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Memorial Day Parade and Festival
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Join us on Monday, May 27 for the 38th Annual Memorial Day Festival and Parade where over 12,000 people will converge on the City Hall grounds to enjoy food, live entertainment, artisans and vendors from all over the region. It’s a great day for everyone! The parade will be led by this year’s Grand Marshal, Rob Donovan.
Current Schedule (subject to change)
9:00 A.M. — Don Beyer Volvo 3K Fun Run (no registration required!)
9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. — Music on the Main Stage
9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. — Festival with Children’s rides, food, and vendors
10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. — Tours of Cherry Hill Farmhouse
11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. — Veterans’ Ceremony at Veterans Memorial, Community Center. Keynote Speaker is Tracy Roou
11:00 A.M. – 3:15 P.M. — Blood Drive (INOVA Bloodmobile parked on Little Falls St. near Community Center. Make an appointment at bit.ly/COFC0527)
2:00 P.M. — Parade begins, led by Grand Marshal Rob Donovan
And remember! Transportation is always tricky on Memorial Day. Certain road closures are in effect for the Fun Run and the Parade. Get the full details on the Festival and Parade Parking page.
Thank you to our current event sponsors! .
Festival & Parade Parking, Road Closures & Restrictions
It’s never too early to start making transportation plans to the Memorial Day Parade and Festival.
Visitor Parking
Free public parking is available at the Kaiser Permanente garage (on the corner of N. Washington St. and Park Ave.) and the George Mason Square garage (103 W. Broad St.). Free parking is available on some side streets, but please check signs for time limits.
Visitors to the Memorial Day festivities are reminded to NOT park in private parking lots with posted “No Parking – Towing Enforced” signs, including shopping centers and office buildings. The private lots are for the customers of businesses only. Many businesses enforce parking restrictions on weekends and holidays and may tow without notice. It is possible your vehicle will be towed even if you patronize a business then leave the premises to attend the festival.
Road Closures and Parking Restrictions
Several City of Falls Church streets will be closed to vehicular traffic, or will only be open to local or parade traffic, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Scroll down for maps.
Park Ave. will be closed from 5:30 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. between N. Maple Ave. to N. Virginia Ave. (except for limited vendor traffic)
Little Falls St. will be closed from 5:30 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. between Park Ave. to Great Falls St.
Portions or all of certain streets along the route of the Don Beyer Fun Run will be closed (scroll down for map):
Little Falls St.
Great Falls St.
Pennsylvania Ave.
Fulton Ave.
N. Oak St.
Lincoln Ave.
N. West St.
Park Ave.
In addition to the roads listed above being close, please understand that all vehicles located within the perimeter of the Fun Run route will not be permitted to leave during this road closure. Click here for a map of the Fun Run.
Parade staging areas will be closed to parked cars and vehicular traffic between 5:30 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. on sections of:
Lincoln Ave.
N. West St.
Highland Ave.
N. Oak St.
Greenwich St.
Park Ave.