Activity: Pie Eating Championship
2024-08-17 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
The ever-popular pie-eating challenge is back! Sign up for the 2024 Arlington County Fair Pie Eating Championship! A ten-dollar entry fee gets you a slice of delicious pie, a limited-edition t-shirt and a chance to win a gift certificate to Livin’ the Pie Life! This delicious event is brought to you through a partnership with Livin’ the Pie Life, TriVistaUSA, and Team Showalter. Saturday: 1:30 p.m.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Calico Cloggers
2024-08-17 14:00 - 14:45
The Calico Cloggers are a percussive dance group based in Northern Virginia. We perform at festivals, retirement communities, schools – pretty much anywhere possible! Our repertoire includes traditional and modern clogging, Irish and Canadian step dancing, tap dancing, swing, and set dancing. We dance to bluegrass, country, Celtic, pop, swing, and hip-hop music. We include figure dances, line dances, duets, and solos.

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Rebel Rose
2024-08-17 14:45 - 16:45
Rebel Rose is a lively group of musicians from all sorts of backgrounds, brought together by our love for rock. We cover all styles of rock, from classic 80s hits to modern anthems, with a unique and eclectic flair.

Location: The Beer Garden

Live Performance: Modine, Queens & Friends
2024-08-17 15:15 - 16:00
Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Hālau O ‘Aulani
2024-08-17 16:30 - 17:15
Teaches and perpetuates the cultures, traditions, and values of the People of Hawai’i through dances, languages, arts, music, history, and customs.

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Old Dominion Cloggers
2024-08-17 17:15 - 18:00
Old Dominion Cloggers is a percussive dance performance team based in Arlington, Virginia, since 1977. They dance to old country favorites, pop, and rock, bringing a foot-stompin’ good time to their performances.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Red Sun King
2024-08-17 17:15 - 20:30
Red Sun King is a band of professional musicians who are passionate about writing and playing music. They are a modern band with roots in the classics but focused on the future.

Location: The Beer Garden

Live Performance: Inspira Dance
2024-08-17 17:45 - 18:30
Inspira Dance is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide sustainable, high-quality dance programs for all students. Inspira Dance hosts a variety of adult dance classes by partnering with local businesses, and these adult programs directly fund their student programs.

Outdoor Entertainment Stage Performances

Live Performance: “The Miraculous Magical Balloon” by Synetic Theater
2024-08-17 18:30 - 19:00
Synetic Theater is an internationally renowned physical theater company, producing work that creates cultural diplomacy, uplifts its community, and provides entertainment and enrichment to people of all ages and from all walks of life.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: The Sprinting Turtles
2024-08-17 19:00 - 19:45
A DMV-based rock band!

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Griefcat
2024-08-17 19:45 - 20:30
Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, the masterminds behind Griefcat, are a duo that you can’t easily categorize or file into a neat little genre. They are mutually perpetuating forces in matching outfits who together create beautifully blended harmonies and brilliant lyrics with an unpredictable twist.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: The Uptown Band
2024-08-17 20:30 - 22:00
The Uptown Band

The exhilarating musical synergy The Uptown Band has created with audiences in their home region of the Northeast and beyond continues to grow. Since 2006, they have been an AWARD-WINNING PREMIER CHOICE as the featured act at almost 2000 shows.

Location: Main Entertainment Stage

Yoga Flow Class
2024-08-18 09:00 - 10:00
Come roll out your yoga mat for a foundational vinyasa yoga flow. This is an all-level class, where even beginners curious about trying yoga for the very first time will feel gently guided and supported through instruction. Learn more about the instructor at CoachingWithMargaryta.com

Live Performance: The Arlingtones
2024-08-18 11:15 - 12:00
A non-profit singing group dedicated to preserving and performing the art of barbershop.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Spinning Lucy
2024-08-18 12:45 - 13:30
Philly guys playing original indie power pop.

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Event: Competitive Exhibits Awards Ceremony
2024-08-18 13:00 - 14:00
Awards Ceremony Honoring Grand Champions and Grand Reserve Champions

Location: Indoor Stage

Live Performance: The Arlingtones
2024-08-18 13:30 - 14:15
A non-profit singing group dedicated to preserving and performing the art of barbershop.

Location: The Beer Garden

Live Performance: DEMZ
2024-08-18 14:00 - 14:45
Dennis Ed & Mark have been playing acoustic music together for >25 years. Then Dennis’ son, Zach joined us on lead vocals &mandolin.

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Activity: Face Painting & Balloon Artist
2024-08-18 14:00 - 16:00
Unleash your child’s imagination with our dazzling face painting! From magical unicorns to fierce superheroes, we’ve got the perfect design for every little dreamer.

Location: Upper Field

Road Trip Poets
2024-08-18 14:45 - 16:45
Performance in the Beer Garden!

Live Performance: Road Trip Poets
2024-08-18 14:45 - 16:45
Playing breweries, distilleries, festivals, and other events all over the Washington and Baltimore areas, Road Trip Poets play a wide range of indie-rock covers, unique originals, and sing along classics.

Location: The Beer Garden

Live Performance: Badger Crossing Band
2024-08-18 15:15 - 16:00
Zach Byrd, guitar/led vocal and Zack Diamond, mando/led vocal, are the singer-songwriters of Badger.

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Krista O’Connell
2024-08-18 15:30 - 16:15
Krista O’Connell is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Virginia Beach, VA, who now calls the Washington, DC area home. She has roots in folk, country, rock, and blues and enjoys improvising, writing original music, and creating unique covers.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Que Pasa Storytellers
2024-08-18 16:45 - 17:30
Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Round About
2024-08-18 17:15 - 18:00
Round About is a Washington, DC-area pop/rock acoustic duo made up of Patrick Garrity and Aaron Lowenberger featuring sparkling guitar work and tasteful vocal harmony.

Location: The Beer Garden

Live Performance: Soo-Jin and the Semi-Colons
2024-08-18 17:45 - 18:30
Soo-Jin and the Semi-Colons is a rock trio formed in August of 2021 and consisting of Soo-Jin Lee (vocals, guitar, keyboard); Dan Reinish (bass and vocals); and Bobby Burke (drums).

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Gracie Jay
2024-08-18 18:00 - 18:45
Multi-talented arranger and vocalist, Gracie Jay has performed and recorded with artists including Cyrille Aimee, Nicholas Payton, Camille Thurman, Jamison Ross and more. Gracie is a powerful force on stage, simultaneously writing and arranging for the same large-ensembles she masterfully sings for.

Location: Indoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: Road Trip Poets
2024-08-18 19:00 - 19:45
Playing breweries, distilleries, festivals, and other events all over the Washington and Baltimore areas, Road Trip Poets play a wide range of indie-rock covers, unique originals, and sing along classics.

Location: Outdoor Entertainment Stage

Live Performance: LESSON ZERO
2024-08-18 20:15 - 21:00

Online Registration For Competitive Exhibits Closes
2025-08-11 23:59
Online registration closes Monday, August 11, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
