Arlington County Fair

Drew Blue Shoes @ Kids Court
2021-08-20 16:00 - 16:30, 2021-08-19 18:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Kids Court, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Everyone’s favorite magician, Drew Blue Shoes, returns with his wondrous show. His eye-popping magic and hilarious humor delights all!

Beer Garden
2021-08-20 15:00 - 21:30, 2021-08-19 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-18 17:00 - 21:00 | Beer Garden, 2nd Street S between S Jackson St and S Ivy St (on-street), Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
The Arlington County Fair is partnering with New District Brewery to bring fair patrons the second annual beer garden. Come enjoy the fair and then enjoy a New District beer, made locally here in Arlington. The Beer Garden is FREE to enter! Families and children are welcome! We look forward to welcoming you to the beer garden.
The beer garden is located on S Old Glebe Rd between S Glebe Rd and 2nd St S behind the 7-11.
Pre-sale early bird tickets are available for purchase at a discounted price of three tickets for $21 for 3 Beers. $8 per beer the day of event! The first 250 pre-sale tickets sold come with a souvenir glass! Purchase pre-sale tickets here.
Beer Garden Schedule:

Wed., Aug. 18, 5:00pm-9:00pm: Special Paint & Sip Night, ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling Company
Thurs., Aug. 19, 5:00pm-9:00pm: Special Trivia Night, ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling Company
Fri., Aug. 20, 3:00pm-9:30pm: Performances and games, ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling Company
Sat., Aug. 21, 12:00pm-9:30pm: Performances and games, ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling Company and Timber Pizza Co
Sun., Aug. 22, 12:00pm-6:00pm: Performances and games, ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling Company and Timber Pizza Co

Drinks on tap:
* National Landing – IPA – 6.2%
Bursting with flavors of citrus and tropical fruit, this IPA was brewed and double dry hopped with large amounts of Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, and Galaxy hops.
* Green Valley – Pilsner – 4.7%
Named after an Arlington neighborhood, Green Valley is brewed as a traditional Czech-style Pilsner, but before lagering was dry-hopped with Mandarina Bavaria for a light tangerine flavor.
*Raspberry Lemon Beret – Kettle Sour – 4.8%
Our Kettle Sour fermented with raspberry and lemon that tastes just like a sweet and tart lemonade.
* Hard Selly – Hard Seltzer – 5.0%
Available flavors are Plain, Cherry-Lime-Blue Raspberry, Passionfruit-Orange-Guava

Gulf Branch Nature Center @ Kids Court
2021-08-20 14:30 - 15:30
Our friends at the Gulf Branch Nature Center will bring fun stuff for kids to see and touch and maybe even a critter at the Kids Court on Fri., Aug. 20 at 2:30pm.

Mobile Axe Throwing & Escape Rom
2021-08-20 14:00 - 23:00
Don your flannel shirt, and throw some axes in Odyssey Mobile Adventure’s amazing and super safe mobile axe throwing trailer or try your hand at an immersive adventure in the escape room!

Purchase axe throwing tickets here. Purchase escape room tickets here.

Puppet Making @ Kids Court
2021-08-20 14:00 - 18:00 | Kids Court, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join us this year in Kids Court with a special puppet making activity. Your child will be so proud of the take-home puppet!

Kids Court
2021-08-20 14:00 - 18:00
Calling all kids! Join us for FREE fun each afternoon of the Fair with inflatable games, puppet making, coloring, performances from Drew Blue Shoes and appearances from friends like Gulf Branch Nature Center and Synetic Theatre!

Lesson Zero @ Entertainment Stage
2021-08-19 21:00 - 21:45 | Entertainment Stage, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, United States
Lesson Zero plays way cool music, original roots rock and classic covers.The band features melodic vocal harmonies and amazing instrumental work with Kerry Miller on bass and vocals, guitar George Anspach – guitar and vocals, Terry Kean – drums and vocal, and Glenn Rickman – harmonica, guitar, and vocals.

Bele Bele Rhythm Collective @ Entertainment Stage
2021-08-19 19:45 - 20:30 | Entertainment Stage, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, United States
Bele Bele Rhythm Collective is an intergenerational group of women from Arlington and surrounding areas who have come together to form a sisterhood of the drum. The BBRC performs tightly sewn compositions of polyrhythms on West African dun-un and djembe drums, complete with exciting breaks, contagious songs, and dancing. The BBRC performs to celebrate unity and diversity, and to spread the joy and healing power of West African drumming to the community at-large.

Trivia @ Beer Garden
2021-08-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Beer Garden, 2nd Street S between S Jackson St and S Ivy St (on-street), Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Join MAPPS Trivia at the Arlington County Fair Beer Garden on Thursday night for FREE Trivia! We will host four short games of trivia – play all four or just a few, it’s up to you! Each game will have prizes courtesy of New District Brewing. Download the TrivNow app to your phone, the game code will be provided by the host at the fair. See you there!

Crush Funk @ Entertainment Stage
2021-08-19 18:30 - 19:15 | Entertainment Stage, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, United States
Crush Funk is a group of passionate young musicians that enjoy performing and playing a little bit of a lot of the music you like throughout the DMV. Check out Crush Funk playing modern pop, funk and jazz in the Entertainment Tent!

Action Jaxx Foam Party at the Arlington County Fair!
2021-08-19 18:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-18 17:00 - 22:00
Picture this – a pool party without the pool and one thousand times better. We fill almost any surface with up to 6-feet of clean, hypoallergenic foam all the kids can play and run around in. It’s a fully interactive and immersive experience loved by children and adults of all ages.
There is a cost to enter the Foam Party. Stop by the foam zone to let the kids cool off and play in our foam pit! Kids will have a blast playing in the foam and will get wet so don’t forget to bring a towel to wipe them down, and maybe a change of clothes for when they get out. Hope to see you there!

Calico Cloggers @ Entertainment Stage
2021-08-19 17:15 - 17:45 | Entertainment Stage, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, United States
The Calico Cloggers are a Fair classic! They are a dance group performing clog and percussion routines to a variety of music, including pop, bluegrass, and Celtic tunes. Come tap your foot along to the beat!

Mobile Axe Throwing & Escape Room
2021-08-19 17:00 - 22:00

Synetic Theater @ Kids Court
2021-08-19 17:00 - 17:45 | Kids Court, 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
Synetic Theater offers exciting and dynamic drama, movement, aerobatics, dance and music programming for children and fun for the whole family! This year’s show, The Miraculous Magical Balloon, tells the story about a traveling actor and a magical balloon. Check it out on Thurs., Aug. 19 at 5:00pm at the Kids Court!

Mobile Axe Throwing
2021-08-18 17:00 - 22:00

2021 Arlington County Fair
2021-08-18 - 2021-08-22
Welcome to the 2021 Arlington County Fair!
