Fall Harvest Festival, Bounce the Mall: DC, NoVA Weekend Events

WASHINGTON, DC — As Halloween gets closer, there's a mix of spooky and family-friendly fun to enjoy around Northern Virginia and DC.

If you're into the thrills and chills, there are plenty of haunted attractions to check out. Loudoun County has Scream LoCo in Leesburg and Madhunter's Madhouse in Purcellville, while Fairfax County is home to Fields of Fear in Centreville and Workhouse Haunt: Nightmare Harvest in Lorton. Prince William County has limited-time events like the Spirits of Brentsville Haunted History Trail in Bristow, The Death Trail in Dumfries and Ghost Walks: Return to the Shadows in Dumfries. If you prefer a ghost tour, visit Fredericksburg for Walking Ghost Tours and the Ghostwalk, or Alexandria for Grief and Ghost Tours at Lee-Fendall House and Alexandria Colonial Tours’ Ghost & Graveyard Tour.

Family-friendly events are also ongoing, like the Burke Nursery's Pumpkin Playground in Burke, Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival in Bluemont, Pumpkin Village in Leesburg and Fall Fest at Reston Farm Garden Market. Other events for families this weekend only are various trunk or treat events, the Monster Mash in Sterling, Halloween Family Fun Day in Reston, Not Too Scary Haunted Trail in Purcellville, Springfield Town Center Fall Fest in Springfield and Fall Family Fun Days at the Pumpkin Patch in Stafford.

Other notable events happening this weekend include Bounce the Mall at Potomac Mills, Old Town Art Walk in Fairfax City, Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax City Fall Crawl, Fall Harvest Festival at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles Kings, Washington, D.C. Out of the Darkness Walk, LoCo Latino Festival and Día de los Muertos at The Wharf.

Below is a full roundup of events from Friday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Oct. 23:

Friday, Oct. 21

• Scream LoCo, Leesburg (select dates through Oct. 30)
• Madhunter's Madhouse, Purcellville (select dates, Oct. 7-31)
• Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch, Leesburg (through Oct. 31)
• Frights At Height, Springfield (Fridays and Saturdays in October)
• Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival, Bluemont (through Oct. 31)
• Bounce the Mall at Potomac Mills, Woodbridge (through Oct. 30)
• Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls, Washington, DC
• The Hallo-Queen Scream, Leesburg
• Memorial Arboretum Walking Tour, Arlington
• CSA Shows, Chantilly (through Oct. 23)
• Adult Corn Maze, Bluemont (through Oct. 22)
• Spirits of Brentsville Haunted History Trail, Bristow (through Oct. 22)
• A Musical Journey to Italy, Fredericksburg
• 38th Annual UMW Ghostwalk, Fredericksburg
• Yankey Farms pumpkin patch, Bristow
• Monster Mash, Sterling
• Trunk or Treat, Springfield
• Friends of Duncan Library Book Sale, Alexandria (through Oct. 22)
• 2022 Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show, Washington, DC (through Oct. 22)
• Ghost Walks: Return to the Shadows, Dumfries (through Oct. 29)
• The Death Trail, Dumfries (select dates through Oct. 30)
• Howl at the Moon D.C. Grand Opening Party, Washington, DC
• Walking Ghost Tours, Fredericksburg (Fridays and Saturdays in October)
• Alexandria Colonial Tours’ Ghost & Graveyard Tour, Alexandria (select dates in October)
• Burke Nursery's Pumpkin Playground, Burke (through Oct. 31)
• Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill Pumpkin Patch, Alexandria (through Oct. 31)
• Halloween Hunt Experience, Washington, DC (through Oct. 31)
• Nalls Produce Pumpkin Hill, Franconia (through October)
• Fields of Fear, Centreville (select dates through Nov. 5)
• Workhouse Haunt: Nightmare Harvest, Lorton (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 1 to Nov. 5 and Oct. 31)
• Pumpkin Village, Leesburg (multiple dates through Nov. 6)
• Cox Farms Fall Festival, Centreville (through Nov. 8)
• The Office Experience: Washington DC, Washington, DC (extended dates)
• Vienna Theatre Company's presents Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, Vienna (through Nov. 6)

Saturday, Oct. 22

• Old Town Art Walk in Fairfax City, Fairfax
• Old Town Fairfax City Fall Crawl, Fairfax
• Fall Harvest Festival, Mount Vernon (through Oct. 23)
• ARTfactory's 1st Annual Haunted Hallows Ghost Tour, Manassas
• Springfield Town Center Fall Fest, Springfield
• ZZ Top, National Harbor
• Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles Kings, Washington, DC
• Washington, D.C. Out of the Darkness Walk, Washington, DC
• Taco, Beer, Tequila Festival 2022, National Harbor (through Oct. 23)
• St. Mark's Egyptian Festival, Fairfax (through Oct. 23)
• Shop Local Saturday Market, Tysons
• Halloween Family Fun Day, Reston
• Haunted Pond, West Springfield
• Trunk or Treat, Herndon
• Copperwood Tavern's 5th Annual Shucktoberfest, Arlington
• Trunk or Treat, McLean
• Trunk or Treat at Franconia United Methodist Church, Franconia
• Paint Your Pet Pop Art Style, Alexandria
• The Let's Go Expo, Reston
• Fall Family Fun Days at the Pumpkin Patch, Stafford
• Farming the Fall Harvest, Manassas
• Trunk or Treat, Sterling
• Annual Holiday In October Craft Bazaar, Centreville
• Not Too Scary Haunted Trail, Purcellville
• Dogtoberfest At Shipgarten, Tysons
• Fall Festival at Eden Try Winery, Fredericksburg
• Trunk Or Treat, Fairfax
• Tour De Mount Vernon, Lorton
• Halloween Sugar Cookie Decorating Class, Fairfax
• Halley Rise Fall Festival, Reston
• Fall Frolic at Lee-Fendall House, Alexandria
• Inova Blood Drive, Alexandria
• Halloween Movie Night, Fredericksburg
• 2nd Annual Beer Festival/Nomini Bay/Something's Brewing, Bluemont
• Fall Fest 2022 at Reston Farm Garden Market, Reston (weekends through Oct. 30)
• Goblin Golf At Burke Lake Park, Fairfax Station (weekends in October)
• Wayside Farm Fun, Berryville (select dates through Oct. 30)
• Pick-Your-Own & Pre-picked Pumpkins, Hamilton (dates through Oct. 30)

Sunday, Oct. 23

• LoCo Latino Festival, Leesburg
• Día de los Muertos at The Wharf, Washington, DC
• CFH 5k Run-Walk for Affordable Housing Presented by Virginia Housing, Lorton
• Loudoun Community Cat Coalition's 4th Annual Pints 4 Paws, Leesburg
• Iron Maiden, Washington, DC
• Hail to the Trail, Purcellville
• The American Chestnut Festival, Washington, DC
• Trunk or Treat, Vienna
• Passionately Pets' 15th Birthday Pawty, Alexandria
• La Rumba Festival, Fredericksburg
• Outdoor Barre with Studio Barre Alexandria, Alexandria
• FXBG4Ukraine, Fredericksburg
• Free Concert by the National Concert Band of America, Fort Hunt
• Walk to Bust Cancer, Fort Hunt
• Tiny Fall Fest, Fairfax