2025 Clifton Day

Join us for a fun-filled day in charming downtown Clifton to take in the sights and activities, including arts, crafts, food, games, activities, music, and more!

Shopping

Arts & Crafts

Explore the beautiful work of over 100 talented artisans, who will have paintings, photography, wood carvings, glass and metal artwork, weavings, and many other crafts on display. You never know what treasures you’ll find!

Outdoor Marketplace

Around 150 vendors will line the town’s streets to offer everything from baked goods, lemonade, local honey, popcorn and gourmet cheeses to pottery, greeting cards, candles, jewelry and handmade toys.

Antiques

Antique vendors from all over the Mid-Atlantic region will showcase unique and beautiful furniture, accent pieces, knickknacks, books, old tools and other vintage items. If antiques and vintage is your thing, this is the area for you.

Entertainment

Clifton Day has something for everyone! Live music acts from multiple genres, kids games and activities, pony rides, delicious food, and train rides (even if you came by car)

2025 Performance Schedule:

Festival Hours 9am-5pm

Last Train to Burke 4:44pm

Last Train to Manassas 5:33pm

Last Parking Shuttle 5:30pm

Roads closed to through traffic 8am-6pm

Ayre Square Schedule (next to Little Villagio)

10:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Sarah Swanner

Main Stage (next to Clifton Town Hall, across from Post Office)

10:30AM Caitlin Schneiderman and Mike Elosh

11:30AM Ted Garber

1:15PM Workingman's Band

2:30PM The High Water with Colin Thompson

4:00PM Roadducks

Pony Rides at the Barn

The Cloverleaf Equine Center (formerly known as the Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program) will once again have the pony rides. Proceeds go to support the riding lessons and horses for Cloverleaf. Children who are age 4 or older and weigh no more than 100 pounds are welcome to ride. Completely safe, completely fun, and pony-petting is free! $10 suggested donation. No dogs, please!

Children’s Activities, Clifton Town Park

Petting Zoo 9am-4pm

Face Painting 9:30am-4pm

T-Ball and Games 9am-4pm

Strolling Magician 9:30am-11am & 1:30-3pm

Kids Interactive Activities (Bubbles, Hula Hoop & more) 10am-4pm

Children’s Firetruck Tours, Clifton Fire Station 416, Chapel Rd

Fire Station Open House 9am-5pm

Children’s Shows, Clifton Town Park (behind Clifton Baptist Church)

The Unicycle Lady, One Woman Wheelie Witty Wacky Silly Suitcase Circus 11am-11:30am

Magic Show by The Amazing Kevin 12pm-12:45pm

Rocknoceros Show 1pm-3pm

The Unicycle Lady, One Woman Wheelie Witty Wacky Silly Suitcase Circus 3-3:30pm

Delicious Food

There is a lot of good stuff to eat at Clifton Day! Here is just a sampling of our vendors on Clifton Day, each with a different menu. Locations with Vegetarian [V] and Gluten-Free [GF] options are noted.

Baja Fresh will have BURRITOS, QUESADILLAS, FAJITAS, and CHIPS with SALSA or GUACAMOLE [V]

Bella’s Café will have on-site baked and crafted SAJ BREAD, WRAP SANDWICHES, HUMMUS, and MIDDLE EASTERN PASTRIES [V]

Boy Scout Troop 1104 will have HOT CIDER, LEMON PEPPERMINT STICKS, BAKED GOODS, and COTTON CANDY [V, GF]

Clifton Café (town eatery) will have GRAB-N-GO CRÊPES, SANDWICHES, and BAKED GOODS (outside) and their WEEKEND BRUCH (inside) [V, GF]

Clifton Lions Club will be serving BURGERS, CHEESE BURGERS, and HOT DOGS

Clifton Presbyterian Church will be serving CRAB CAKES and BEEF BRISKET

Colonial Kettle Corn will be serving on-site popped KETTLE CORN and various flavored CHEESE CORN [V]

Cooking Thyme will be serving FUNNEL CAKE and LEMONADE [V]

Kona Ice will be serving TROPICAL FLAVORED SHAVED ICE [V, GF}

Main Street Pub (town eatery) will have a special Clifton Day menu of WINGS, CHILI, GUMBO, NACHOS, BURGERS, SANDWICHES, SALADS, and more [V, GF]

Môtier (town eatery) will be serving freshly baked FRENCH PASTRIES and CUISINE, including CROISSANTS, QUICHE, OMLETS, SANDWICHES, SALADS, and more [V]

Peterson’s Ice Cream Depot (town eatery) will be serving home-made ICE CREAM and SORBET products [V, GF]

Pupusa Tent will be serving PUPUSAS [V]

Trattoria Villagio (town eatery) will be serving PIZZA by the slice (outside), STREET TACOS (outside), and their full ITALIAN MENU (inside) [V, GF]

Trummer’s (town eatery) will be serving freshly fried BEIGNETS (outside) and SCHNITZEL, BURGERS, SALADS, and PASTA (inside) [V, GF]

The Wine Attic (town eatery) will host WINE TASTINGS: casual (outside) and upscale seated (inside) [V, GF]

Zuzu Cuisine will have Mediterranean fare including SHAWARMA, GYRO, FALAFEL, HUMMUS, SALADS, and PASTRIES [V, GF]

Services

What Where When

ATMs Main Street Pub 9am-5pm

Baby Change/Family Rest Clifton Baptist Church 9am-4pm

Bloodmobile Acacia Lodge 9am-3pm

Composting Post Office 9am-5pm

Handicapped Parking Trummer's 9am-5pm

Info Booth/Lost & Found The Wine Attic 8am-5pm

Free Water Refills Post Office 9am-5pm

Parking Shuttles Chapel at Water & Main at Dell 8:30am–5:30pm

Quiet Room Clifton Presbyterian Church 9am-5pm

Recycling Post Office 9am-5pm