Taste Of DMV, Carnival, Blues Festival: Top DC, NoVA Weekend Events

VIRGINIA — Mid-June has arrived, and many kids are out of school for the summer. There's plenty of family fun for the whole family to enjoy this weekend around Northern Virginia and D.C.

Families will celebrate Father's Day this weekend, treating Dad to a meal or a fun day out. Some of the Father's Day happenings around the region are The Dad Games at Dave and Buster's, Father's Day BBQ Buffet at The Clubs At Quantico, Father's Day Pig Roast in Clifton, Father’s Day with Cherry Picking & Fishing Contest in Bluemont, The Family One's 2nd Annual Father's Day Basketball Game in Leesburg and Father’s Day Golf Tournament- Parent Child Family Challenge in Fairfax Station.

Celebrations are starting to happen for Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery in the U.S. Some events around the region this weekend are Vienna's Juneteenth Celebration, Fairfax City Juneteenth Celebration, Juneteenth Community Day at National Museum of African American History and Culture, Juneteenth African American History Bus Tour with Manumission Tour Company, Juneteenth Jazz with NuPop Jazz and The R&B Bar Crawl Juneteenth Weekend.

Pride events also continue through June, such as the Uptown Pride and DC Pride Crawl.

Other major events include One Loudoun Carnival, A Taste Of The DMV, Army's 249th Birthday Festival, Columbia Pike Blues Festival, Puerto Rican Festival DMV, Children’s Book and Learning Festival, 16th Annual Columbia Heights Day, Philippine Independence Day Festival, Sully Annual Car Show

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Be sure to check the status of outdoor events when rain is in the forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for D.C. says there's a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms Friday night. There is no chance of rain currently predicted on Saturday and Sunday.

Below is a full roundup of local events from Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 16.

Friday, June 14

• DC/DOX Film Festival, Washington, DC (through June 16)
• Rosslyn Cinema, Arlington
• One Loudoun Carnival at Uptown, Ashburn (through June 23)
• Argentina vs. Guatemala National Soccer Teams, Landover
• Summer Kick off Party at Celebree School Bristow, Bristow
• Live, on the Hill Presents - Love Station, Washington, DC
• MLB Pitch, Hit & Run, Fredericksburg
• Alexandria Celebrates Women Salon: A Conversation with Patricia Washington, Alexandria
• Summer on the Green Concert Series, Vienna
• Mount Vernon Nights, Mount Vernon
• Friday Night Dancing: Country Line Dancing, Washington, DC
• The Collective: Today's Top 40, 2000s & 90s: Summerbration Concert Series, Reston
• Pride Prom: Back to the ’90s, Fredericksburg
• Father's Day Weekend At Bull Run Campground, Centreville
• Celebrate Pride Month at October One Wine Tasting Shop, Leesburg (through June 30)
• Riverside Center for the Performing Arts' The Wizard of Oz, Fredericksburg (through July 14)
• Pixar Putt, Washington, DC (through Aug. 4)

Saturday, June 15

• A Taste Of The DMV: Food, Music & Cultural Festival, Washington, DC
• Juneteenth Celebration, Vienna
• Army's 249th Birthday Festival, Fort Belvoir
• Columbia Pike Blues Festival, Arlington
• 2nd Annual Puerto Rican Festival DMV, Manassas
• Children’s Book and Learning Festival, Washington, DC
• 16th Annual Columbia Heights Day, Washington, DC
• Philippine Independence Day Festival, Merrifield (through June 16)
• Innovations In Flight & Soar Together Family Day, Chantilly
• Uptown Pride, Washington, DC
• Streetfest @ Reston Town Center, Reston
• Juneteenth Jazz with NuPop Jazz, Herndon
• DC Pride Crawl, Washington, DC
• Alexandria Country Music Festival, Alexandria
• Bluegrass Music Festival, Gainesville
• Loudoun County's Annual Pollinator Festival, Leesburg
• Juneteenth Community Day at National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
• Loudoun Symphonic Winds Pops Concert, Potomac Falls
• Juneteenth African American History Bus Tour with Manumission Tour Company, Alexandria (through June 16)
• Cajun Fest 2024, Purcellville
• Blues, Brews & Barbecue, Woodbridge
• Mount Vernon Nights At Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton
• Summer Concert Series, Tysons
• Pride Market and Drag Show, Alexandria
• Introduction to Rappelling, Middleburg
• Planning District 16 Juneteenth Celebration, Fredericksburg
• Father’s Day Golf Tournament- Parent Child Family Challenge, Fairfax Station
• Watermelon Festival at Cathedral Commons, Washington, DC
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Vienna
• Arlington Pride Ho-Down Party, Arlington
• Art in the Park at Fredericksburg Farmers Market, Fredericksburg
• The Kid Laroi, Washington, DC
• Fairfax City Juneteenth Celebration, Fairfax
• The R&B Bar Crawl Juneteenth Weekend, Washington, DC
• Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge: "Almost Summer" Flea Market and Arts and Crafts Fair, Fort Hunt
• Community Market - Night Market, Lorton
• Come, Shop, Eat, and Play Pop Up Market, Washington, DC
• Nova Labs 4th Annual Juneteenth BBQ and Potluck, Fairfax
• Pride’s Drag Brunch Party, Washington, DC
• Experience the Supernatural In Old Town Manassas: Ghost Doctors' Ghost Hunting Tour, Manassas
• Improv Comedy Show in Alexandria, Alexandria
• History of Black Georgetown, Washington, DC

Sunday, June 16

• Sully Annual Car Show, Chantilly
• The Dad Games, Fairfax
• Celebrate Father's Day Weekend at Ireland's Four Provinces, Falls Church
• Father's Day BBQ Buffet at The Clubs At Quantico, Quantico
• Father's Day Brew & BBQ in Juniper at Fairmont, Washington, DC
• Celebrate with Dad and enjoy a Father's Day Brunch, Reston
• Father's Day Pig Roast, Clifton
• Father's Day Barbecue at Boxwood, Middleburg
• Davio's Father's Day Brunch And Dinner Menu, Reston
• Celebrate Father’s Day with Cherry Picking & Fishing Contest, Bluemont
• The Family One's 2nd Annual Father's Day Basketball Game, Leesburg
• Father's Day Kid's And Family Festival, Tysons
• Shakespeare on the Lawn at Historic Kenmore, Fredericksburg
• Father's Day Celebration at Inca Social, Vienna
• McLean Symphony: Tribute To Dingwall Fleary, Tysons