Get ready for the most delicious event of the year!! The Chocolate Lovers Festival is coming back to Fairfax the first weekend in February (Feb. 3-5, 2023). All your favorite chocolate events and vendors return this year.

Festival events are suitable for all ages and all locations are accessible. All of the events are located in the heart of the City of Fairfax including the City of Fairfax Regional Library, Old Town Hall, the Legato School, Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center, and the Historic Fairfax Courthouse.

Taste of Chocolate in Old Town Hall is the perfect place to sample chocolate from 19 chocolate vendors.  

Liquid Chocolate in the tent in Old Town Square will celebrate all the ways chocolate can be made into a drink. From chocolate milk to hot chocolate and alcoholic beverages like chocolate stouts, and whiskey, you are bound to find something you like! 

Check out a full schedule of events here and find some highlights below!

Featuring The Hot Lanes and Bobby J

8 p.m. Friday, February 3
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
Free!

Join the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts for our annual Chocolate Concert as part of the City of Fairfax Chocolate Lovers Festival!  Featuring music from local jazz musician The Hot Lanes and Bobby J and chocolate goodies from local chocolatier Susan Wallace.

Doors at the Sherwood Center will open at 7:30 p.m. for guest to find their seats and get a chocolate or two.  The Concert will begin at 8 p.m.

1 p.m. Sunday, February 5
City of Fairfax Regional Library
10360 North Street
Free

Indulge in a live demonstration at the City of Fairfax’s Chocolate Lovers Festival by chocolatier and cookbook author, Kate Shaffer. Shaffer will share tips, tricks, and tales about living your best chocolate-filled life from her books Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier, and Chocolate for Beginners: Techniques and Recipes for Making Chocolate Candy, Confections, Cakes and More. This Fall for the Book event is presented in partnership with the City of Fairfax. Tickets are suggested, not required.  Get your Tickets Here!

Lots of crafts and fun in store at the Fairfax Regional Library!

"Make and Take" Crafts
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. February 4 & 5
(While supplies last)

Balloon Artist
10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. February 4 & 5

Rainbow Puppets
11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Saturday, February 4

Groovy Nate
11 a.m. Sunday, February 5

Between bites of chocolate make sure to check out these historic sites and fun activities!

Historic Court House

4000 Chain Bridge Road

Children's Mock Trial "Wolf vs. Pig"
10 a.m. Saturday, February 4
"So, You Think You are Smarter Than a Lawyer"
Noon Saturday, February 4

Legato School Museum

4117 Chain Bridge Road

History of Chocolate
11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Saturday, February 4
12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Sunday, February 5

Fairfax Museum and Visitor's Center

10209 Main Street

"A Material World: Photographs of the 1980's"
11 a.m. - 4p.m. February 4 & 5

Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House

10386 Main Street

"Kitty Pozer: A Life to Honor"
Noon - 4 p.m. Saturday, February 4
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday, February 5