Loudoun Symphony plays Halloween at Hogwarts Oct. 31 and Holiday Stories Dec. 5 in Ashburn, plus free library concerts, art classes and a dinner theater Nov. 6.

Last checked Oct. 28, 2026. This page covers the next six weeks and is rebuilt each month. Sources: the Loudoun Symphony, the Loudoun County Public Library calendar, StageCoach Theatre Company and Dulles Town Center. Every listing links its organizer.

Ashburn has no arts center or professional theater of its own, so its arts calendar runs through the Loudoun Symphony’s concerts in school and church halls, the free programs at the Ashburn and Brambleton libraries and StageCoach Theatre Company’s dinner shows. The next six weeks bring a Halloween concert, a youth orchestra concert and the symphony’s holiday program. For everything else, see things to do this month and this weekend.

Exhibitions now showing

  • Teen art at Brambleton Library, 22850 Brambleton Plaza. The Teen Center shows a teen poetry exhibition and the Micro Art Gallery hangs a solo show by a Loudoun teen; both are listed through Saturday, Oct. 31.
  • Artist-in-residence Brett Wilson, Brambleton Library makerspace. The cartoonist, illustrator and painter works in the makerspace 2 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through November; visitors can watch and join in.
  • Pop-Up Teen Art Gallery, 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road, free. Original work by teens ages 12 to 18, on show for one afternoon.

Theater and dance

  • A Grave Misunderstanding, Friday, Nov. 6, Dulles Town Center. StageCoach Theatre Company’s murder mystery dinner theater plays in a vacant storefront in the mall; doors and the buffet open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $60 plus 6% sales tax and a $4.30 fee, including dinner and dessert. StageCoach lists a December show, “Did Grandma Get Run Over by a Reindeer?”, without dates yet.

Concerts and classical

  • Halloween at Hogwarts, 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Stone Bridge High School, 43100 Hay Road. The Loudoun Symphony plays spooky classics, Saint-Saëns and John Williams’s Harry Potter music with Stone Bridge theater students. Pre-concert crafts and a haunted theater run 1 to 2:45 p.m.; about 70 minutes, no intermission.
  • Guitarist Osvaldo Gold, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, Ashburn Library, free. Latin American classical guitar works. He returns to Brambleton Library at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
  • Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra Fall Concert, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, Stone Bridge High School. Four student ensembles, from Prelude Strings to the Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Cam Millar Quartet, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, Ashburn Library, free. Jazzy holiday classics to open the season.
  • Holiday Stories, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, St. David’s Episcopal Church and School, 43600 Russell Branch Parkway. The Loudoun Symphony’s holiday concert of carols, popular holiday songs and pieces by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Doors at 7 p.m., general admission. It repeats at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Lightridge High School in Aldie.

Classes and workshops

All free, from the Loudoun County Public Library; check each listing for age limits and sign-up.

Regular events

  • Brett Wilson’s open makerspace hours, Brambleton Library, weekdays 2 to 4 p.m. through November.

Send us your event

Galleries, theaters, choirs, dance schools and bands can email hello@ashburntoday.com with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free and go on this page and in our events diary.

Frequently asked questions

When is the Loudoun Symphony holiday concert in Ashburn?

Holiday Stories is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at St. David’s Episcopal Church and School, 43600 Russell Branch Parkway, Ashburn, with doors at 7 p.m. A second performance is 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Lightridge High School in Aldie.

Are there free concerts in Ashburn?

Yes. The Ashburn Library hosts classical guitarist Osvaldo Gold at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and the Cam Millar Quartet’s jazzy holiday set at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29. Library concerts are free.

Where can I take an art class in Ashburn?

The Ashburn and Brambleton libraries run free art sessions this fall: manga sketching, pen and ink for teens, paint pouring, a photography workshop and a painting workshop with artist-in-residence Brett Wilson on Nov. 21.

Is there a Nutcracker in Ashburn this year?

We found no Nutcracker scheduled in Ashburn for 2026 when we checked Oct. 28. Festival Ballet Virginia performs its Nutcracker Dec. 18-20 at the Ernst Cultural Center in Annandale, Fairfax County.