The Town of Occoquan is host to a wide variety of special events throughout the year. In addition to the events listed below, please check out the web sites listed at the bottom of the page for additional listings.

2013

February 9 -- Business Guild Chocolate Walk (11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

February 23 – Frigid February 5K Run/Walk (8:30 a.m., 413 Mill Street)

March 21 – Occoquan Historical Society Lecture, “Occoquan and the Civil War: 1862”

April 21 – Occoquan Historical Society Gala

April 26 – Arbor Day Event

April 27 – Friends of the Occoquan (FOTO) Spring Cleanup

May 9 – Occoquan Historical Society Lecture, "The Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse"

May 11 -- Art on the Block (1 - 5 p.m.)

May 11 -- Historic Tours of Ococquan by Kayak Begin (11:00 a.m., 2nd and 4th Saturdays through October, Occoquan Regional Park)

May 18 -- Occoquan River Fest 2013 (10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

May 18 -- Prince William Public Library System Foundation "Speakeasy" Fundraiser at Rockledge Mansion (8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.)

June 1-2 – Spring Arts and Crafts Show

June 15 – Annual Duck Splash Race

July 11 – Occoquan Historical Society Lecture

July 20 – Hammill/Underwood Cup Canoe/Kayak/SUP Race

September 28-29 – Fall Arts and Crafts Show

November 22 – Business Guild Holiday Open House (4 - 8 p.m.)

December 7 – Santa Arrives in Occoquan by Boat (Noon)

December – Town Blessing and Holiday Party

 

HistoricOccoquan.com Events Site

Occoquan Historical Society Site

 

Occoquan Historical Society Lecture, "The Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse" -- Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.

Come to the second installment of the Occoquan Historical Society's 2013 bi-monthly lecture series. Ms. Kathleen Pablo, a member of the Board of Directors of the 501(c)(3) Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association will speak on the suffragists whose imprisonment at the Occoquan Workhouse in 1917 was a turning point in the struggle for women's suffrage. The lecture will be held, weather permitting, outdoors at the Secret Garden Cafe, 404 Mill Street, Occoquan, VA. Food and drink will be available for purchase during the lecture.

 

Art on the Block -- Saturday, May 11, 2013 (1-5 p.m.)

Visit with more than 60 local artists while they work, participate in receptions, and sign up for special drawings involving the following galleries in Historic Occoquan, Virginia: Art A La Carte (310 Mill Street), Artists' Undertaking Gallery (309 Mill Street), The Loft Gallery (311 Mill Street), and the Mill Street Studio (416 Mill Street).