The Family Calendar: October 2024
Think of The Family Calendar monthly series as your go-to roundup of our top recs for kid-friendly events and happenings, fun things to do around RVA with your household crew in tow, and family-centric city guides.
Here’s what we’ve scoped out for October!
— by the RVAx team
PS: Are we missing an event? Submit it here.
A couple to-dos in partic that caught our eyes
Movies in the Outfield with the Richmond Flying Squirrels: Hotel Transylvania
The evening temps these days are just right, and one of the best ways to celebrate that during spooky szn is with a chilling(ish) movie. For their final movie in the outfield this season, the Richmond Flying Squirrels are showing Hotel Transylvania! Bring your picnic blanket, grab some concessions, lie back, and enjoy a *monstrously* good time with the fam.
Location: 3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd (The Diamond)
Cost: $8+; get your tix here
Date & time: Saturday, October 12; 6 - 9:30 pm
Garden Glow
Garden Glow, one of our favorite events of the year, is starting up again soon! During the second half of October, beginning every evening at sunset, the Richmond icon dazzles with its colorful lighting that cloaks the historic architecture and gardens. On the Carriage House Lawn, you can even “find expanded seating and art installations in the Glow Village, along with food trucks, fire pits, [and] a Glow Bar and Glow Shop.”
Location: 1700 Hampton St (Maymont)
Cost: Varies; learn more here
Dates and times: Wednesday, October 16, through Sunday, November 10; times vary — learn more below!
Live music, parties, and then some
Keep the family fun going
