Friday, September 3, 2021

Festival Season 2021

First off: no jobs today.  Instead, we're pausing to once again collect Oktoberfests, oyster riots, county fairs, and other similar festivals/happenings that ramp up with chilling air & falling leaves.

We'll also highlight these events at the end of Thursday/Friday posts. Please shoot us an email to let us know about any we've missed, and we'll continue to expand the list.

Given the still-extant Covid realities, you had best double-check these before setting out in case of last-moment, delta- or whatever-variant-fueled postponements or cancellations.

10th Annual Bands, Brew & Barbecue – Downtown Manassas, Va. – Sept. 4
Arlington Labor Day Weekend Arts Festival – Clarendon – Sept. 4-5
Loudoun County Musicians Festival – 868 Estate Vineyard/Hillsboro, Va. – Sept. 5
Virginia Scottish Games – The Plains, Va. – Sept. 5-6

25th Anniversary Chestertown Jazz Festival – Chestertown, MD – Sept. 10-11
Falls Church Festival – City Hall/Cherry Park – Sept. 11
Port City Brewing Pub Crawl, part 1 (see events tab) – Old Town Alexandria – Sept. 11
Sapwood Cellars Brews & Blooms – Randallstown, MD – Sept. 11-12
Fall Wine Festival – Virginia Beach, Va. – Sept. 11-12
Adams Morgan Day – NW DC – Sept. 12 

Aslin Brewing 6th Anniversary – Alexandria & Herndon, Va. – Sept. 16-19
Stone Brewing 25th Anniversary Celebration – Richmond, Va. – Sept. 17
Hellebender Octoberfest (scroll down) – Northeast DC – Sept. 17
Starr Hill Biergarten Perchfest – Tysons Corner; 11 stories up! – Sept. 17-19
St. Benedict Oktoberfest – Richmond, Va. – Sept. 17-19
Fairfax County Brewfest – location TBD – Sept. 18
Port City Brewing Pub Crawl, part 2 (see events tab) – Old Town Alexandria – Sept. 18
Caboose Brewing Hop Harvest Beer Festival – Fairfax, Va. – Sept. 18
H Street Festival – Northeast DC – Sept. 18
Argentine Festival 2021 – Arlington, Va. – Sept. 18
RhinO’fest 2021 – Ashburn, Va. – Sept. 18-19
Alexandria Arts Festival – Carlyle District – Sept. 18-19
Cox Farms Fall Festival – Centreville, Va. – Sept. 18-19
Maryland Wine Festival – Westminster, MD – Sept. 18-19
Bluemont Fair – Bluemont, Va. – Sept. 18-19

DC Beer Week
– various locations – Sept. 19-26
Battle of the Barrel-Aged Beers – Boundary Stone/Bloomingdale DC – Sept. 21
Atlas Brewing Festbier Event – Half Street/Nats Park area – Sept. 23
Heurich House Beer Week Happy Hour and Art All Night – Dupont Circle – Sept. 24 & 25
State Fair of Virginia – Doswell, Va. (north of Richmond) – Sept. 24-Oct. 3
The Great Oktoberfest – Bullpen SW DC – Sept. 25
Port City Brewing Pub Crawl, part 3 (see events tab) – Old Town Alexandria – Sept. 25
Celebrate Petworth – Northwest DC – Sept. 25
3 Stars Brewing Oktoberfest – Northwest DC – Sept. 25
National Wine & Food Festival – National Harbor, MD – Sept. 25
Reston Multicultural Festival – Reston, Va. – Sept. 25
Solace Brewing Oktoberfest – Sterling, Va. –  Sept. 25
Brew Republic Oktoberfest – Woodbridge, Va. – Sept. 25
Mosiac Fall Festival – Fairfax, Va. – Sept. 25-26
Maryland Seafood Festival – Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis, MD – Sept. 25-26
ValleyFest – Four Mile Run/Arlington, Va. – Sept. 26
West Annapolis Oktoberfest – West Annapolis, MD – Sept. 26

Frederick’s Oktoberfest
– Frederick, MD Fairgrounds – Oct. 1-2
Mount Vernon Fall Wine Festival – George Washington’s Mount Vernon – Oct. 1-3
Waterford Fair – Waterford, Va. – Oct. 1-3
Port City Brewing Oktoberfest – Alexandria, Va. – Oct. 2
Vienna Oktoberfest – Vienna, Va. – Oct. 2
Oktoberfest at the Wharf & Wiener 500 Dachshund Dash – DC Waterfront – Oct. 2
Atlas Brewing Festbier Event – Ivy City, NE DC – Oct. 2
Art on the Avenue – Del Ray/Alexandria, Va. – Oct. 2
Broccoli City Festival – RFK Stadium Grounds – Oct. 2
Hops & Harvest Festival – Columbia, MA – Oct. 2
St. Nicholas Lutheran Church Oktoberfest – Huntingtown, MD – Oct. 2
Virginia Wine Festival – Ashburn, Va. – Oct. 2-3
Takoma Park Street Festival – Takoma Park, DC/MD – Oct. 3
Porchfest 2021 – Southeast DC – Oct. 3

Good Beer Festival – Salisbury, MD – Oct. 8-9
Snallygaster 2021 – Downtown DC – Oct. 9
Chesapeake Wine Festival – Chesapeake, Va. – Oct. 9
Prince George’s Fall Festival – Bowie, MD – Oct. 9-10
Kentlands Oktoberfest – Gaithersburg, MD – Oct. 10
Clifton Day – Clifton, Va. – Oct. 10

Atlas Brew Works 8th Anniversary Party – Northeast DC – Oct. 16
Astro Lab Brewing Anniversary Party – Silver Spring, MD – Oct. 16
DC Wine Fest – Union Market, Northeast DC – Oct. 16
Das Best Oktoberfest – M&T Bank Stadium/Baltimore, MD – Oct. 16
Maryland 5 Star Craft Beer, Wine & Spirits Showcase – Elkton, MD – Oct. 16
Haymarket Day – Haymarket, Va. – Oct. 16
U.S. Oyster Festival – Leonardtown, MD – Oct. 16-17
Old Town Oyster Week – Old Town Alexandria – Oct. 16-24

Howl-O-Ween – Arlington Gateway Dog Park/Rosslyn – Oct. 22
Shucktoberfest – Shirlington/Arlington – Oct. 23
Fall Harvest Festival – George Washington’s Mount Vernon – Oct. 23-24
Del Ray Halloween Parade – Alexandria – Oct. 24

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival – State Fair Grounds/Timonium, MD – Oct. 29-30
Nightmare in the Navy Yard
– Southeast DC – Oct. 30
3 Stars Brewing Ghost March
(scroll to find) – Downtown NW DC – Oct. 30 
Old School Hip-Hop Bar Crawl
– U Street NW DC – Oct. 30 
Maryland Beer, Wine & Spirits Festival
– Montgomery County Fairgrounds – Oct. 30

Urbanna Oyster Festival – Urbanna, Va. – Nov. 5-6
DC Beer Festival – Nationals Park – Nov. 6
Baltimore Craft Beer Festival – Canton Waterfront Park – Nov. 6

JV's 74th Anniversary Party Weekend – Falls Church – Nov. 12-13
Novemberfest
– Evening Star, Del Ray/Alexandria, Va. – Nov. 13
Burning the Bock at Little Miss Whiskey’s
– H Street Northeast, DC – Nov. 13

1 comment:

Carol said...

If ever our paths cross at one of these events (not likely as I'm in California for the nonce), I'll buy you guys a beer in appreciation of all you've done with this blog.