLAM Quantico Workout at Cascades at Embrey Mill, Stafford
• City Ridge French Open Watch Party, Washington, DC

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