Police responded to the Arlington County Fair on Friday and Saturday for separate incidents involving teens.
The first happened Friday night when a teen suspect allegedly flashed what appeared to be a gun at an officer.
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Booths run by some of Arlington’s youngest entrepreneurs will be setting up at the Arlington County Fair this weekend, selling crafts, food and more.
Kids Markets will be hosting two kid-run markets on Saturday and Sunday at the fair, setting up booths in the upper field with goods such as jewelry, arts and crafts, crocheted items and fidget toys. Vendors aged 5-17 will be setting prices, handling transactions and pocketing their profits.
The Arlington County Fair opens today (Wednesday), kicking off five days of fun with a ceremony honoring the event’s 50th anniversary.
The ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. on the basketball courts at Thomas Jefferson Community Center (3501 2nd Street S.), featuring a photo booth, music and a historical photo display tracing 50 years of festivities.
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The Arlington County Fair, which returns for its 50th installment later this week, began life in 1977 as a grassroots community effort.
“Our fair is unique — it will reflect Arlington’s pluralistic nature,” fair chair O. Ware Page, Jr. told The Washington Post as the inaugural fair prepared to draw a hoped-for 100,000 visitors to Thomas Jefferson Community Center.
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The lineup and events schedule for next week’s Arlington County Fair are officially set.
Yacht rock, electro-pop and classic rock bands will all feature in the free festival at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center, with headliners including the popular local cover band Milk Mountain. Other features include a princess “glam” tent, a portable planetarium experience and four magic shows.
While Arlington is entering the later days of the summer, a full schedule of outdoor events continues through August.
Movie showings, live concerts and the Arlington County Fair are sure to draw crowds in the maybe-not-so-blistering heat of the late-ish season. Other outdoor attractions range from Rosslyn’s Dark Star Park Day to an outdoor bonsai class in Pentagon City.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Arlington County Fair is returning next month with its ever-popular assortment of carnival rides, treats and events, plus some new additions.
The fair will take place from Wednesday, Aug. 12 to Sunday, Aug. 16 at Thomas Jefferson Community Center, bringing back attractions like the fun slide, the double Ferris wheel and the “super shot” drop tower, paired with reliable fair bites such as fried Oreos, funnel cake and tacos.
While the Ferris wheels and games are probably the Arlington County Fair’s most iconic attractions, an entire second world could be found this weekend indoors.
Many fairgoers sought refuge from a 100-degree heat index inside the Thomas Jefferson Community Center (3501 2nd Street S.). There, they encountered vendors selling assorted wares, advocates seeking signatories for petitions, assorted competitions and more.
It was, both literally and figuratively, the calm before the storm.
The bottles were all lined up against the wall, awaiting their executioners. The lights were on at the rides, but the vehicles were frozen in place like cars on I-95 and crowded with fair workers savoring their last moment of downtime before the floodgates opened.
Five days of live entertainment, family-friendly fun and, of course, food-eating contests kick off next week with the start of the 49th annual Arlington County Fair.
Starting next Wednesday, Aug. 13, and lasting through Sunday, Aug. 17, this year’s fair at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center (3501 2nd Street S.) includes a relocated beer garden and a new partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Matt Richards knows exactly what he wants to do on Saturday, Aug. 16: grab a beer and relax in the upper field at the Arlington County Fair.
After five years as chair of the Arlington County Fair Board, Richards is among those on the all-volunteer board who will be able to take a breath and enjoy the fruits of their labor this year thanks to a new partnership with the Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation.
Street upgrades in Bluemont, Claremont and Shirlington, plus a loan for renovating 73 affordable housing units, are scheduled for County Board consideration this weekend.
Board members have a total 52 items on their consent agenda this month, but no regular hearing items. All items pulled for further consideration will be heard at the Board’s recessed meeting, set for Wednesday, June 18.