Running Of Chihuahuas, Taste Of Tysons Corner: NoVA, DC Weekend Events

VIRGINIA — The first weekend of May brings Cinco de Mayo festivities and plenty of other events around Northern Virginia and D.C.

It's a good weekend to get outdoors with events like DC's Flower Mart, C&O Canal Boat Tours, Around the World Embassy Tour, Margarita, Tequila & Latin American Beer Festival, Old Town Alexandria Art Show & Craft Spring Fair and Spring Farm Day at Frying Pan Park.

Foodies will enjoy events like the first-ever Taste of Tysons Corner, as well as A Taste of Israel: Celebrating Israel at 75, Arlington Margarita and Mimosa Fest, SONOVA presents: Beethoven, Brews, and BBQ and Taste of Tysons Corner. A few notable Cinco de Mayo events include Cinco De Mayo At Shipgarten, Cinco De Mayo Festival, Cinco de Mayo Celebration and On Cinco U Drinko Bar Crawl.

Other notable events around Northern Virginia and DC include The Jurassic Encounter, Centennial Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Festival, Revolutionary War Weekend, Loudoun Latino Festival, Leesburg and Classic Car Show.

If you're enjoying drinks at a Cinco de Mayo event or elsewhere, the Washington Regional Alcohol Program is offering its free SoberRide program from 4 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday. For more details, visit www.SoberRide.com.

Below is a full roundup of events from Friday, May 5, to Sunday, May 7:

Friday, May 5

• Flower Mart, Washington, DC (through May 6)
• The Jurassic Encounter, Centreville (through May 14)
• Spotlight on the Arts Festival, Fairfax (through May 7)
• C&O Canal Boat Tours, Washington, DC (various dates)
• Centennial Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Festival, Washington, DC (through May 15)
• 14 Stories of New Hope: Go Over The Edge for New Hope Housing, Arlington
• Big Truck Day, Herndon
• 3 Day Maker's Market at Mosaic + Cinco de Mayo Street Party, Merrifield (through May 7)
• Mason Film Festival, Merrifield (through May 6)
• Discover Alexandria Architecture Walking Tour, Alexandria (through May 20)
• Pink Taco DC‘s Pinko De Mayo Party, Washington, DC
• Cinco de Mayo at Assembly, Arlington
• Cinco De Mayo At Shipgarten, Tysons
• Cinco De Mayo Festival, Merrifield
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Dale City
• Bluemont Station Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Bluemont
• Celebrate Cinco De Mayo at Rebel Taco Brambleton, Ashburn
• Cinco de Mayo at The Gap, Hillsboro
• Kalypso's Cinco De Mayo, Reston
• FXBG First Friday, Fredericksburg
• South Lakes High School Theater presents "Bright Star," Reston (through May 6)
• Ragtime The Musical, Fredericksburg (through May 7)
• The Addams Family Musical presented by Potomac Productions, Dumfries (through May 7)
• Statesmen Theatre Presents XANADU, Falls Church (through May 6)
• Clybourne Park presented by the City of Fairfax Theatre Company, Fairfax (through May 7)
• Footloose: The Musical, Ashburn (various dates through May 6)
• Friends of the Herndon Fortnightly Library Spring Book Sale, Herndon (through May 6)
• Reston Community Player's Present Cabaret, Reston (through May 14)
• ARTECHOUSE PIXELBLOOM: Timeless Butterflies, Washington, DC (through June 11)
• Candytopia At Tysons Corner Center, Tysons (through May 31)
• Vienna Theatre Company presents "Unnecessary Farce" by Paul Slade Smith, Vienna (through May 7)

Saturday, May 6

• Taste of Tysons Corner, Tysons
• Around the World Embassy Tour, Washington, DC
• 11th Annual Running of the Chihuahuas, Washington, DC
• Old Town Alexandria Art Show & Craft Spring Fair, Alexandria
• Arlington Margarita and Mimosa Fest, Arlington
• Spring Farm Day at Frying Pan Park, Herndon
• Run the Greenway, Ashburn
• Revolutionary War Weekend, Mount Vernon (through May 7)
• Margarita, Tequila & Latin American Beer Festival, Tysons
• George Washington Whiskey Tasting, Mount Vernon
• Del Ray Spring Pop-Up Market, Alexandria
• Feed Fairfax 5k, Chantilly
• Loudoun United FC vs Indy Eleven, Leesburg
• The Soul II Soul Tour, Washington, DC
• Janet Jackson: Together Again, Bristow
• Community Market At Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton (weekly through Aug. 26)
• SONOVA presents: Beethoven, Brews, and BBQ, Franconia
• Coronation Garden Party, Leesburg
• Spring Fest, Sterling
• Claude Moore Spring Fest, Sterling
• Multi-Family Yard Sale, Oakton
• May the Fourth Be with You–A Star Wars Celebration, Haymarket
• Big Yard Sale, Herndon
• Half Street Central Farm Market Reopening, Washington, DC
• 2023 Run First Wine Later 3k & 5k, Lovettsville
• Prince William Compost Awareness Day, Manassas
• Stratton Woods HOA Community Yard Sale, Reston
• 16th Annual Walk for Mental Wellness, Fredericksburg
• Sister 2 Sister Bazaar, Alexandria
• Overlook Community-Wide Yard Sale, Alexandria
• Arlington Civitan Open Air Flea Market, Arlington
• On Cinco U Drinko Bar Crawl, Washington, DC
• Mother’s Day Tea at Historic Kenmore, Fredericksburg
• The Reston Chorale Concert Pays Tribute to FRED WYGAL, Reston
• Vintage Clothing & Accessories Market, Alexandria
• Vienna Optimists' Farmers Market Opens, Vienna
• George Washington Forest Walk, Arlington
• Church Rummage Sale, Vienna
• Maifest at Village Brauhaus, Alexandria
• Alexandria Scottish Rite Friends & Family Charity Event, Alexandria
• World Labyrinth Day Walk, Reston
• Bristow Center Spring Fling, Bristow
• Native Plants and Local Artists Show and Sale, Herndon
• Vienna Native Plant Sale, Vienna

Sunday, May 7

• Spring Children's & International Food Festival, Great Falls
• A Taste of Israel: Celebrating Israel at 75, Fairfax
• Race for Hope DC, Washington, DC
• Loudoun Latino Festival, Leesburg
• Ghost Doctors' UFO Tour Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly
• Classic Car Show, Triangle
• 2023 Lucketts 5K Pajama Fun Run/Walk, Lucketts
• The Great Train Race, Fredericksburg
• DC Blues Society 2nd Annual Spring Blues Festival, Washington, DC
• Greater Manassas Children's Choir Spring Concert, Manassas
• Persian Art and Craft Fair, Vienna
• Planetarium Program: May the Force Be With You – Science Fiction Astronomy, Purcellville
• Summer Concert Series: U.S. Navy Band Commodores, Triangle
• Makers Market, Arlington