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Fright at the Museum: Dead Men Walking
From 1916-1960 one hundred and twenty five men were executed in the Tennesseeelectric chair. In 2008, the chair made its way to the National Museum of Crime& Punishment…and so did its ghosts.
This Halloween season the museum will no longer be just a storage house forcriminal artifacts; it will become a hunting ground for these dead men walking.Experience Fright at the Museum. Hear the screams…Smell the fear…See thehorror…and if you’re lucky –They won’t TOUCH you!
Location: National Museum of Crime & Punishment, 575 7th Street NW,Washington, DC
Dates: October 18, 19, 24-26 & 31
Hours: 7PM – 9:30PM (Times vary according to ticket purchased).
Cost: $30
www.crimemuseum.org/Fright_at_the_Museum.html
HalloweenSpooktacular: The Sequel! at The Kennedy Center
When is it ever cool to “boo” the orchestra? On Halloween, of course!Don your spookiest ‘ween wear and take your seats for a “spirited”performance as an incognito Ankush Kumar Bahl conducts a new round ofgoosebump-inducing favorites. Age 5+
Date: October 27
Hours: 1PM & 3PM (Approx 1 hour)
Location: The Kennedy Center, 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566
Cost: $15 – $18
www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=NOFCA
Snallygaster
Named for the fearsome and toothy mythical beast said to terrorize the regionat the turn of the century, Snallygaster returns once again to DC as arollicking celebration of craft beer, fine food, music and more. For one dayand one day only we’ll simultaneously unleash no fewer than 150 incomparablecraft beers on the grounds of Union Market DC against a backdrop featuring thearea’s top toques, the best of the best food trucks, music, entertainment andfamily fun.
Date: October 19
Hours:1PM – 6PM
Location:Union Market, 1309 5th Street NE Washington, DC
Cost: $10 Admission. Food and drink will be sold separately.
SpookyMovie International Horror Film Festival
Founded in 2006, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival isWashington, D.C’s only genre-based film festival. Recognized as one of D.C.’spremiere festival events, as well as “the world’s premiere horror filmfestival” (BadLit.com), Spooky Fest works closely with our partners tooffer year round screenings of feature and short films, in addition to oursignature festival event every October. Check the website for the schedule.
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, SilverSpring, MD
Dates: October 10-19
Hours: Check website
Cost: $12 (single tickets), $125 (all fest pass)
Butler’s Orchard – Annual Pumpkin Festival
Enjoy a hayride, jump in the hayloft, swoosh down the giant slides, visitbarnyard buddies, play the rubber duckie derby, and explore the straw maze!Enjoy beautiful fall foliage, live music, hand dipped caramel apples, crafts,and lots more!
Location: 22200 Davis Mill Road, Germantown, MD
Dates: September 28 – 29, and every Sat & Sun in October and Columbus Day
Hours:10AM – 5PM
Cost:$11 per person, age 2 & under FREE
CharlesCounty Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest has become an annual tradition around the world and now it is timeto bring the festival alive in Charles County, MD. Oktoberfest is a colorful,fun, festive celebration of German heritage with Oompah at its best!Oktoberfest will be a community event of family entertainment featuring twolive stages, German food and beers, art & crafts, children’s fun area,dancing, and entertainment all weekend long for a good cause. All the proceedsfrom the event will benefit the Society for the Friends of Hospice.
Dates: October 13-14
Hours: Sat, Noon – 7PM/Sun, Noon – 5PM
Location: Charles County Fairgrounds, 8440 Fairgrounds Rd., La Plata, MD
Cost: $10 advance: $15 on-site; $5 designated driver (online or on-site)
CrumlandFarms – HALLOWEEN ON THE FARM
Don your best costume to enjoy a fun-filled day of vendors, crafts, games, and- of course – Trick-or-Treating!
Date: October 27
Hours:1PM – 5PM
Location:7612 Willow Road, Frederick, MD
Cost: $9 per person; children 2 & under FREE – Includes all the fun of thefarm AND the corn maze!
www.crumland.com
GaverPumpkin Patch – Fall Fun Festival
Activities: 5-acre Corn Maze, Kiddie Corn Maze, Jumping Pillow, Corn Crib,Straw Bale, Maze, Kid’s Tricycle 200, Pedal Kart Track, Bale Slide, The SandPit, Double Barrel Slide, Straw Jumping, 3 Pumpkin Pitch, Tractor & WagonSlide, Straw Tunnel, Corn Toss Game, Stuck in the Mud, Straw Mountain, PirateShip, Mini Slide, Tire Playground, Play Tractors, Gravel Yard, Corn Cave, CornHole, White Lightening Maze, Sliding Hill, Obstacle Course, Rubber Ducky Races,and more!
Dates: September 13 – November 3
Hours:Open Daily 10AM – 6PM
Location: Gaver Farm, 5501 Detrick Rd, Mt. Airy, MD
Cost: $6 per person (weekdays); $8 per person (weekends); Children 2 and underFREE; $25 season pass per person
GermantownOktoberfest
Bring the family down for a day of fun and games, live music and entertainment,great food, wine tasting, activities for the kids and enjoy the outdoors.
Date: October 5
Hours: 9:45AM – 5PM
Location: High Point Farm in Clarksburg, 21155 Frederick Rd, Germantown, MD
Cost: Free Admission but there is a fee for games, food, drinks, etc.
www.germantownoktoberfest.org
Sharp Farm Fall Season
Free hayrides to pick your own pumpkins; 5+ acre educational corn maze; falldecorations; country store; cooking pumpkins; gourds; Indian corn; hay bales;local honey; preserves; scarecrow making; feed the farm animals; mini maze;mums; nature trail; observation bee hives, & more!!
Dates: Every Weekend in October
Hours:10AM – 5PM
Location:4003 Jennings Chapel Road, Brookeville, MD
Cost:Free
Summers Farm – Maryland Pumpkin Festival
While thousands of you have come to experience our annual offerings, such asthe corn maze, hay slides, farm animals, hay rides, pumpkin patch, pig racesand jumping pillow, the addition of theMaryland Pumpkin Festival weekend adds so much more. Come join us at SummersFarm to celebrate all things pumpkin! Included during the Maryland Pumpkin Festival will be pumpkin donuts,pumpkin hunts, egg hunts, pumpkin pie eating contests, face painting and more! We’ll also have live music each day on ournew Silo Stage.
Dates: October 12 – 13
Hours:11AM – 5PM
Location:5614 Butterfly Lane, Frederick, MD
Cost: $10, kids 2 & under FREE, $6 seniors (60+)
Oktoberfest at the Kentlands
The City of Gaithersburg and the Kentlands Citizens Assembly present the 21stAnniversary Celebration of Oktoberfest at the Kentlands. Enjoy an afternoon offamily friendly Oktoberfest fun. There will be Bavarian music and dancing.Plenty of food and drink and fun activities such as crafts, pony rides,moonbounces, pumpkin decorating, face painting and more.
Date: October 13
Hours: Noon – 5PM
Location: Kentlands Village Green, Gaithersburg, MD
Cost: Admission and parking are free.
Air & Scare at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Our annual Halloween event, Air & Scare, features the spooky side of airand space at the Udvar-Hazy Center! Each year, people arrive in costume forsafe indoor trick-or-treating. They participate in creepy crafts, spookyscience experiments, and other Halloween-themed activities. The tiniestvisitors check out the Tot Zone to play dress-up and hear a story. They caneven pose for a photo with their favorite Star Wars character!
Date: October 26
Hours: 2PM – 7PM
Location: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum ParkwayChantilly, VA
Cost: Free admission but must pay for parking $15 (free after 4:00 pm).
www.airandspace.si.edu/airandscare/
Burke Nursery Fall Festival and Pumpkin Playground
Children of all ages enjoyed our event last year and we hope that you will join us this year.
Dates: October 1-31
Hours:Sunday-Thursday: 9AM – 8PM; Friday/Saturday: 9AM – 9PM
Location: 9401 Burke Road, Burke VA
Cost: $9 – $12
CoxFarms – Fall Festival
All Ticket Types Include: 5 Giant Slides, World Famous Hayrides, Farm Animals& Their Babies, CORNundrum ® Cornfield Adventure, Rope Swings, Kiddie Zone,Goat Village, Local Apples & Fresh Cider, Straw Tunnels, A Patch Pumpkin totake home, Live Entertainment, 90 acres of fun!
Dates: September 21 – November 5
Hours:10AM – 6PM daily (last admission at 5PM)
Location: 15621 Braddock Road, Centreville, VA
Cost: Weekdays $9, Weekend $14-17, 2 & under FREE
FortBelvoir Oktoberfest
Fort Belvoir’s 18th Annual Oktoberfest at Fremont Field! Oktoberfest is afour-day festival, highlighting authentic German food, beverages, music anddancing! Enjoy an exciting carnival, the Volksmarch 10K Walk, kinderkorner activities, vendor market, prize raffles and more! A fun-filledweekend for the whole family! New in 2013: Schnapps Haus: Adults Only PartyTent, Krazy Krieger 5K Challenge, Mr. & Mrs. Oktoberfest best-dressedcontest & more!
Dates: October 3 – 6
Hours: Oct 3, 6PM – 10PM; Oct 4, 6PM – midnight; Oct 5, Noon – midnight; Oct 6,Noon – 8PM
Location: Fort Belvoir, Fremont Field, VA
Cost: Entry is free but there is a fee for all carnival rides, food and beer.Unlimited day passes ($15 – $30)
www.belvoirmwr.com/Features/Oktoberfest
Krop’sCrops
We have hayrides to the Pumpkin Patch, Winchester Apples, fresh apple cider, fallsquash, farm animals and a corn bin to play in!
Dates: Weekends in the fall
Hours:11AM – 4PM (approximately 20 to 30 minutes for hayrides)
Location:11110 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA
Cost: $3 per person
HalloweenParade Vienna
After 60+ years of this community tradition growing by word of mouth, we have afabulous parade with nearly 100 entries and 35,000 participants and spectators.This year, our theme will be “Celebrating Music and Theatre thru the Decades”and our Grand Marshal will be Santa Claus. Rain or Shine!!
Date: Wednesday, October 23
Time: 7PM – 9PM
Location: The parade runs down Maple Ave (Rte 123) from Branch Rd to Center St
ImmanuelChurch-On-The-Hill Pumpkin Sunday
Date:October 6
Location: 3606 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA (on the lawn)
LeesburgAnimal Park – Pumpkinville
Activities include: Giant Hill Slides, Kids Hay Maze, Hay Wagon Rides, MoonBounces, Pony Rides, Entry to the Leesburg Animal Park, Free Apples & FreshCider, Free Patch Pumpkin
Weekends & Holidays: Face & Pumpkin Painting, 200 ft Kids Zip Line,Camel Rides, Mini-Tractor Rides, FREE Live Entertainment
Dates: September 21 – November 5
Hours:Open daily 9:30AM – 6PM (last admission 5PM)
Location: 19270 James Monroe Hwy, Leesburg, VA
Cost: Weekdays: children (2-12) $8.95, adult $10.95; Weekends: children(2-12) $11.95 – $12.95, adult $13.95 – $14.95; 2 & under FREE; Multi-daypasses $29.95 (3 weekdays and 1 weekend day)
Leesburg Kiwanis Halloween Parade
The parade kicks off at 6:00pm from Ida Lee Park and will travel south on KingStreet to the Virginia Village Shopping Center at Fairfax Street. The parade isa Leesburg tradition for more than 50 years!
Date: October 31
Hours: 5:30PM – 8PM
Location: Downtown Leesburg, Leesburg VA
Cost:Free
www.idalee.org/index.aspx?page=21&recordid=19951
Manassas Fall Jubilee
The 31st Annual Fall Jubilee, in Historic Old Town Manassas will be held on October 5, 2013 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. This year’s Jubilee will include an assortment of live entertainment for both kids and adults. With over 100 crafter and community booths, live music and entertainment, wine tastings in our very own Wine Garden (located on the Manassas Museum lawn), farmer’s market, children’s rides and activities and a pumpkin patch (sponsored by Wegmans Food Markets) you are sure to find something for everyone in the family!
Date: October 5
Hours: 10AM – 5PM
Location: Old Town Manassas, Manassas VA
Cost:Free
Mount Vernon’s Wine Festival and Sunset Tours
Mount Vernon’s Fall Wine Festival & Sunset Tour celebrates the history of wine in Virginia with candlelit tours of the Mansion, including the rarely-open basement where Washington stored his wine, and live blues on the east lawn overlooking the scenic Potomac River. Guests can sample wines from 16 Virginia wineries, learn about the successes and failures of our Founding Father’s wine endeavors, and meet “George and Martha Washington” on the Mansion’s piazza. Concessions by the Mount Vernon Inn are available for purchase. Outside food and beverage are not allowed.
Date: October 4-6
Hours: 6PM – 9PM
Location: 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria, VA
Cost: $38 – $44
Northern Virginia Brewfest
This World Beer Experience will feature more than 40 of the world’s best breweries, plenty of delicious food to complement the craft beers, outstanding local and regional bands providing entertainment as well as artists, crafters and retail vendors for your early holiday shopping!
Date: October 19-20
Hours: 11AM – 7PM
Location: 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville VA
Cost: $30
Norton Wine and Bluegrass Festival
Visit Chrysalis Vineyards in the midst of harvest and experience the hottest festival of the year. Enjoy top-flight bluegrass pickings throughout the weekend; craft and food vendors; hay-ride vineyard tours, a special 9-wine tasting with commemorative take home glasses, and more! Sample all of our Norton wines, purchase some of our library vintage Nortons, and refresh from the sun with our Sarah’s Patio Red! Tickets are $20 at the door.
Date: October 5-6
Hours: 10AM – 7PM
Location: 23876 Champe Ford Road, Middleburg VA
Cost: $20
Oktoberfest Reston
Oktoberfest Reston is produced by the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and isNorthern Virginia’s largest fall festival at Reston Town Center featuring thebest in autumn brews with delicious traditional Oktoberfest fare from arearestaurants. Enjoy food, wine, beer, live entertainment, a carnival and theAnthem Great Pumpkin 5K, presented by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance.
Dates: October 11 – 13
Hours: Oct 11, 3PM – 11PM; Oct 12, 11AM – 11PM; Oct 13, Noon – 8PM
Location: Reston Town Center, 11900 Market Street, Reston , Reston, VA20190 703.707.9045
Cost: Admission is free, but food and carnival tickets are necessary to samplefood/drinks or ride carnival rides. You can buy tickets at the event.
Stafford Fair
The Stafford Fair is great family fun! Live entertainment and free admission and parking!
Dates: October 25-27
Hours: Gates open: Friday 5PM, Saturday 10AM, Sunday 10AM
Location: 135 Mountain view Road, Stafford VA
Cost: Free
SterlingFest
SterlingFest is a wonderful event: over 8,000 area residents enjoyed beautiful weather and a wide variety of foods, crafts, business, health, technical, informational, and religious vendors and sponsors. Children’s activities and rides, the Sterling Playmakers and local musicians all provided enlightening entertainment each year during our SterlingFest Celebration.
Dates: October 12
Hours: 11AM – 5PM
Location: Sterling Park, VA
Cost: Free
www.sterlingfoundation.org/SterlingFest.html
Temple Hall Corn Maize and Fall Festival
Loudoun County’s favorite Fall Festival may be the best yet and we’re excited to announce that you will have even more time to enjoy this fantastic event! We have extended our hours of operation and will be open during the day on Fridays beginning with our 2013 season.
Dates: September 27 – November 5 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday only)
Hours: Friday/Saturday: 10AM – 6PM; Sunday 10AM – 5PM
Location: 15855 Limestone School Road, Leesburg VA
Cost: $10 – $12
Ticonderoga Farms – Fall Pumpkin Festival
The changing of the leaves, the cool crisp air, and hot apple cider seem toturn the fall into the season of festivals. Packed with hayrides, pumpkins,slides, making s’mores by the bonfire and more. Ticonderoga Farms is the placeyou want to visit for all the fun of fall this year.
Dates: September 21 – November 3
Hours:9AM – 6PM
Location: 26469 Ticonderoga Road, Chantilly, VA
Cost: Weekdays $9.95; Holidays and Weekends $14.95 – $16.95
