10
Fall Festivals
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS
Father’s endeavors with wine. A variety of food, including
fruit and cheese boxes, baguettes, gourmet sandwiches and
sweets will be available on site from the Mount Vernon Inn
Restaurant. 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Mount Vernon,
VA; mountvernon.org.

2. Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival at
Great Country Farms
Oct. 1-31 | 9 a.m-6 p.m | $8-$12
F rom pumpkin and apple picking out on the farm to late
Saturday afternoons spent sipping on seasonal wines
and brews with idyllic autumnal views, there’s just so
much to enjoy and explore in the fall. So what’s at the top
of our must-do list? Fall festivals! Check out 10 of our local
favorites below.

1. Mount Vernon’s Fall Wine Festival
and Sunset Tour
Oct. 5-7 | 6-9 p.m. | $38-$48
Celebrate the history of wine in Virginia with wine tastings
on the lawn and an exclusive mansion and cellar tour. During
the tour, find out where George Washington stored his wine
and learn about the successes and failures of our Founding
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Create the ultimate fall family experience at Great
Country Farms! Take your little ones out on a wagon
ride to the pumpkin patch to pick out their favorite
pumpkins, visit with barn animals, watch an exciting
pig race and zip through an exciting corn maze. Your
kids will love feeding the farm’s pumpkin munchin’
dinosaur and taking pictures with the “Pumpkin Princess.”
Don’t go home without trying some of the tasty festival
treats, like hand-dipped pumpkin ice cream! 18780 Foggy
Bottom Rd., Bluemont, VA; greatcountryfarms.com.

3. Oktoberfest at Schifferstadt
Oct. 20-21 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Adults: $3
Kids (12 and under): Free Admission
Celebrate fall on the grounds of a picturesque, historic
German farmhouse. This traditional festival features juried
arts, crafts, cultural activities, German sausage, beer, strudel,
an oompah band and colonial history demonstrators.

Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Ave.,
Frederick, MD; visitfrederick.org.