Here at the farm, we love to celebrate each season. Check out our calendar for scheduled events and festivals. Here are some of our favorites:
Breakfast with Santa
December Weekends 2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and time to enjoy Breakfast with Santa at Henway Hard Cider.
Egg Hunt and Marshmallow Harvest
March 22-30, 2024
Celebrate spring and the kick off of the Easter Season with our Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Visit the spring chicks in the farm market and enjoy a close encounter with our friendly farm animals.
Strawberry Jubilee
May 18, 19, 25, 26, June 1 & 2, 2024
We’re mad about strawberries! And we celebrate with the longest running strawberry festival in Loudoun County. Jam to live music, compete in the pie-eating contest, enter your stroll in the strawberry parade, and sample our strawberry delectables, including the not-to-be-missed Donut Strawberry Shortcake.
Father's Day Weekend
Fish-a-Rama Fishing Derby
June 16, 2024
Hosted at the Pond By Henway Hard Cider. Dads will love heading out to the country for Father’s Day, especially if he loves to fish. Compete in the Fish-a-Rama catch and release contest hosted at the pond by Henway Hard Cider, play on the Farm, and enjoy time with family! Prizes are on the line for largest catch of the day and most fish hooked during the Power Hour.
Blackberry Bonanza
July Blackberry Bonanza
Blackberries are BACK and these power-packed berries come in for about 3 weeks of pick your own in mid to late July.
Sunflower Festival
Summer of Sunflowers Photo Contest
Let the Sunshine in with fields of sunflowers, peaches, blackberries. Fill your Insta Profile and cut a bouquet to brighten your day.
Peach Fuzztival Days
Peach Fuzztival
When the peaches ripen, we can’t help but celebrate! Join Great Country Farms, Bluemont Vineyard, and Dirt Farm Brewing for two weekends of contests, games, peach picking and live music. Oh yeah, and we’ll have a few peach dishes to try – like peach pie, peach slushies, peach wine, ‘Som Peach craft beer, peach pancakes, peach flat bread, peach ice cream, and more! Is your mouth watering yet?
The Big Dig
Big Dig Potato & Honey Crisp Apple Harvest
It’s time to get dirty! Jump on the wagon ride for some potato hunting in our U-Dig field. Did you know most potatoes in stores were harvested up to a year ago? If you’ve never tasted a potato fresh out of the ground, you’ll be completely blown away.
Honey Crisp Apples
Honey Crisp Apple & Summer Garden Bounty Harvest
It’s the most wonderful time of the year ~ apple season! We kick off the season with one of the most popular Honey Crisp Apples! Don’t miss them!
Apple Gala & Cider Fest
Each Weekend in September!
Fall Corn Maze & Apple Harvest September 1 – 30, 2024
September means one thing. No, not back to school… Apples! At Great Country Farms, it means we’re getting out our antique cider press and picking apples. Enjoy fresh cider making demos and our infamous Cider Donuts. Get lost in the corn maze.
Family Flashlight Nights
September 20, 21, 27, 28, October 4 & 5, 2024
Challenge our Corn Maze at Night then roast marshmallows on the bonfire. Come early in the day and then play into the evening.
Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival
Fall Pumpkin Harvest October 1-31, 2024
Summer heat is fading away and that deliciously crisp breeze is telling us that it’s time for the Pumpkin Harvest Festival. Pick your own pumpkins and apples or get lost in a corn maze while you savor our famous cider donuts. If you’re up for real excitement, shoot pumpkins from a cannon, feed P-Rex, the pumpkin munchin’ dinosaur, or pick the winning pig in the annual running of the swine at The Oinkintucky Derby Pig Races.
Fall Pumpkin Chunkin
Pumpkin Chunkin’
Halloween is over, but the fun is still going at Great Country Farms. Your old jack-o-lantern will be a smashing success on the Silo Drop, the Zip Wire Sploosh or the 40-foot Pumpkin Drop Zone.
Fall Adult Corn Maze
October
Gather your crew to challenge the maze on these Adult only 21+ Corn Maze Night featuring Henway Hard cider. Warm up at the bonfire and enjoy live music