Editing Fairfax County, Virginia (section)

== Arts and culture ==
{{Further|Capital One Hall|EagleBank Arena|Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts|Workhouse Arts Center}}
[[File:Wolf Trap Concert Hall in northern Virginia LCCN2011632950.tif|thumb|[[Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts]] in [[Wolf Trap, Virginia|Wolf Trap]]]]
Annual festivals include the "Celebrate Fairfax!" festival held in June at the Fairfax County Government Center in [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], the [[Tephra Fine Arts Festival]]<ref>[http://www.restonarts.org/festival/ GRACE, Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211152030/http://www.restonarts.org/Festival/ |date=December 11, 2010 }}. Restonarts.org (July 31, 2008). Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> held in May at Reston Town Center in [[Reston, Virginia|Reston]], and the [[International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap|International Children's Festival]] held in September at the [[Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts]], a performing arts center in [[Wolf Trap, Virginia|Wolf Trap]].

Fairfax County supports a summer concert series held in multiple venues throughout the county on various nights. The concert series are called Arts in the Parks, Braddock Nights, Franconia District Nights, Mt. Vernon Nights, Nottoway Nights, Spotlight by Starlight, Sounds of Summer and Starlight Cinema.<ref name="2009 summer">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/|title=2009 Summer Entertainment Series|publisher=Fairfax County|access-date=April 2, 2010}}</ref>

[[Capital One Hall]], part of the [[Capital One Tower (Virginia)|Capital One Headquarters Complex]] in [[Tysons, Virginia|Tysons]], is a major performing arts center that opened in 2021 and seats 1,600 in its main theater.

[[EagleBank Arena]], originally known as the Patriot Center, is located on the Fairfax campus of [[George Mason University]] just outside Fairfax, hosts concerts and shows. The nearby Center for the Arts at George Mason is a major year-round arts venue, and the [[Workhouse Arts Center]] in [[Lorton, Virginia]] includes studios for artists, event facilities for performing groups, and gallery exhibitions in addition to hosting the annual Clifton Film Celebration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clifton Film Celebration |url=https://filmfreeway.com/CliftonFilmCelebration |website=FilmFreeway |access-date=August 3, 2024}}</ref> Smaller local art venues include: the Alden Theater at the McLean Community Center, ArtSpace Herndon, Center Stage at the Reston Community Center, Greater Reston Arts Center, James Lee Community Center Theater, and Vienna Arts Society.