Flower And Garden, Chocolate Festivals: DC, NoVA Weekend Events

WASHINGTON, DC — Cherry blossom season may have passed, but plenty more outdoor events are taking its place in the coming months.

This weekend has everything from sports games and theater productions to Earth Day events and spring festivals. A few notable events include Filmfest DC, Old Town Alexandria Historic Garden Week Tour, Old Town Manassas Art Show & Craft Spring Fair, Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival, Walk on the Hill, Fairfax Veg Fest and McLean Chocolate Festival.

Here are the events planned for Friday, April 22, through Sunday, April 24:

Friday, April 22

• Filmfest DC, Washington, DC (through May 1)
• Fair Oaks Mall Carnival, Fairfax (through May 1)
• San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals, Washington, DC (through April 24)
• Semi-Annual Book Sale, Great Falls
• Belmont Ridge Middle School's RiverHawk Productions Presents “Newsies: The Broadway Musical,” Leesburg (April 22-24 and 38-30)
• Earth Day Crafts at Montgomery Park, Alexandria
• Earth Day in Brentwood, Washington, DC
• ValeArts Spring Show & Sale, 'Colorful Journeys,' Oakton (through April 24)
• Living Earth Festival: Saving Sacred Spaces, Washington, DC
• Vienna Theatre Company presents Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Vienna (through May 8)
• Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival - "All That Jazz!," Fairfax (through May 8)
• Burnside Farms Festival of Spring (Tulip Festival), Nokesville (through April 29)
• ARTECHOUSE opens PIXELBLOOM, Washington, DC (through June 5)
• The FRIENDS Experience: The One in Washington D.C., Washington, DC (through June 5)

Saturday, April 23

• Old Town Alexandria's Historic Garden Week Tour, Alexandria
• Mount Vernon District Environmental Expo, Fort Hunt
• National Cannabis Festival, Washington, DC
• Old Town Manassas Art Show & Craft Spring Fair, Manassas
• 32nd Annual Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival, Leesburg
• Historic Plant & Garden Sale, Mount Vernon (through April 24)
• Spring Concert: Beethoven, Arensky, and Wiliam Grant Still, Tysons
• Arlington Bunny Hop, Arlington
• Springfest at Caboose Commons, Merrifield
• The Boro Kite Festival, Tysons
• Fairfax History Day, Fairfax
• Celebrate Earth Day at Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria
• Earth Day Cleanup, Arlington
• Earth Day Extravaganza, Purcellville
• Middleburg Spring Races at Glenwood Park, Middleburg
• Spring Craft & Vendor Market, Manassas
• Annual Spring Faire Craft and Vendor Show, Burke
• Old Glory DC vs. Dallas Jackels, Leesburg
• 4th Annual Spring OysterFEST, Falls Church
• 6 Year Anniversary Party at Mustang Sally Brewing Co., Chantilly
• The Little Mermaid Presented by The Loudoun Ballet Performing Arts Company, Purcellville (through April 24)
• Rocklands BBQ Meat and Greet Block Party, Alexandria
• Spring Music Festival at Mum Mum Restaurant, Manassas
• Dueling Pigs BBQ Competition, Fredericksburg

Sunday, April 24

• Walk on the Hill, Vienna
• Fairfax Veg Fest 2022, Herndon
• McLean Chocolate Festival, McLean
• Earth Day Every Day Festival On Langston Boulevard, Arlington
• Toronto Maple Leafs at Washington Capitals, Washington, DC
• Del Ray GardenFest, Alexandria
• PNC Parkway Classic, Alexandria
• Willowsford Flea Market, Ashburn
• Old Town Alexandria Charity Chili Cook-Off, Alexandria
• Earth Daze, presented by CleanFairfax, Herndon
• Manassas Runway 10K/5K Run, Manassas
• FTE Presents: The Glass Menagerie, Fredericksburg
• Casey's 5th Annual Car Show & Spring Fest, Chantilly
• Yoga at the Dam + Park Clean Up, Springfield