October Food Events in Virginia

It’s October foodie friends, which means fall is officially here! This month is jam-packed with Fall/Food Festivals, Oktoberfests, Oysterfests, beer and wine events, food trucks, and much more. Now is the perfect time to explore some new tastes, so check out our list below.

• October 1: Virginia Wine Festival 2022 (Ashburn)

• October 1: 2022 Fredericksburg Greek Festival (Fredericksburg)

• October 1: Oktoberfest (Vienna)

• October 1: Bacon & Bourbon Music Fest (Smithfield)

• October 1: Oktoberfest – Frontier Culture Museum (Staunton)

• October 1: Fredtoberfest 2022 (Fredericksburg) ***Postponed to November 19

• October 1: 10th Annual Famous Fried Chicken Festival (Gordonsville)

• October 1: Chow Down Downtown Food Truck Rodeo (Christiansburg)

• October 1: LagerFest at Beltway Brewing (Sterling)

• October 1: Powhatan’s Festival of the Grape 2022 (Powhatan)

• October 1: Yorktown Wine Festival (Yorktown)

• October 2: Newport News Fall Festival (Newport News)

• October 2: Apple Butter Making at Montebello Volunteer Fire & Rescue (Montebello)

• October 4: National Taco Day 🌮

• October 5: The 41st Great American Food Fest (Chesapeake)

• October 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22: Great Country Farms Adult Cornmaze (Bluemont)

• October 7-8: Historic Appomattox Railroad Festival (Appomattox)

• October 7-8: 52nd Annual Richmond Oktoberfest (Richmond)

• October 7-9: Hands and Harvest Festival (Hightown)

• October 8-9: 30th Annual Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival (Amherst) 🧄

• October 8: 13th Annual A Taste of New Kent (New Kent)

• October 8: DC Wine Fest! Fall Edition (Washington, DC)

• October 8: Whiskey Wine & Fire (Centreville) 🔥

• October 8: Norfolk Mac & Cheese Festival (Norfolk)

• October 8: Heritage India Festival (Chantilly)

• October 8: 2022 Chincoteague Oyster Festival (Chincoteague)

• October 8: 2022 Vinton Fall Festival and Oktoberfest (Vinton)

• October 8: Oktoberfest 2022 (Portsmouth)

• October 8: Chili Cookoff 2022 (Prince George)

• October 8: LOToberfest 2022 (Arlington)

• October 8: FXBG Brewfest (Fredericksburg)

• October 9: Clifton Day Festival (Clifton)

• October 12: National Farmers’ Day 🧑‍🌾

• October 14-16: Seafood Festival Poquoson 2022 (Poquoson)

• October 15-16: 34th Annual Town Point Virginia Fall Wine Festival (Norfolk)

• October 15: Shenandoah Autumnfest (Woodstock) [rescheduled from October 1]

• October 15: The Lynchburg Food, Wine, Funk, Jazz, and Blues Festival (Lynchburg)

• October 15: Oyster Roast at Decoys Seafood (Suffolk)

• October 15: Virginia Czech & Slovak Folklife Festival (Prince George)

• October 15: International Beer Festival at Shipgarten (Mclean)

• October 15: Annual Apple Butter Festival (Raphine)

• October 15: Festival of Grapes and Hops (Petersburg)

• October 15: Coastal Virginia Cider Festival (Hampton)

• October 15: Halifax County Virginia Pizza Festival (Halifax)

• October 15: OystoberFest (Richmond)

• October 15: Arlington Hard Cider & Doughnut Fest (Arlington)

• October 17: National Pasta Day 🍝

• October 21: National Apple Day 🍎

• October 22-23: Virginia Beach Street Food Festival (Virginia Beach)

• October 22: Bridge Street Food Truck Rodeo (Danville)

• October 22: Virginia Beach Hard Cider & Doughnut Fest (Virginia Beach)

• October 22: Vola’s Fall Oysterfest (Alexandria)

• October 22: Chesapeake American Indian Festival (Chesapeake)

• October 22: 21st Annual Apple Dumpling Festival (Stuart)

• October 22: Virginia Beach Seafood Festival (Virginia Beach)

• October 22: 2nd Annual Beer & Wine Festival at Bear Chase Brewing Company (Bluemont)

• October 22: 8th Annual Wine by the River Festival (Axton)

• October 22: Field Dayz 2022! (Williamsburg)

• October 23: Yorktoberfest (Yorktown)

• October 26: National Pumpkin Day

• October 29: Beer & Wine Festival – City Center Fall Festival (Newport News)

• October 30: Loudon Veg Fest 2022 (Purcellville)

• October 31: Halloween 🎃

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