Bring your friends and celebrate fall with the team at Northside Social's Falls Church location. The fun takes place outside on the patio and costumes are highly encouraged. Enjoy live music from John Campbell 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Inaaya Pepermintwala 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., and The Jeanette Preniczky Jazz Duo 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Join the pumpkin carving competition; bring your own tools, and Northside Social will provide the pumpkins. Judging will happen at 6:30 p.m. Wine and pumpkins go hand in hand. From 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., enjoy three wines from Margaret Perry at Williams Corner Wine Importers for $15. Plus, enjoy fall-themed food and pastry specials and featured beers to ward off the hunger goblins. The event will take place from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.

Celebrate Halloween at The Lane with two sessions of a family costume contest; parents and children are encouraged to come dressed to impress in their most creative costumes as the winner of the contest will receive a free one-month membership to The Lane. Each session will also include pumpkin decorating and plenty of candy. The cost is free for members and $20 per child for non-members. An additional cost of $5 per pumpkin for both members and non-members is added at checkout. October 30th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. For more information or to sign-up, please click here.

Put on your favorite horror flick and lean into spooky season, Halloween Provisions are here. You’ll find no tricks, but plenty of treats in store for your ghoulish gatherings – candied apples, pumpkin whoopie pies, snickers sippers, witchy wines, and a whole host of bloodcurdling brews. Items sold a la carte. To shop, please click here.

Calling all flappers and gangsters. Celebrate Halloween at Gravitas with a deadly delicious 1920's Halloween dance-themed murder mystery dinner. Start the evening gathering clues over welcome cocktails, then make your way around the restaurant over a four-course tasting menu with cocktail pairings as you try to identify the culprit. $195 per person, plus tax and fees. Beginning at 6:00 p.m. To reserve your spot, please click here.

You’re invited to gatherings in the garden. The U Street Neighborhood Association hosts a wide range of programming in  Temperance Alley — from ecology classes to music on the green to writing workshops and more. Join for guided exercises in the shared backyard, designed to help you overcome plant blindness. You’ll practice the art of close observation and how to be in relationship with the garden plants. Fun and chill vibes. Part of an ongoing series hosted by Josh Morin. 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.

Join 3 Stars Brewing for a prize-winning costume party and the return of Catalyst Hot Dogs. 3 Stars loves autumn, throwing parties, and Halloween. They also love hot dogs, and Catalyst Hot Dogs has the best wieners in town. (Though not the best bad photoshop.) If you like beer, killer hot dogs, dressing up in costumes and winning prizes, then make sure to come by the brewery. Saturday, October 30th from 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.

The Ven at Embassy Row is kicking off the spookiest time of year with a weekly movie series. Beginning on Saturday, October 16th, the hotel will screen an iconic Halloween movie on their spacious rooftop overlooking Dupont Circle. Upcoming movies include Edward Scissorhands (October 16th), Young Frankenstein (October 23rd) and Rocky Horror Picture Show (October 30th). You are encouraged to come dressed in costume, and the best dressed at each screening will win a one night weekend stay at The Ven. Your ticket includes access to the movie screening, a bag of popcorn, and water. Additional a la carte food options include chips and salsa/guacamole, nachos and tacos from The Ven’s restaurant Fred & Stilla; non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage options such as Devil’s Backbone canned cocktails, beer, and soda will also be available for purchase. $20 per person. 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.

Join Cabin John Village for an afternoon of family-friendly activities including trick-or-treating, face painting, music, playtime, and balloon art. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.

Enjoy five wines and four courses at the Margerum Wine Dinner at Lyon Hall. Menu by Executive Chef Miljohn Dimaano, Executive Pastry Chef Bridie McCulla, and General Manager Dana Nyam. Also featuring special guest Margerum Wine Company's Winemaking Owner and Director, Doug Margerum. $80 per person, plus ten percent tax and twenty percent gratuity. Welcome wine at 6:00 p.m., and seated dinner at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please click here.

Put on your costumes, grab the dogs, and bring the whole family to Ballston’s Halloween Cars & Coffee presented by Dominion Energy. Join in the Gold’s Gym Parking Lot and enjoy a collection of unique cars, costumes, trick-or-treating, and complimentary coffee and baked goods (while supplies last). Cars and Coffee’s baked goods and hot coffee are generously sponsored by Gold’s Gym. 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. For more information, please click here.