In between hunting for Easter eggs, celebrating Passover, shopping spring markets, running races and taking spring break road trips, there are about a zillion other things to do in April. Open up that calendar app and get to clicking.
Falls Church Fitness Challenge
Prioritize your health all month long by participating in the Little City’s big activity. From April 1-30, complete mini challenges on the bingo-esque Fitness Challenge Passport to win prizes. Complete six and get a car magnet. Complete 32 to win a tote bag. The city is making it easy to get those stamps, too. Check out free fitness pop-up classes, plus on April 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., there’s a full-day movement event at Founders Row (110 Founders Ave., Falls Church) with classes in Zumba, high-intensity interval training, Pilates, barre and mobility. Local businesses and restaurants are getting in on the action, too, offering special deals. Find a list of participants here and more details here.
Bold New Voices Festival at Creative Cauldron
Show up for a series of professionally staged readings and help Creative Cauldron stuff choose the final selection for the 2026-27 “Bold New Voices” production. This initiative supports the development of new plays or musicals written by women and underserved voices. The festival runs April 11-May 9 on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are pay-what-you-can with a $1 minimum. 127 E. Broad St., Falls Church
The Garden Club of Virginia’s Historic Garden Week
Whether you’ve got a green thumb or are green with envy over a beautiful garden, find inspo at this 30th annual event. From April 18-25, the owners of nearly 130 of Virginia’s most beautiful private homes and gardens will open their doors to the public in the form of 29 tours. Each stops at three to five properties, some of which are in walking distance from one another and others require a drive. In that case, shuttle transportation is available. Local tours include Fairfax County and Old Town Alexandria Tickets are $25-$75 or $15 for children ages 5-17. Proceeds go toward restoration and preservation of historic public gardens and graduate-level research.
The Shape of a Gift (선물의 모습) at Friends Artspace
Friends Artspace, a small gallery in a repurposed Arlington garage, welcomes this exhibit by Youngmin Lee from April 18-June 6. She is a Korean-born, California-based textile artist who is an expert in the tradition of bojagi, the Korean wrapping cloth used to hold precious objects, household items and gifts. The works are hand-stitched from recycled and scrap materials and then assembled through an intuitive, improvised process rather than a fixed pattern. 2400 N. Edgewood St., Arlington (Woodmont)
Bansy at The Renegade
The DMV-based band of pals has been performing together since 2012. At the show April 24, 9:30 p.m., expect a setlist that covers a range of artists, including Chappel Roan, Taylor Swift, Weezer and Queen. 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington
Trails Day
The Rails to Trails Conservancy will celebrate Trails Day on April 25 with a cleanup of Mount Vernon Trail, which runs from Rosslyn to Mount Vernon. Meet at the Trek Bicycle Alexandria North Store at 9 a.m. and start a bike ride at 9:15 along this route. Arrive at the cleanup point around 9:45 a.m. to start the cleanup. 1545 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria
12th Annual Arlington Festival of the Arts
The juried art show takes over Clarendon on April 25-26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Stroll along and ooh and aah at sculpture, pottery, jewelry, photography, mixed-media, painting and more. New this year is a Craft Marketplace, where about 30 artisans and more than 100 fine artists will showcase their work. Washington Boulevard from Clarendon Boulevard to North Garfield Street and on North Highland Street from Washington Boulevard to 11th Street, North (Clarendon)
Northern Virginia Indie Bookstore Day Crawl
As part of Independent Bookstore Day on April 25, One More Page Books and Fonts Books & Gifts will join with more than a dozen local stores by offering fun activities and prizes. Fonts Books, 6262 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, and One More Page Books, 2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington (East Falls Church)
Earth Day Every Day Festival
The Langston Boulevard Alliance hosts the fifth annual family-friendly festival and Earth Day celebration April 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Taking over the Lee Heights Shops, it will have live music, kids’ activities, an arts market, and local food and drink vendors. 4500-4550 Cherry Hill Road, Arlington
Tiffany Haddish Live at the Arlington Drafthouse
Emmy-, Grammy- and NCAAP Image Award-winner Tiffany Haddish brings her hilarity to Arlington in this one-woman show. Performances are April 30-May 2, 7 or 9:30 p.m. (See website.) Tickets are $60. 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington
Sarah Glenn Marsh at One More Page Books
On April 30, 7 p.m., the Richmond author talks about her first adult novel, Our Rogue Fates, a male/male romantic fantasy. She’ll be in conversation with local romance author Chip Pons. Free. 2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington (East Falls Church)
2026 SOLOS Exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
James Stephen Terrell is one of four artists to win the museum’s 2026 SOLOS exhibitions program. A D.C. native, he uses paint and media to create collages aimed at transporting admirers to another world. See his work at MoCA Arlington through May 31. 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington (Ballston)