Temperatures warm up, the school is almost available for the year, and a full list of open -air free summer entertainment arrives in the County Fairfax parks.
The Fairfax County Park Authority will launch its annual Summer entertainment series Tonight (Friday), with Grist Mill Park in Mount Vernon organizing the Swing and Jazz group Seth Kibel and the Kleztet At 7:30 p.m.
This performance is part of the Mount Vernon Nuits The series, which will be divided this year between Friday shows at Grist Mill (4320 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway) and Saturday shows at the Workhouse Arts Center (9601 Ox Road) in Lorton.
The most notable change for this year’s Summer Entertainment series may be the addition of Springfield Town Center as a new place for Franconia nights.
The Springfield Overlook parking garage (7039 Old Keene Mill Road) will host children’s concerts on the green at 10-10:45 am on June 14 and 21, completing the Wednesday evening concerts which start on July 2 on the Franconia Rec Center K. Planty Amphitheater (6601 Telegraph Road).
The other series planned for this summer include:
- Arts in parks
- Saturday, June 14-August. 16 (10-10: 45 h) at the amphitheater of Burke Lake Park, Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Amphitheater, Mason District Park Amphitheatre, Springfield Overlook and Wakefield Park
- Saturday July 5-August. 9 (6-6: 45 h) in the Mosaic district
- Saturday August 2-23 (7 p.m. to 7:45 a.m.) on Sully Historic Site
- Wednesday, June 18-August. 13 (10-10: 45 a.m.) at the Center d’Agre du park de la Ferme Frying Pan
- Braddock nights
- Friday July 11-August. 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.) at the Royal Lake Park and Lake Acotink Park
- Saturday, June 14-August. 16 (10-10: 45 h) at Wakefield Park
- Evenings on the ellipse
- Thursday July 3-August. 2 (5.30 p.m.) at Fairfax County Government Center
- Hunter Mill melodies
- Thursday July 3-August. 3.30 p.m. at the Frying Pan farm park
- Wednesday, June 18-August. 13 (10-10: 45 h) at the Pavy Pan Farm Park Pavilion
- Music at Arrowbrook Center Park
- Saturday July 12-August. 30 (7:30 p.m.) at 2351 Field Point Road
- Providence present
- Thursday July 3-August. 2 (7:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.) at the Nottoway Park
- Saturday, June 14-August. 4.30 p.m. or 6 p.m. for children’s shows) in the Mosaic district
- Starlight spotlight
- Friday and Saturday June 20-August. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.) at the Mason District Park
- Saturday, June 14-August. 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) at Ossian Hall Park
- Springfield nights
- Wednesday June 25-August. 8 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) in Burke Lake Park
- Saturday, June 14-August. 16 (10-10: 45 h) at the amphitheater of Burke Lake Park
- Starlight cinema
- Saturday 2-23 August on Sully Historic Site
- The doors open at 6 p.m. with children’s shows before the film at 7 p.m., the films start to darkness.
The concerts and film screenings are organized by the Park Authority in partnership with the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Fairfax County Park Foundation.
“All ages are invited to go out to take advantage of a picnic, to connect with friends and neighbors, and to be entertained all summer,” the park authority said in a press release.
It is unlikely that this year’s robust queues will be reproduced next year, except an unexpected financial windfall for the county. The supervisor council adopted a Budget for the year 2026 On May 6, this reduced funding from the $ 109,000 summer entertainment series.
The reduction – which will limit the series to 73 shows, or eight per masterful district – was one of the many proposed by the FCPA In response to the County Executive Directive, Bryan Hill, all county agencies identify 10% of the “economies” of their general fund.
Although the Summer Entertainment series was the victim of a tight budgetary year, the Comté supervisors distant Some other cuts, including more than $ 600,000 for the maintenance of trails, parks and recreational facilities.
A spokesperson for Fairfax County Park Authority confirmed that reduced funding would not be felt before next year.
“This year’s series will remain as planned,” she told FFXNOW.