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Fall Festival

October 26, 2024 on Town Hill!

Fall Festival Schedule

11:00 a.m. Open
2:00 p.m. Pet Costume Parade
3:00 p.m. Kids Costume Parade
4:00 p.m. Golf Cart Parade

A day full of fun for the whole family!
Activities usually include Food and Artist Vendor tents, Games and crafts for kids, costume contests, bounce houses and inflatable slides, music, a fire pit and more!

One of the highlights of the event is the Halloween Golf Cart Parade which has been taking place annually for over a dozen years. It is sometimes a standalone event, but this year it once again joins forces with the fest.

Save the Rainforest Golf Cart"Save the Rainforest" golf cart parade entry, 2017
Fall Festival Vendors2016s event at the Community Center

Past Fall Festival Announcements

OCTOBER 21, 2023 on Town Hill
This year the Fredericksburg Fallen Heros BBQ Cookoff shared Town Hill due to utilizing their rain date.

2022s event was held October 22nd

- - -  CANCELLED - - - Coming October 23, 2021 on Town Hill!

Rescheduled to Sunday, October 28, 2018

5th Annual! Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 11 am - 5 pm on Town Hill

Scarecrow FlyerFlyer for the 2016 event

Formerly held on Town Hill, in 2016 the event was at the Colonial Beach Community Center while the usual venue recovered from the rains that fell during Bikefest. Saturday, October 29th, 2016 was the date and the event ran from about 11:00am to 5:00pm.

Fall Festival Fun and Games

This family-friendly event features fun for all! Usually included in the schedule are things like pony rides, a pet costume parade, an inflatable carnival (moon bounce, slides, etc.) an apple sling (see how far they can fly!) a costume contest, craft vendors and much more!

You can win some money at Cow Paddy Bingo. Just rent a square (or more) and hope it gets splatted on. 2' x 2' squares are around $10/each and the first one that the cow soils after the 3:00pm event start time is the big cash prize winner! Proceeds benefit the Junior Rescue Squad. You do not to be present to win.

Cow Paddy BingoCow Paddy Bingo photo courtesy of J. Fertig

Yummy Brunswick Stew is sometimes available for purchase at around $8/quart. 

You might even catch a special performance of the celebrity impersonator troupe, Illusions of the Stars! Look-alikes of Cher, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Dolly Parton, Toni Braxton and Elvis may be seen on the stage. 

Past event sponsors have included the PTA, Chamber of Commerce, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Colonial Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad, Custom Cartz and Coldwell Banker Elite.


trunk or treat flyer
Fall Fest Flyer2016 Flyer
bounce house
2015 Fall Festival Flyer
Fall Festival 2014 flyer2014 Fall Festival Flyer
Fall Festival Colonial Beach2013 Fall Festival Flyer
Check out some pictures from 2013's event which took place on October 5th.

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