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DC, NoVA Weekend Events: Juneteenth, Ryan Zimmerman Weekend
The weekend brings Pharrell's Something in the Water Music Festival to DC, along with other regional events.
WASHINGTON, DC — We've reached mid-June, and the upcoming weekend will provide ways to celebrate Juneteenth and Father's Day.
This weekend will feature various events to celebrate Juneteenth, the end of slavery in the U.S. The largest event will be Pharrell's Something in the Water Music Festival held throughout the weekend. A few other events include the Juneteenth Freedom Festival in DC, Gum Springs Community Day/Juneteenth, Juneteenth Celebration & BBQ in Dumfries and Juneteenth Celebration in Leesburg.
Other notable events from Friday, June 17 to Sunday, June 19 include the Jazz Festival in Manassas, Ryan Zimmerman Weekend at the Nationals, One Loudoun Carnival at Uptown, Portside in Old Town Summer Festival, Columbia Pike Blues Festival and Sully Annual Car Show.
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Below are events over the upcoming weekend in Northern Virginia and DC.
Friday, June 17
- Something in the Water Music Festival, Washington, DC (through June 19)
- Ryan Zimmerman Weekend at the Nationals, Washington, DC (through June 18)
- Juneteenth Freedom Festival, Washington, DC (through June 19)
- One Loudoun Carnival at Uptown, Ashburn (through June 26)
- Portside in Old Town Summer Festival, Alexandria (through June 18)
- Block Party, Tysons
- Sheryl Crow with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Wolf Trap, Vienna
- Washington Spirit vs. Racing Louisville, Leesburg
- Summer Concert, Woodbridge
- Herndon Friday Night Live, Herndon
- Mount Vernon Nights at Grist Mill Park, Mount Vernon
Saturday, June 18
- Jazz Festival, Manassas
- Columbia Pike Blues Festival, Arlington
- Voodoo Threauxdown featuring Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at Wolf Trap, Vienna
- Goat Yoga at Roer's Zoofari, Vienna
- Movie in the Park, Reston
- Mount Vernon Flea Market & Arts and Crafts Bazaar, Fort Hunt
- June Del Ray Vintage & Flea Market, Alexandria
- Old Town Fairfax City Summer Crawl, Fairfax
- Gum Springs Community Day/Juneteenth, Gum Springs
- Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom, Arlington
- Juneteenth Celebration & BBQ (Prince William County, Virginia), Dumfries
- Juneteenth Celebration, Leesburg
- Queer Black Broadway Walking Tour, Washington, DC
- National Archives: Juneteenth Family Day, Washington, DC
- Juneteenth Celebration, Herndon
- Taste of Senegal Fundraiser, Arlington
- Innovations in Flight Family Day and Aviation Display, Chantilly
- Potomac Place’s Second Annual Charity Car Show, Woodbridge
- Juneteenth Commemoration, Centreville
- Juneteenth Celebration in the Park, Fredericksburg
- Juneteenth Celebration, Vienna
- Juneteenth Outdoor Movie Celebration, McLean
- Cedar Run Brewery 3rd Anniversary Celebration, Nokesville
- FXBG Walks – Walk in the Footsteps of George Washington, Fredericksburg
- Mount Vernon Nights at the Workhouse, Mount Vernon
- Cinema Del Ray, Alexandria
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Sunday, June 19
- Juneteenth Black Heritage Walk, Arlington
- A Juneteenth Celebration with Thee Phantom and the Illharmonic Orchestra, Vienna
- George Mason's Gunston Hall: Juneteenth, Lorton
- Sully Annual Car Show, Chantilly
- The Bl@ck Party DC: Juneteenth Celebration, Washington, DC
- Tiny Beer Fest, Fairfax
- Father's Day Pig Roast @ Fair Winds Brewing, Lorton
- Father's Day Sunday BBQ, Clifton
- MCC's Celebration of Juneteenth with The Alphabet Rockers, McLean
- Father’s Day Golf Tournament, Fairfax Station
- Juneteenth Freedom Day Music Festival, Washington, DC
- The McLean Symphony Remembering Juneteenth Concert, Tysons
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