It’s festival season, and there’s a whole slew of brand-new and returning events coming to Northern Virginia this spring and summer highlighting the arts, music, food, beer, wine and more.
Arts and Music
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival
May 20-21
Reston Town Center: 11900 Market St., Reston
Celebrate Fairfax
June 9-11
12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax
Tinner Hill Blues Festival
June 9-11
Cherry Hill Park: 312 Park Ave., Falls Church
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
June 17, 1-8:30 p.m.
Intersection of Columbia Pike and South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington
Manassas Jazz Festival
June 18, noon-7 p.m.
Manassas Museum: 9101 Prince William St., Manassas
WMZQ Fest
June 24, 5 p.m.
Jiffy Lube Live: 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow
Uke & Roots Music Festival
July 8, noon
Lake Anne Plaza: 1609 Washington Plaza N., Reston
Community
Arlington Palooza
April 29, 1-4 p.m.
Alcova Heights Park: 901 S. George Drive, Arlington
Pirate Fest 2017
May 6-7
Lake Fairfax Park: 1400 Lake Fairfax Drive, Reston
Occoquan River Fest
May 14
Occoquan Regional Park: 9751 Ox Road, Lorton
Herndon Festival
June 1-4
Lynn, Station and Pine streets, Herndon
Cultural
Heritage India Festival
May 13-14
Dulles Expo Center: 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly
Manassas African American Heritage Festival
Aug. 5, noon-6 p.m.
Metz Middle School: 9950 Wellington Road, Manassas
Food, Beer and Wine
Gnarly Hops & Barley Fest
April 29, noon-5 p.m.
Spencer Street Parking Lot on Commerce Street between East Culpeper and East Davis streets, Culpeper
Barley & Music Fest
April 29-30
300 John Carlyle St., Alexandria
Taste of Arlington
May 21, noon-6 p.m.
Wilson Boulevard between North Randolph and North Monroe streets, Arlington
VA StrEats Fest
May 27, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Potomac Mills: 2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Woodbridge
Vintage Virginia Wine & Food Festival
June 3-4
Bull Run Special Events Center: 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville
Taste of Reston Festival
June 16-17
Reston Town Center: 11900 Market St., Reston
Alexandria Food & Wine Festival
June 24
Oronoco Bay Park: 100 Madison St., Alexandria
NoVA Summer Brewfest
June 24-25, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Special Event Center at Bull Run Regional Park: 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville
Workhouse Arts Center Brewfest
Aug. 12, noon-8 p.m.
Workhouse Arts Center: 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton