TranslateEvents & Public Meetings
| Date | Time | Event | |
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| Apr 19, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Parents Night Out Mom and Dad, have a fun night with friends, while we entertain your kids! Movies, pizza, drink, and a snack will be provided. |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Charles Houston Health & Fitness Expo The Charles Houston Recreation Center will host a Health and Fitness Expo to provide an overall health assessment experience and knowledge of wellness opportunities in Alexandria, and in surrounding communities. |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Sat | 2:00 PM | Annual Invitational Cheer Competition Show your spirit! Support youth cheerleading teams from neighborhood recreation centers and the metropolitan area. |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Sat | 6:30 PM | Gadsby's Tavern Museum Society's Spring Fling Gadsby's Tavern Museum Society's Spring Fling, an annual fundraiser supporting the Museum's endowment. The Museum will be closing at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. |
| Apr 28, 2024 | Sun | 9:30 AM | Superhero Brunch Join us for themed crafts and activities, brunch snacks, and visits from Superheroes. Each super hero in training must have one guardian attend with them. Registration only required for children. |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Tue | 6:30 PM | Artist Talk with Brennan Buck from FreelandBuck Brennan Buck from FreelandBuck will speak about the artist team’s public artwork Tunnel Vision realized for the new WMATA (or Metro) office building in Alexandria, VA that officially opened last fall. Suspended from the ceiling and positioned in the southwest corner of the building’s lobby, Tunnel Vision can be experienced from the lobby, the street, ... |
| May 4, 2024 | Sat | 10:00 AM | RecFest 2024 The City of Alexandria presents RecFest! All ages can attend this FREE event full of family fun. Click here for more information. |
| May 4, 2024 | Sat | 11:00 AM | Mother's Day Spa Make Mother's Day memorable and come out for an afternoon of mother and daughter spa treatments, great food, facials, massages and manicures. |
| May 4, 2024 | Sat | 4:00 PM | Alexandria-Caen Sister City Comm Spring Jazz Fête Join the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee in the Lloyd House Garden for a spectacular afternoon celebrating the rich cultural exchange between France & America through the universal language of jazz! Dance to a live Jazz Band and immerse yourself in the world of jazz with Smithsonian lecturer Paul Glenshaw. |
| May 6, 2024 | Mon | 12:00 PM | Days of Remembrance 2024 The City of Alexandria will observe the 35th Annual Days of Remembrance (Yom HaShoah) for the victims of the Holocaust. |
| May 7, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Lecture/Concert: Music from Lafayette's Lifetime Lafayette, La Musique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne. In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824-25 tour of the United States, enjoy a lecture/concert of music from Lafayette’s lifetime performed on early 19th-century instruments. |
| May 8, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Commission for the Arts Orientation Orientation for new members of the Commission for the Arts. |
| May 18, 2024 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Commission for the Arts Annual Retreat Annual retreat for the Commission for the Arts. |
| May 21, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Commission for the Arts Monthly Meeting Monthly meeting of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. |
| May 25, 2024 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Pool Opening Day The City of Alexandria's is excited to welcome back residents and visitors to our outdoor pools and interactive fountain for the start of the 2024 Pool Season. All pools and the Potomac Yard Interactive Fountain open today, May 25. See below for more information on each location's schedule. |
| May 31, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Family Game Night Come join us for some free food, family-friendly competition, and quality time together full of activities including board games, gym games and the game room. RSVP is required. |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Family Movie Night An exciting family and community event where participants will enjoy free popcorn, cotton candy, drinks, trivia, and a (PG) movie for the entire family to enjoy. |
| Jun 15, 2024 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Wheely Tykes Race Tykes and toddlers race to the finish in their big wheels, tricycles, and battery-operated vehicles in a real race. |
| Jun 15, 2024 | Sat | 11:00 AM | Pre-Father’s Day Cookout This day is for the whole family to enjoy and honor the dads with a day of grilling and indoor activities that will keep our dads active as they compete in various activities such as 3v3 basketball, pool tournament, tug-of-war, three-legged race, and much more for bragging rights. |
| Jun 15, 2024 | Sat | 12:00 PM | Juneteenth at Houston The Charles Houston Recreation Center will host its first ever Juneteenth Festival with live entertainment, food, vendors, and arts and history activities for all ages. |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Commission for the Arts Monthly Meeting Monthly meeting of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Fri | 6:00 PM | Alexandria Jazz Festival The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts invites you to the annual Alexandria Jazz Festival, providing free art activations, live jazz, and spoken word artists. |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Community Family Picnic What’s more fun than gathering with friends, family, and fellow Alexandrians to enjoy an evening of activities and entertainment in the park while forging new relationships. |
| Jul 13, 2024 | Sat | 6:00 PM | 275th Alexandria Birthday Celebration The City of Alexandria will celebrate its 275th birthday with live music, fireworks, cupcakes and remarks from our City Council, Town Crier, and our Poet Laureate. |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Family Dance Night Each night, families will learn a dance that is suitable for all ages and lots of family fun. Instructions, refreshments, and music included. |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Ultimate Family Game Night This ultimate game night showdown for families who think they have what it takes to compete in several rounds of the ultimate table games, trivia, ping pong, air hockey, foosball and basketball. |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Family Game Night Come join us for some free food, family-friendly competition, and quality time together full of activities including board games, gym games and the game room. RSVP is required. |
| Oct 20, 2024 | Sun | 10:00 AM | Maker Faire NoVa Alexandria's Office of the Arts (@alexartsoffice) is proud to announce a partnership with NoVa Labs to co-produce Maker Faire NoVa in Alexandria this fall! |