Bull Run Festival Of Lights:
Bull Run’s Festival of Lights is a 2.5 mile illuminated holiday light festival. This light show can either be taken in through a car or with a bus, where you can bring a party to enjoy the lights. At the end of the light show, there is a carnival, the carnival has many various rides, games, and food vendors. There are single tickets, sheet tickets and a wristband that gives you unlimited rides, if you choose the tickets, it will be around 3-5 tickets per ride.
- Price: $30 per vehicle or $75 for a bus
- Date: Now – January 5
- Location: Bull Run Drive 7700, Centreville, 20121
- Website
Winter Lantern Festival (Tysons):
The Winter Lantern Festival in Tysons holds an annual winter luminescent night walk. The luminescent night walk consists of a 45 minute walk that includes different activities along the way like rides, and bounce houses or you can just admire the view of the lights while learning about traditional Chinese lantern festivals.
- Price: $26.99 (Ages 13-64) / $16.99 (Ages 4-12) / $21.99 (Ages 65+, Students, and Military)
- Dates: Now – January 12th
- Time and Days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday/5:00pm – 9:00pm
- Location: Next to Tysons Galleria – 8025 Galleria Drive, Tysons, VA 22102
- Website
Bowlero:
Bowlero is an indoor bowling alley with lane side dining. Participants can book lanes online and ahead of time, with a guest limit of 12. Depending on the party size, guests can spend one to two hours in their lanes and can enjoy food at the comfort of the bowling lane.
- Price: $36 (Per Person)
- Date: All Year
- Location: Woodson Drive, Sterling, 20164
- Website Monster Mini Golf:
Monster Mini Golf is an indoor glow- in- the – dark mini golf course. It has multiple fun statutes and obstacles all along the course, making the course very unique. Monster Mini Golf also has laser tag, monster mini bowling, and a variety of arcade games.
- Price $14 (Mini Golf), $5 (Mini Bowling), $7 (Laser Tag)
- Date: All Year
- Location: 14130 Sullyfield Circle, Chantilly, 20151
- Website
Whitetail Snow Tubing:
Whitetail Snow Resort offers a two hour session of outdoor snow tubing. Students can buy tickets in advance, online, and drive just over an hour and a half from Dominion to the resort in Pennsylvania. Whitetail provides participants with the tube and a fantastic wintery experience.
- Price: $46 (per person)
- Date: Now through March 2 (Friday – Sunday)
- Location: Blairs Valley Road, Mercersburg PA, 17236
- Website
Loudoun Ice Centre:
Loudoun Ice Centre is an ice skating rink that is open all year around offering 3v3 hockey, ice skating lessons, and public skating on select days. On Saturday the 21st between 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. there will be a skate with Santa event. During the event, you will be able to skate along with Santa, and get free hot chocolate with normal admission and art and crafts on the side when finished skating. If you want to learn more about their skate times, there is more information on their website with details posted on their calendar.
- Price: $4 – $9 for skate rentals
- Dates: All year
- Location: 22149 Davis Drive #155, Sterling, VA 20164
- Website
Movies: If you are looking to escape the cold, local movie theaters offer the perfect opportunity. Currently, local theaters are showing: Moana 2, Wicked, Gladiator, Kraven The Hunter, and Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
Mufasa: The Lion King Movie:
Mufasa is the prequel to the most recent Lion King Movie, released in 2019. Mufasa brings back characters seen in the original, and delivers a unique take on the story of Mufasa’s origin before the birth of Simba. Mufasa: The Lion King is directed by Barry Jenkins and voiced by Aaron Pierre as Mufasa, Seth Rogan as Pumbaa, and Beyoncé as Nala.
- Price: $12.99 – 15.99
- Dates: December 19th – January 2nd
- Website or Regal App
Sonic The Hedgehog 3:
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the sequel to the first two Sonic movies. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 shows Sonic teaming up with his two friends Knuckles and Tails to stop a new threat, Shadow. The movie is directed by Jeff Fowler and is voiced by Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessy as Tails, Idris Elba as Knuckles, and Keanu Reeves as Shadow.
- Price: $12.49 – $15.49
- Dates: December 19th – January 2nd
- Website or Regal App
Commanders vs. Eagles:
On December 22nd, the Commanders and the Eagles will face off for the second time this season. This game between the two NFC East division leaders and being this close to playoffs will be important for both teams, especially the division leading Eagles. These two NFC East teams will play in Maryland, the game can be streamed on YouTube TV, NFL+, and FOX.
