# Festivals in McLean 2026 | Culture & Street Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Your guide to festivals in McLean 2026 — cultural celebrations, street fairs and food festivals. Find dates, locations and what to expect.
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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## Featured Events

- **Event Name**: CrimeStery Fest 2026
  - **Description**: CrimeStery-Fest 2026 — All Things Crime and MysteryThe Northeast's Coolest Crime Convention!Calling all true crime enthusiasts, CrimeStery-Fest returns for an immersive three-day celebration
  - **Date**: Fri, 09 Oct at 04:00 pm – Sun, 11 Oct at 04:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/danvers/crimestery-fest-2026-tickets/80005231957486
  - **Venue**: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore, Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA, USA
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## About

The best things to do in the world include attending top-notch festivals in McLean. Be it a rocking music festival or scrumptious food festival in McLean, you will have a gala time of your life with a few of your close friends or your family. With the best of fun, entertainment, and food, the experience in festivals lets the enthusiasts immerse in the local culture and vibe. Ranging from the biggest outdoor beach parties to crazy music festivals, the festivals fall under various categories to suit everybody’s tastes. If you are looking for the best events and festivals in McLean listed on one platform - we have you covered.

Immerse yourself in the mega dance festivals, electrifying music festivals, theatre & film festivals, quirky local festivals and more with us!

## Festivals Events in McLean

- **Event Name**: Dogtoberfest 2026
  - **Description**: 🐶🍺 Dogtoberfest at Shipgarten 🥨🎉

Prost… and paws up!

Join us for Dogtoberfest, Shipgarten’s ultimate Oktoberfest celebration for you and your four-legged friends. We’re combining German beer garden vibes with tail-wagging fun for a festival the whole pa
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/dogtoberfest-2026/200030327656210
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: music, dog, festivals, oktoberfest, live-music, trips-adventures, entertainment, contests, music-festivals
- **Event Name**: Kids' Renaissance Festival
  - **Description**: 🍂👑 Hear ye, hear ye! The **Kids Fall Renaissance Festival** is coming to Shipgarten on **September 13th**!

Step into a magical day of knights, princesses, fairies, and fall fun 🍁✨ Bring the whole family for an enchanted afternoon filled with themed enter
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  - **Date**: Sun Sep 13 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/kids-renaissance-festival/200030251338404
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: festivals, kids
- **Event Name**: Oktoberfest German Kickoff
  - **Description**: 🇩🇪🍺 Oktoberfest: German Kickoff at Shipgarten 🥨🎉

Prost! It’s time to kick off Oktoberfest season the right way at Shipgarten.

Join us for German Kickoff, our official Oktoberfest celebration packed with authentic German vibes, steins flowing, and high-e
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/oktoberfest-german-kickoff/200030523139313
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: Music, Festivals, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Paw-toberfest with Spider-man, Chase, and Sky
  - **Description**: 🐾🎃 It’s time for **Paw-toberfest** on **September 27th** at Shipgarten!

Join us for a tail-wagging day of fall fun featuring your favorite heroes — **Spider-Man** 🕷️, **Chase** & **Skye** from PAW Patrol 🐶✨! Get ready for meet-and-greets, photo ops,
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  - **Date**: Sun Sep 27 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun Sep 27 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/paw-toberfest-with-spider-man-chase-and-sky/200030246055003
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: festivals, meet-and-greet
- **Event Name**: Oktoberfest Fondue Festival
  - **Description**: 🧀🍺 Oktoberfest Fondue Festival at Shipgarten 🇩🇪✨

Prost to cheese season.

Join us at Shipgarten for a one-of-a-kind Oktoberfest Fondue Festival, where Bavarian tradition meets melty, shareable indulgence.

We’re celebrating Oktoberfest with rich, bubblin
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/oktoberfest-fondue-festival/200030399867411
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: oktoberfest, festivals
- **Event Name**: Oktoberfest Reniassance Festival
  - **Description**: ⚔️🍺 Oktoberfest Renaissance Festival at Shipgarten 👑🔥

Where Bavarian beer hall meets medieval revelry.

Step into a world where steins are raised high and knights roam the beer garden. Shipgarten proudly presents our Oktoberfest Renaissance Festival — a
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 17 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/oktoberfest-reniassance-festival/200030428590129
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: festivals, oktoberfest, contests, music, live-music, art, entertainment, music-festivals
- **Event Name**: Fall Festival with Petting zoo!
  - **Description**: Celebrate the first weekend of fall with a fun-filled afternoon! 

Enjoy petting zoo, games, local vendors, shopping, delicious food, cold beer, and plenty of fun for all ages!

Interested being a vendor? Email me at Shihos@macaroniKID.com.

!!BE AWARE OF
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  - **Date**: Sun Sep 20 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/fall-festival-with-petting-zoo/200030534816836
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102-7508, United States
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- **Event Name**: Kids' Halloween with Wicked
  - **Description**: 🧙‍♀️✨ Something wickedly fun this way comes! Join us for the **Kids’ Halloween Festival featuring Wicked** on **October 25** at Shipgarten!

Get ready for a spellbinding day filled with magical vibes, enchanting characters inspired by *Wicked*, festive ac
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    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Sun Oct 25 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun Oct 25 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/kids-halloween-with-wicked/200030471849753
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: kids, festivals, halloween
- **Event Name**: Kids' Halloween with Sanderson Sisters
  - **Description**: 🧙‍♀️✨ It’s just a bunch of hocus pocus! Join us for the **Kids’ Halloween Festival featuring the Sanderson Sisters** on **November 1** at Shipgarten!

Get ready for a spellbinding afternoon filled with magical mischief, not-so-scary fun, festive activitie
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  - **Date**: Sun Nov 01 2026 at 12:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mclean/kids-halloween-with-sanderson-sisters/200030503914844
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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  - **Categories**: kids, festivals, halloween

## Trending Events in McLean

- **Event Name**: Blackberry Smoke Tickets
  - **Description**: Southern rock at its finest with soulful vocals, blazing guitars, and timeless storytelling. 🎸🔥
A perfect blend of country, blues, and rock that keeps fans coming back for more. 🎶✨
Experience the energy and authenticity of every unforgettable performance.
  - **Venue**: Capital One Hall
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  - **Description**: Kenny G is the greatest selling instrumental musician of the modern era, and one of the best-selling artists of all time. With global sales totaling more than 75-million records and 1.5 billion streams, the saxophone icon has accumulated a staggering 24-a
  - **Venue**: 7750 Capital One Tower Road, McLean, VA
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- **Event Name**: Beer Olympics Water Party
  - **Description**: 🍻💦 Beer Olympics: Water Party at Shipgarten 🏆☀️

Get ready to compete, get soaked, and go for gold.

Shipgarten’s Beer Olympics: Water Party Edition is bringing the ultimate summer showdown — where team pride, cold drinks, and splash zones collide.

Grab
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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- **Event Name**: BACHATA WHITE PARTY WITH  DJ SOLTREX
  - **Description**: Get ready to dance all night with DJ SOLTREX spinning the hottest bachata beats at the ultimate white party!About this EventWHITE PARTYSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6LABOR DAY WEEKENDBACHATA EVENTMusic By
  - **Venue**: THE SALSA ROOM TYSONS
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- **Event Name**: Petting Zoo
  - **Description**: Come hang out with cute animals and make new furry friends at our fun Petting Zoo!
Come pet, play, and make memories at Shipgarten’s Petting Zoo! ✨

Bring the whole family to Shipgarten for a fun-filled Petting Zoo experience! 🐐🐢🐑

Kids will love getting
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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- **Event Name**: HOUSE OF DANCE
  - **Description**: SALSA BACHATA WEDNESDAYSAbout this EventAUG 19HOUSE OF DANCEWEDNESDAYSDOORS OPEN 9PMDance InstructorLINDA SAENZSALSA CLASSESBeginners 9:15PMIntermediate 10:15PM
  - **Venue**: THE SALSA ROOM TYSONS
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- **Event Name**: Labor Day with Uncle Sam & the Eagle
  - **Description**: Red, white, and brew! 🇺🇸🍻

Celebrate **Labor Day** in star-spangled style at Shipgarten with special appearances by **Uncle Sam** and his patriotic Eagle sidekick!

Join us for a full day of festive fun, family-friendly entertainment, great food, cold dri
  - **Venue**: 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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- **Event Name**: John Crist Live Special Taping
  - **Description**: This is a live video taping, cameras and crew will be present in the room. By attending, you acknowledge that your image and likeness may appear in the final recorded special and promotional materials and consent to being photographed, filmed, or otherwis
  - **Venue**: 7750 Capital One Tower Road, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102
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- **Event Name**: AI-enabled Supply Chain Risk Management in Public Sector
  - **Description**: Discover how AI can boost public sector supply chain safety and tackle risks head-on in this hands-on event!About this EventJoin Us for AI-enabled Supply Chain Risk Management in the Public SectorGet ready to
  - **Venue**: 8444 Westpark Dr #200
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** Dogtoberfest 2026 (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 01:00 pm at 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102), Kids' Renaissance Festival (Sun Sep 13 2026 at 12:00 pm at 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102), Oktoberfest German Kickoff (Sat Sep 19 2026 at 01:00 pm at 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102), Paw-toberfest with Spider-man, Chase, and Sky (Sun Sep 27 2026 at 12:00 pm at 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102), Oktoberfest Fondue Festival (Sat Oct 10 2026 at 01:00 pm at 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in McLean on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in McLean include 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA, United States, Virginia 22102, 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102-7508, United States, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore, Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA, USA.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in McLean range from USD 30 to USD 90. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in McLean include Shipgarten, Macaroni KID McLean-Vienna-Falls Church VA, CrimeStery-Fest.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in McLean?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in McLean.

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