2019 Falls Church Festival: Entertainment, Parking, More

FALLS CHURCH, VA — Even as summer vacation ends, Falls Church families will have something to look forward to in the coming weeks. The 44th annual Falls Church Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on City Hall grounds.

The fall festival includes the Taste of Falls Church, a beer garden, live entertainment, pony rides, other children's amusements, and local crafter, business and civic group booths. The event is free, but tickets are required for food, drinks and rides.

Below are details on the event highlights.

Taste of Falls Church

Local restaurants will provide tastes and compete for judges' and people's choice awards.

Participating restaurants are:

• Bakeshop
• Café Kindred
• Clare and Don's / Lazy Mike's
• Dogwood Tavern
• Famille at The Kensington
• Hot N Juicy Crawfish
• Liberty Barbecue
• Open Road Grill
• Peet's Coffee
• Ramen Factory 42
• Rare Bird Coffee Roasters
• Robeks Fresh Juices and Smoothies
• Sweet Rice
• Taco Bamba Taqueria

Beer Garden

The fall festival's beer garden returns thanks to Tori McKinney ROCK STAR REALTY. Located near the entertainment stage, you can try a variety of beers from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Audacious Aleworks will provide beers, and Falls Church Distillers will have tastings. The beer garden will be open to all, but only those ages 21 and up with a valid ID can purchase alcohol.

Entertainment Stage Schedule

• 10 a.m. - Noland the Magician: Noland specializes in children's and family magic, featuring Chester the puppet
• 12:15 p.m. - Sudden M Pac Band: This all R&B and Soul band will keep you dancing.
• 1:30 p.m. - Big Tow: A group of rock-and-roll veterans who deliver ballads, blues and great melodies of tunes you may not have heard but won't forget.

Parking

Free public parking is available in the downtown area. Festival attendees should not park in lots reserved for business customers to avoid towing.

Some parking options are:

• Kaiser Permanente Garage, 201 N. Washington Street, 130 spaces
• George Mason Square Parking Garage, 103 W. Broad Street (two hour parking), 250 spaces
• Lot behind 130 North Washington Street, 50 spaces
• 116 W. Broad St. (two hour parking), 26 spaces
• Park Avenue and N. Maple Avenue (two hour parking), 10 spaces
• On-street parking on surrounding streets (check signs for time limits)